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My LT4 hits the redline in 5th gear, showing 174mph indicated. I know Car and Driver showed 168 for the LT4 with a radar gun. 6th gear is too weak to max the speed out.
Maxed out, the engine is making a freakin racket and all the wind you push off the front of the car physically moves cars in the lane next to you about 5 feet...its pretty cool. The car feels extremely well planted when you are on/off the gas at that speed but the handling feels floaty like an old Caprice if you lightly hit the brakes, which I have noticed at speeds above 120 mph. If you brake hard or take turns hard it handles great. Its the light actions that make it ride strange.
Maxed out it was making about 7mpg, so I usually don't run that fast for very long.
Mike
Maxed out, the engine is making a freakin racket and all the wind you push off the front of the car physically moves cars in the lane next to you about 5 feet...its pretty cool. The car feels extremely well planted when you are on/off the gas at that speed but the handling feels floaty like an old Caprice if you lightly hit the brakes, which I have noticed at speeds above 120 mph. If you brake hard or take turns hard it handles great. Its the light actions that make it ride strange.
Maxed out it was making about 7mpg, so I usually don't run that fast for very long.
Mike