10,000 RPM

[eclark at the.hoser.com]

On Wed, 9 Jun 1999, David Cooley wrote:

> At 09:54 AM 6/9/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >Previously, you (David Cooley) wrote:
> > > At 08:28 AM 6/9/99 -0400, you wrote:
> > > >doesn't Vermont use Saab 9000 SPGs as hiway cars, I find it hard to 
> > believe
> > > >that a heavy car like the Caprice would keep up to the saab ( I worked at
> > > >a Saab
> > > >dealer and got to test drive the SPGs)
> > >
> > > The caprice cop car in 96 had a 275HP LT1 that made 330 or 350 lb/ft 
> > torque
> > > (Can't remember which) and I believe it had a 3.42 (or close to it) rear
> > > gear... 0-60 was in the 7 second range... it was a bit faster than the
> > > Impala SS.
> >
> >cool, what was the usefull top speed ( not the tail wind, downhill
> >10 mile straight speed)
> 
> 
> I believe (And could be wrong...) it was somewhere between 135 and 140. 
> (Speed limiter was set to 255).
> I drove a 96 caprice for a month and it only had the 4300 V8... I had it up 
> to 125 and it was still pulling on flat ground, so the LT1 would have been 
> a bit higher.
> 

Here is a webpage I found through Altavista:
http://members.tripod.com/~rbc2097/cap9196.htm

They claim 139mph as the top speed for the 96.  I dont know if all the
information is accurate but he lists a couple references.

-Eric