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Re: Cop Car Top Speed?
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Subject: Re: Cop Car Top Speed?
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From: akbergha@jupiter1.mae.ncsu.edu (Alexander K. Berghausen)
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Date: 15 Nov 1995 18:24:19 GMT
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Distribution: world
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Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
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Organization: North Carolina State University
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References: <1995NOV11.152020.35415@WINNIE>
In article <1995NOV11.152020.35415@WINNIE>, x90ballast@wmich.edu writes:
|> Was wondering what the top speed of a cop-car is - the normal chevy caprice
|> and ford version that is - Was watching real-stories of the highway patrol
|> and they showed this big old caprice keeping up with a motorcycle... Sheesh.
|> Just wondering if my future muscle-car can outpace one of these boats.
|>
|> Kevin Ballast
|> x90ballast@wmich.edu
|> VRA
|>
I think the top speed of a stock 5.0 (old) is about 153. This doesn't, however,
account for the effects of a light bar on the top; the light bars add an
incredible amount of drag, severely limiting the top speed. Also, I'm not
sure about the Caprice, but my dad went to observe police pursuit school
and said that the new LT1-equipped Caprices can out-accelerate the 5.0 Mustangs.
The Caprice top-end is probably pretty damn fast, provided it doesn't
have a light bar.
Also, motorcylcles have terrible aerodynamic drag. Except for the
super bikes with large, high output engines, many cars can achieve greater
top speeds than motorcycles. So, what you saw in "Real Stories.." is not
inconceivable.
Alex