My Grand Am has a cammed 400, #670 GTO heads, headers, etc. Normally we 1/4 mile race it locally and run mid 12's. I had blown the rear end and temporarily stuck in the easiest thing I could find in the junkyard- a horrible 2.29:1 rear end. That totally took all the fun out of having a quick car with a big block...or did it? I hadn't driven it in months, then took it out for a punch ride to bring a friend home. Part of the trip is on an extremely long deserted road with noone around for miles.
I had decided to show him how 1rst gear goes to almost 75 mph when winding the engine to 5800 rpm, then decided to go for second since it still had gobbs of power, 2nd winds to around 130 mph, then 3rd. Then since it was clearly accelerating with no problem I let it keep winding up. Before I realized it the telephone poles turned into what looked like a picket fence and I decided that was enough when we just about hit 160 mph.
The car handled amazingly smooth. I held my lane without it feeling loose, very good road feel. The only problem was that at 150 mph the drivers window popped out about 1/2 inch at the very top where the rubber tab at the top usually holds it in position. Sometimes the window does that and you have to open it a little and then close it. That freaked me out a little bit at that speed, nothing else happened though.
Now that I've done it... probably never do it again. Well... actually did it one other time in the 350Z but the governor shut me down at 159, ok now never again Lol.
I had decided to show him how 1rst gear goes to almost 75 mph when winding the engine to 5800 rpm, then decided to go for second since it still had gobbs of power, 2nd winds to around 130 mph, then 3rd. Then since it was clearly accelerating with no problem I let it keep winding up. Before I realized it the telephone poles turned into what looked like a picket fence and I decided that was enough when we just about hit 160 mph.
The car handled amazingly smooth. I held my lane without it feeling loose, very good road feel. The only problem was that at 150 mph the drivers window popped out about 1/2 inch at the very top where the rubber tab at the top usually holds it in position. Sometimes the window does that and you have to open it a little and then close it. That freaked me out a little bit at that speed, nothing else happened though.
Now that I've done it... probably never do it again. Well... actually did it one other time in the 350Z but the governor shut me down at 159, ok now never again Lol.