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Originally Posted by Aurora40
Doing the math, if you assume a 385hp Z can hit 180mph with stock gearing (I used 385 because I'm not 100% positive every factory Z could hit this speed), then that's 6230 rpm, and the drag force would be 325c lbs, where c is a constant I don't feel like figuring out.
To hit 200mph, using the formula Fd = 1/2 p v^2 Cd A, you would need 400c lbs of force. Since this would happen at 6950 rpm with stock gearing, you would need to make 530hp to match the drag force at 200mph.
That's a lot of extra juice for 20mph!
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Is that 530 gross or RWHP ? 530 Rear wheel HP would take a stroker for sure.