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Old 04-11-2008, 02:21 PM
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Default Doing 130 in an '86 Silverado...

... km/h that is. My truck would probably fall apart if it hit 130 mph.

So, I haven't been on in a while and I haven't posted anything either, but I thought I'd share this...

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Hell yea! Sucks the speedo only goes up to 85, my 78 is the same lol
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My 454SS has gone 147mph on GPS. I did it once & only once.

It has been to 125mph many times (GPS). It is like night/day (the 22mph difference). At 147 it feels like the cab is peeling apart. Tons of wind noise, but still rather stable. Of course it [the truck] has been heavily modified to do so.

These things weren't made to do those speeds.
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Originally Posted by chevyguy7802
Hell yea! Sucks the speedo only goes up to 85, my 78 is the same lol
There's still something about pegging it, and also knowing that you're going faster than what it says. One day, I have no idea when, I hope to do a complete frame off rebuild. That means that the speedo could be replaced with one that goes past 85, and you know what that means... or I could keep it at 85 so it's even more of sleeper.
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Hell yea,Or keep the stock one and find a little small digital speedo to hide in the dash......
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Just keep going...i took my 85 all the way around back to like 10 once or twice...then i installed a tach...and never again!!

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Originally Posted by chevyguy7802
Hell yea,Or keep the stock one and find a little small digital speedo to hide in the dash......
Now that's an interesting idea...
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Originally Posted by 2005 Silverado
Just keep going...i took my 85 all the way around back to like 10 once or twice...then i installed a tach...and never again!!

Dustin
I've only done it a few times, all of which I have to admit were fun. Just wish I knew how fast I was actually going...? I plan to put a tach in at some point down the road as well, but I know just by listening to the motor and exhaust that the rpm's were up there. I'd rather twist a drive shaft instead of sending the rpm's through the roof. I know, though, that I wasn't going 85.

Out of curiosity, what did you hit on the rpm's?
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Surpassed the 120mph mark on the Autometer (GPS said 128mph).
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