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Originally Posted by KirkEvil
I wrote a program to estimate vehicle top speeds for a fluid dynamics class that takes into account drag and road friction. I think the stock lt1 can go about 215 assuming no wind, and constant air properties based on my calculations. I'll try to dig the program up. You can find C_d (friction factor) values off of wikipedia for most cars if you want to compare aerodynamics.
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In my understanding it would take over 600hp to do 215...not 275. I thought even stock ls1s topped out at like 165? and thats 350-340 whatever their underrated HP was from the factory