Good Heavens! 20 MPH + -headwind, can't even make 80 mph!..

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Mar 23, 2005 | 05:50 PM

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xBino

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Re: Good Heavens! 20 MPH + -headwind, can't even make 80 mp

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Originally Posted by jaymo

Driving straight into a 20mph wind, the "BOX" struggles to get up to 65, then 70 , then 75, then........WTF ........I floor it, still can't get to 80 !!!!

Finally, I barely make it to 80....just ease up on the pedal, BAM, back to 70, then 65, .....just another BOX experience...

Yet another legitimate reason for a supercharger!

Now to convince the wife...

Mar 23, 2005 | 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by unlmtdndeavor

whooo for a 5spd. although i couldnt make it to 80 when i was going up this incline. stayed at 75 through the whole thing flooring it in 4th. hahaha

Must have been a big incline.

I've been able to just make it to 100 on a slight incline in 5th gear. You have to be patient, build your speed steadily.

I can do about 118 on level ground, if you give me a few minutes to get there.

Mar 23, 2005 | 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Lonely Raven

It's all to let the one in front of you and break the wind and the air for you, making you more efficient.

hehehe........ break the wind... hehehehehe heheheh hehehehe hehehehe

Mar 23, 2005 | 09:09 PM

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LOL!! i would really like to kno what the coefficient of drag is on the xb.

Mar 23, 2005 | 09:12 PM

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Wow, that blows--so to speak! HAR HAR!

Wait a sec. You've got CAI, headers AND exhaust and it still won't make 80 with the headwind??!?

Thank god for your mods, eh? Sounds like you'd be going backwards without them.

But Does the AT really sap that much power? I wouldn't know; we got the stick (now and always).