Re: IML: Figuring top speed
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Re: IML: Figuring top speed



To find out the top speed of a stock Imperial, all you need to do is read the contemporary road tests of the time. 1956 cars with the Torqueflite transmission would do an honest 120 miles per hour. I believe that this may have been true through 1958. The later models that I read about up through about 1966 topped out between 116 and 118 off the showroom floor.

Nearly every road test done by MI, Car Life, or Motor Trend would perform a top speed run. Many of these are reproduced on the OIC for your information and enjoyment.

Paul W.


-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Scott <shelbyguy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 5:28 am
Subject: Re: IML: figuring top speed


There's a place in Fontana where you could get close to 200...maybe not in you Imperial though ;-) 
Tom 
----- Original Message ----- From: "dansgarage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <dansgarage@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Cc: "John L. Chesnutt" <chesnutt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 3:34 AM 
Subject: RE: IML: figuring top speed 
 
Hi John!...interesting point! I had been following the comments
regarding > the running of a members Imperial on the Autobahn (and, YES, I am > jealous!) and your email makes me wonder how to go about figuring out just > what the top speed, or the highest possible RPM's, would be for my '66 > LeBaron?...stock 440 motor with 3.23 rear and stock 15inch > wheels........there's probably a formula and I'd appreciate it if you > could pass that on to me. 
Please feel free to email me directly (dansgarage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) so
as > not to bore the other IML'rs ....but, then again, just for 'chuckles' > others may just want to calculate the top speed for their own Imperials > "IF" they were to have an "Autobahn" nearby. I also wonder about the > TIRES!!? what kind would have to be used on the car to safely travel at > that speed?....not that here in southern California I could get remotely > close to 200mph!!! 
Thanks, John!...hope you have a Happy and Safe Holiday and New
Years!!!! 
Dan Melnik 
 
 
 
---- "John L. Chesnutt" <chesnutt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
 
============= 
Hi Remco Van Lent. 
 
What rear axle ratio do you intend to use? Because with the factory
ratio > you will not be able to make the 200 MPH mark. Run out of RPM. 
 
John Chesnutt, Portland, Oregon 
 
-----Original Message----- 
From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
[mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of REMCO VAN LENT 
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 10:09 AM 
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Subject: Re: IML: 1964 through 1966 Disc Brake Option 
 
Not only the brakes should be updated when going real fast. 
Also the complete suspension and the rest of the drive train needs a
lot > of 
work. 
I live close to the german autobahn and will surely floor it when the
new 
engine is ready to go. 
What's the use of building a 800 HP +++ supercharged 392 and not use
the 
power? 
I hope to be able to hit the 200 MPH mark, not on a weekday's rush
hour > but 
on a early sunday morning with a almost 
empty autobahn for myself. 
 
----- Original Message ----- > From: "PAUL WENTINK"
<randalpark@xxxxxxx> 
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 2:26 PM 
Subject: Re: IML: 1964 through 1966 Disc Brake Option 
 
 
There was a 
post about needing better brakes to get the most out of the engine, 
which makes me wonder if some folks think that by converting their 
brakes they can drive faster or follow more closely. Those are bad 
driving habits which have nothing to do with realizing the potential
of 
the engine. Public roads are a community of people who have to work 
together to get along. If someone wants to find out how fast their
car 
will go, they need to make arrangements with a race track, not 
experiment with fast driving and a different braking system on a
public 
road. The excessive burst of power available to Imperial Owner's is 
there for safe passing on two lane highways and smoothly merging with 
high speed freeway traffic. 
 
Paul W. 
 
 
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