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Re: Top Speed of your Omega!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #30 on: 05 August 2006, 07:38:11 »

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The Swindon police are trying to trace the owner of a Vauxhall Omega 2.2 CD Estate that was reported doing 95mph.

Quote, from the chief constable "We would like to interview the driver, as no one here believes a Vauxhall Omega 2.2 CD Estate can get anywhere near that sort of speed"

Inquires are continuing. :o
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Re: Top Speed of your Omega!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #31 on: 07 August 2006, 12:27:56 »

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Same as....therefore dont usually go over 80/90......yesterday tho.....due to bad planning.....my meega hit 95 at one point!......this MUST be a world record for a 4 pot!  :D

no doubt going down hill with the wind behind you!! ;D
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Re: Top Speed of your Omega!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #32 on: 07 August 2006, 19:45:27 »

They're a bu gger those open mineshafts  ;D ;D
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Re: Top Speed of your Omega!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #33 on: 07 August 2006, 20:25:39 »

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actually Jim

loking at the pics again  - you had pretty much a full tank of pertol at that point - wonder how much more she had in her top end, and then againwith very little fuel.

155mph may have happened! 160 anyone>?


Weight doesn't play much of a role in top speed, just how long it takes to get there. By far the biggest force in the opposite direction to that of travel is aerodynamic drag, as it has a quadratic relationship to speed. When I had an Impreza WRX STi with just over 300 BHP it would easily outpace my 840 at speeds below 100 MPH, due to lower weight. But the 840 will do a good 12-13 MPH more at the top end due to having much better aerodynamics, which would require a significant power increase for the Subaru to match - you require more power for every extra MPH as the speed increases.
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Re: Top Speed of your Omega!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #34 on: 07 August 2006, 20:28:01 »

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I bet the fuel gauge needle was moving pretty darn quick there as well. ;)
Just a bit, the fuel gauge was dropping as the speed increased.

Lucky for me that I was stationed in Germany with the British Army and got Tax-Free fuel about £15 in fill it from empty!!
Reminds me of when I went to Texas to work for a while, in 1999. 70 cents a gallon. :P
It breaks my heart fuelling in this country. :'(
£63 yesterday.  I need a better paid job.

The US is quickly catching up though... I'm just back from San Francisco where I paid around $3.20-$3.30 per US gallon for standard petrol. Still only half the price of ours, but only a year ago when I was in LA it was around $2.20/gal and they were moaning about the uber-high price back then!
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Re: Top Speed of your Omega!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #35 on: 07 August 2006, 20:28:25 »

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actually Jim

loking at the pics again  - you had pretty much a full tank of pertol at that point - wonder how much more she had in her top end, and then againwith very little fuel.

155mph may have happened! 160 anyone>?


Weight doesn't play much of a role in top speed, just how long it takes to get there. By far the biggest force in the opposite direction to that of travel is aerodynamic drag, as it has a quadratic relationship to speed. When I had an Impreza WRX STi with just over 300 BHP it would easily outpace my 840 at speeds below 100 MPH, due to lower weight. But the 840 will do a good 12-13 MPH more at the top end due to having much better aerodynamics, which would require a significant power increase for the Subaru to match - you require more power for every extra MPH as the speed increases.

 :-?
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Re: Top Speed of your Omega!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #36 on: 10 October 2006, 10:58:45 »

I saw 150 on my MV6 Saloon, when i first bought it. Wouldn't now as I have eco tyres on it & could do with the steering sorting out/tightening. Feels a bit wooley sometimes, not dangerously but a bit unnerving.
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« Reply #37 on: 10 October 2006, 11:17:02 »

Never tested it.

No really, I never have.







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Re: Top Speed of your Omega!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #38 on: 10 October 2006, 11:37:56 »

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Never tested it.

No really, I never have.







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Go on you know you want to!! give it some welly ;D ;D
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Re: Top Speed of your Omega!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #39 on: 10 October 2006, 14:28:27 »

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I saw 150 on my MV6 Saloon, when i first bought it.

On a private road obviously.   :P
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Re: Top Speed of your Omega!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #40 on: 10 October 2006, 14:45:49 »

Got mine up to xxxmph on a very empty A30 on the way to Cornwall  ::) ;)

By the way, shouldn't this thread be in the General Chat section :-?
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Re: Top Speed of your Omega!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #41 on: 10 October 2006, 23:03:48 »

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Got mine up to xxxmph on a very empty A30 on the way to Cornwall  
Obviously by the xxx, you mean 29.9mph, because like me, you wouldn't speed.  ::)

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By the way, shouldn't this thread be in the General Chat section :-?
Not really 'cos Jim started it as a picture of his own speedo on the Autobahn. It just kinda grew from there.   ;)

I've also got the video of him when he actually done it, that's even better. :y
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Re: Top Speed of your Omega!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #42 on: 11 October 2006, 03:06:42 »

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actually Jim

loking at the pics again  - you had pretty much a full tank of pertol at that point - wonder how much more she had in her top end, and then againwith very little fuel.

155mph may have happened! 160 anyone>?


Weight doesn't play much of a role in top speed, just how long it takes to get there. By far the biggest force in the opposite direction to that of travel is aerodynamic drag, as it has a quadratic relationship to speed. When I had an Impreza WRX STi with just over 300 BHP it would easily outpace my 840 at speeds below 100 MPH, due to lower weight. But the 840 will do a good 12-13 MPH more at the top end due to having much better aerodynamics, which would require a significant power increase for the Subaru to match - you require more power for every extra MPH as the speed increases.

 :-?
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Re: Top Speed of your Omega!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #43 on: 11 October 2006, 10:18:07 »

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Got mine up to xxxmph on a very empty A30 on the way to Cornwall  
Obviously by the xxx, you mean 29.9mph, because like me, you wouldn't speed.  ::)

Correct Kev.......how did you ever guess ::) ;D ;D
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« Reply #44 on: 11 October 2006, 10:53:42 »

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Got mine up to xxxmph on a very empty A30 on the way to Cornwall  ::) ;)

By the way, shouldn't this thread be in the General Chat section :-?

When I had my Carlton 24v Gsi, I got it up to yyymph on that very same stretch of road.

Left a cosi standing.

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