Arlo,
But how do you know you hit 128 mph? Just curious, was it based on the
speedometer, tachometer, timed distance?
The reason I'm asking is that, back in the '60s, I used to have a TR2 that
was capable of 100 mph. The gearing was such that 2000 rpm was equivalent
to 40 mph, 3000 rpm to 60 mph etc. However, according to something I read,
100 mph was equivalent to 4850 rpm, because at that speed, the rotation of
the tires would result in an increase of the diameter of the tires.
If the same argument to your Morgan, you might have been going even faster
than 128 mph!
Chuck Vandergraaf
Pinawa, MB
'52 +4 (maximum speed in 1998: 0 mph and 0 km/h)
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> From: Arlo J. Levisen[SMTP:alevisen@gdhscats.org]
> Reply To: Arlo J. Levisen
> Sent: August 14, 1998 3:18 AM
> To: Morgan Mailing List
> Subject: Highest Speed So Far
>
> DFLer's: for what it's worth, I was able to get our Plus 8 up to 128
> mph last Tuesday. It took a bit of a decline in the roadway to get it
> up to that speed initially but, once I hit the flats, the car was able
> to maintain that speed for a mile or so.
>
> Our little town is at the absolute floor of the valley, at 1,000'
> elevation. A major highway runs 4 miles to the west at about 1,100'
> elevation. By starting at that point I was able to get the car up to
> this speed and, after hitting the flats after about one and a half miles
> of a steady drop, I was able to keep it at speed for a ways until I
> decided to slow it down.
>
> That's a bit of a fudge, I suppose, especially since I haven't been able
> to get the car over 120 mph from a dead start on a flat surface - but it
> made my day!
>
> We're probably pretty easy to entertain out here.
>
> Later,
>
> Arlo Levisen
> Revillo, South Dakota '87 Plus 8
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