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04-12-2021, 09:04 PM | #41 |
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Re: Max Speed of a Model A in Stock Form
68 mph, in a stock 31 2-dr. Sedan. Only once. Had a good running engine.
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04-12-2021, 09:47 PM | #42 |
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When people ask "What speed will it do?" I answer "I don't know, I've never tried it." That puzzles most people but it's true. I don't see the point of this thread.
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04-13-2021, 05:24 AM | #43 | |
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04-13-2021, 10:27 PM | #45 |
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Are you suggesting that the people on hear would not be telling the truth in regards to Max Speed of a Model A in Stock Form?
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04-13-2021, 10:55 PM | #46 |
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04-13-2021, 11:57 PM | #47 |
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Tell me again, How big was that fish??
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04-14-2021, 09:08 AM | #48 |
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On a five+ mile straight downgrade I coasted my '30 Fordor to a max speed of 72 MPH. Bricks aren't to aerodynamic!
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04-14-2021, 12:15 PM | #49 |
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I was cruising and there wasn't enough traffic to regulate my speed, I got stopped by police, when asked I said I was probably going over 50 a bit--- you were going 62 in a 50 he said, next it was " watcha got under the hood "----- it's original I said, want to look--- YES, he looked, shook his head, and said just keep the speed down and walked away, I knew enough to not say it had more left, I was just cruising comfortably
A stock car , restored to original specifications and tolerances I would expect 60-70, though some of the early roadsters had different ratios and ther were story's of speeds over 70 |
04-14-2021, 10:46 PM | #50 |
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Ok, I guess we all do stupid. I surely did. I have a 6:1 head and everything else was stock. Wanted to see what my 1930 fordor would do with a new engine. 3.78 gearing. on a rural pavement, level for 6 miles I floored it and it peaked out at 73 mph on my gps. As soon as I hit 73, I immediately slacked off. Engine rpm was 3200 for no more than 5 seconds at this speed. I now have 16,000 miles on this engine trouble free but I would never do anything like that again. Later I installed a Michell 26% OD and at 2200 rpm I get 63 mph. On expressway I can cruse at 60-65 w/o abusing the engine but I don't. I have grown up a bit since then.
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04-15-2021, 03:40 PM | #51 |
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68 MPH clocked by a modern car, white knuckling all the way, never again.
Just wanted to see what she would do. All stock, turn signals don't count...do they?
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04-15-2021, 04:39 PM | #52 |
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04-16-2021, 07:08 PM | #53 |
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I've always surmised, without much evidence, that most of you guy live in rural, semi-rural, or small towns. Many member own multiple cars and need sufficient garage space.
Also many addresses state "79 Wistful Vista" or the like. In urban areas, driving a Model "A" much at all is handicapped by several factors: 1) advent of the mammoth SUV, 2) advent of the mammoth pick-up truck, 3) millennial drivers. Anyway congratulations to the members who have fine-tune their cars to original specs and can cruise faster that us 40-mph'ers. |
04-16-2021, 08:06 PM | #54 | |
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But we still have stupid millennial drivers. Just tonight I was driving on a rural country road with a speed limit of 45. I has a young girl talking on her phone riding my A$$ and I was doing 55. Guess you just cannot fix stupid. Ron Last edited by Model A Ron; 04-17-2021 at 12:14 AM. |
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04-17-2021, 12:06 PM | #55 |
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Hey woofa, not all of us racers lie, I sometimes admit that the only way to win is to cheat!
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04-17-2021, 04:35 PM | #56 |
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My 30 cpe, stock with 60 over bore and with 3:78 rear has no problem getting to 65 mph. I drove it to Daytona in 59 and back and forth to Johnson City on regular occasions in the early 60s and would hit 65 on the straights. Of course brakes and steering are a limiter but I was much younger then. My 28 will easily get 45 and if pushed or punished 50 on a straight with stock engine and 4:11 rear. A 3:78 would be much better for it. And for naysayers, both of my T's will easily get 45 and hit 50 on a flat with a little wind help.
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04-17-2021, 06:37 PM | #57 |
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Mine is stock and I on a long trip of which I do plenty I will cruise at 55 mph for hours on end It would go faster and ocassionally on a downhill will go over 60mph . Of course as in any car you drive to the conditions. I would agree with the other posters on here who say if you car is not stable at these speeds then somethng is wrong. Having driven lots of ""restored"" Model A's I am constantly surprised by what other owners accept as normal for a Model A - Sloppy steering boxes ,worn out suspension , badly adjusted brakes and faulty wheel allignment are just attributed to this being a vintage car !
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04-18-2021, 06:00 PM | #58 |
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Mine currently tops out at 45 mph but working on upgrades for engine, brakes and transmission
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04-18-2021, 07:08 PM | #59 | |
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04-24-2021, 03:45 PM | #60 |
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Can I ask, how much does a Columbia 2-speed rear end pick up the MPH? What ratio does that give you? Do they operate like a borg-warner overdrive, with the sun gears, or something?
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