Top speed on a stockish EVO?
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Top speed on a stockish EVO?
Just for bench racing...what is the top speed you guys and gals have seen from your stockish EVO's? Not race motors.
I had my old girl up to 90 a couple of times out in Mexico on a closed road of course. But it tends to be windy in Mexico so I didn't go for the 100 mark.
With nearly 1000 lbs and only 70 HP (factory rating 60k miles ago) I don't think she had much more.
Curious what the forum has seen. In closed road conditions of course.
I like to know these things. Just for fun, here's a helmet cam of one of my top speed runs in my Vette at the Miami Mile event. About a buck-85 on this run, which is redline in 5th with 4.10 gears and 345/30/19 tires...took 450 rwhp to move this 3400 lbs to this speed.
I had my old girl up to 90 a couple of times out in Mexico on a closed road of course. But it tends to be windy in Mexico so I didn't go for the 100 mark.
With nearly 1000 lbs and only 70 HP (factory rating 60k miles ago) I don't think she had much more.
Curious what the forum has seen. In closed road conditions of course.
I like to know these things. Just for fun, here's a helmet cam of one of my top speed runs in my Vette at the Miami Mile event. About a buck-85 on this run, which is redline in 5th with 4.10 gears and 345/30/19 tires...took 450 rwhp to move this 3400 lbs to this speed.
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I thought stock EVOs made about 50 horse.
I put mine on a dyno and it came up at 60/60.
That was stock with an EV 27 cam.
Top speed on mine with a stage one kit and an EV 27 while pushing a 16" windshield was 107 mph.
I put mine on a dyno and it came up at 60/60.
That was stock with an EV 27 cam.
Top speed on mine with a stage one kit and an EV 27 while pushing a 16" windshield was 107 mph.
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My stock 93 did a bit under a ton. Or for you non-English rockers: 90-99 mph.
Slightly modified with EV27, SuperTrapps, Dyna2000 ignition, street porting, and carb tune: A buck ten. For you non-American's that's 110 mph. and that was two up. My 240 pounds and my wife's 130.
Bear in mind, that doing the ton with a stock ElectraGlide Sport, with stock Dunlops and large windshield, is a handful.
Much more relaxing at 70-75 mph.
Slightly modified with EV27, SuperTrapps, Dyna2000 ignition, street porting, and carb tune: A buck ten. For you non-American's that's 110 mph. and that was two up. My 240 pounds and my wife's 130.
Bear in mind, that doing the ton with a stock ElectraGlide Sport, with stock Dunlops and large windshield, is a handful.
Much more relaxing at 70-75 mph.
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had a brand new fxr in 1990, it would do about 100 - 103 and the rev limited cut in
cast iron sporty I had before that would do 115
cast iron sporty I had before that would do 115
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Perfect highway speed for my FLHS is 70-75. Above that, it just requires too much attention. I can run all day (and have) at that speed, get in the high 40's mpg, and not be worn out when I'm sitting in the bar later that night having dinner.
Our 1999 C5:
Could 'cruise' all day at 100 and never break a sweat. The stock 5.7L, 345hp LS1 engine was more than enough to get me into trouble. I wonder what the new C7 with it's 6.2L, 455hp LT1 engine is like? Or the Z06/Z07 625hp LT4?
We've since 'downsized' to:
2009 Saturn Sky Red Line. Turbo Charged I-4. This matches my attention level better.