Being pedantic here the extra mass of full tank etc will allow the car to sit a little lower and reduce the frontal area, plus reduce drag at the wheels, so will increase V-max fractionally. Higher pressure in the tyres will help reduce rolling resistance.
Hey Scot, it was on level road. My tires are 205/55/16 so they're just a smidge larger than standard. The tank was full, wheels not pumped to full pressure... Mmmm, perhaps I can do 170mph? :lol:
The revs at some point were passing 6500 as I passed 260km/h.
Sounds like your engine should be tested for banned substances! It takes a lot of extra power to get a few extra mph at those speeds so that is quite surprising but 6500rpm is about 169mph assuming about 26mph/1000revs in top ...
not bad :thumbs: and i thought my 2.4 156 top speed of 140mph was impressive! well done! I love your motorways... if only every country had roads and lack of limits like Germany :thumbs:
well she absolutely ha.........loves it :thumbs: but then again this is the 3rd alfa in the driveway!! oh and a 15 year old fiat! i think she has the patience of a saint especially when the bill comes for them when they are in the mechanics!! at least the Brera has years warranty :thumbs:
but i will say that it was an interesting night when i brought her home.... all i can say is thank God for 24 hour Tescos!! :cheese:
when you think about it though, he got 167.5mph, a lot of supercars have a limit of 165, Jaguar XJ if im right? so imagine spending so much money on the Jag and then being overtaken by an Alfa that could be bought with a months wage and there is nothing the Jag can do to catch up! i think thats classic :cheese:
So many variables. If you want to split hairs you could also argue that as the speed increases so does the overall diameter of wheel/tyre thereby increasing the gearing but negating the frontal area effect theory.
From my own experience (obviously not me doing it) a good V6 GTV wouldn't take too much persuading to see those figures of Ian's even if it does need a long enough road on humid night with a tail wind.
mate massive thumbs up man u must of been hauling along big time i took my alfa to 140mph and it could of gone more its just i do like my licence lol
also take its a 3.0 gtv 6 24v???
This does prove one thing. When you get to around 125 fairly easily in a GTV and you are thinking ,jees this thing wants to keep going. You know now that it will!
I agree (that makes a change!). The GTV V6 could cope with just 4 gears as torque is so strong. I think it would have been better to have 5th geared for top speed and 6th as an overdrive to reduce revs when cruising. It is a GT, not a sports car after all.
I've no idea what the ratios are on a GTV but in days gone by cars were designed to achieve max speed in direct top gear (one to one). When 5 speed boxes were introduced 5th was always an overdrive gear and 4th always got you around 5mph faster top speed.
ASK THE KID ON THE EVESHAM BYPASS WHAT ITS LIKE BEING PASSED AT 145 MPH IN MY 3.0 GTV !!!! NO WAY WAS I GOING TO BE BEATEN BY AN AUDI TT :thumbs: ONE UP FOR THE ALFAS !!!!!! BEST TWENTY QUID IN FUEL IVE SPENT IN A LONG TIME , PLUS I GOT TO WORK EARLY RESULT :lol:
We hit 163 on a German Autobhan in our Q2 3.2V6 GT.
Garmin & Snooper both gave the same reading.
My mildly tweaked Brera with me in it (fat car, fat bloke) will go off the 160mph clock if you use the gears but will stick at 140ish if you try to go from 70 in 6th.
Thats is bloody Amazing !!! Your so lucky having your own private Autobahn !! Its good to know my GTV could possibly do the same speed. Unfortunately I dont have my own private autobahn and have to use the public autobahn which is monitored by the Nazi German SS Police. Speed limit is strongly enforced and Max speed limit is 110 Km/h
With all the discussion going on I wonder if the GTV can get up to 300 Km/h ??!!
Thats is bloody Amazing !!! Your so lucky having your own private Autobahn !! Its good to know my GTV could possibly do the same speed. Unfortunately I dont have my own private autobahn and have to use the public autobahn which is monitored by the Nazi German SS Police. Speed limit is strongly enforced and Max speed limit is 110 Km/h
With all the discussion going on I wonder if the GTV can get up to 300 Km/h ??!!
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