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  • #76
    Re: these 3.8s move pretty well in high rpms

    3.90's at 75mph is 3000rpm on the dot... gears will be a huge difference for power up top...like I said, if I am going 75mph and need to pass someone I can't stay in it for very long cause she will jump to 100 pretty fast...but that damn 60-75 is flat

    edit: The fastest car I have ever driven is an IS 350

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    • #77
      Re: these 3.8s move pretty well in high rpms

      Originally posted by LETZRIDE View Post
      3.90's at 75mph is 3000rpm on the dot... gears will be a huge difference for power up top...like I said, if I am going 75mph and need to pass someone I can't stay in it for very long cause she will jump to 100 pretty fast...but that damn 60-75 is flat

      edit: The fastest car I have ever driven is an IS 350

      what kind of car was the 350 in that you drove?

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      • #78
        Re: these 3.8s move pretty well in high rpms

        Originally posted by ava1219 View Post
        what kind of car was the 350 in that you drove?
        IS-350, as in Lexus...

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        • #79
          Re: these 3.8s move pretty well in high rpms

          I cruise right around 2900 RPMs @ 80MPH with my 3.73's (but the stock tach is abit off :P). Faster car I've driven: 07 Z06 'Vette. I liked it, but I'm still impressed with the power my car has. I know whenever people try to race me on the street, unless I'm prepared for it they take me right out of the hole because the down low torque is horrible; but if I'm waiting for them (as in waiting to launch @ 3000 :P), then they usually just disappear in my mirror :). Mustang GT's aren't a match unless they're heavily modded.
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          • #80
            Re: these 3.8s move pretty well in high rpms

            Originally posted by ava1219 View Post
            what kind of car was the 350 in that you drove?
            2007 Lexus IS 350

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            • #81
              Re: these 3.8s move pretty well in high rpms

              Originally posted by RadRacer View Post
              I cruise right around 2900 RPMs @ 80MPH with my 3.73's (but the stock tach is abit off :P). Faster car I've driven: 07 Z06 'Vette. I liked it, but I'm still impressed with the power my car has. I know whenever people try to race me on the street, unless I'm prepared for it they take me right out of the hole because the down low torque is horrible; but if I'm waiting for them (as in waiting to launch @ 3000 :P), then they usually just disappear in my mirror :). Mustang GT's aren't a match unless they're heavily modded.

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              • #82
                Re: these 3.8s move pretty well in high rpms

                oh haha thought you mean't a 350 engine. how fast is an IS 350?

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                • #83
                  Re: these 3.8s move pretty well in high rpms

                  Originally posted by ssms5411 View Post
                  With my 3.73's at 75 mph I'm at 2600 rpms, After every shift at WOT my car is at 3200 rpms and above this is with the stock stall. It is perfect for my nitrous setup. I can brake stall the 02' tranny to about 2200 rpms, so I like it alot. I won't get a new stall unless the stock one goes bad. Then it will be a 3000 stall.
                  LETZRIDE,^^ Mines at 2600 RPMS at 75mph. 02' , A4 in my 96' Camaro.
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                  • #84
                    Re: these 3.8s move pretty well in high rpms

                    Originally posted by ava1219 View Post
                    the fastest car i've driven was an 02 trans am ws6
                    The fastest car I've ever driven was a '96 Suzuki Katana 750...after that pretty much anything on four wheels feels like slow-mo :D

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                    • #85
                      Re: these 3.8s move pretty well in high rpms

                      Originally posted by ssms5411 View Post
                      LETZRIDE,^^ Mines at 2600 RPMS at 75mph. 02' , A4 in my 96' Camaro.
                      you have 3.73's lol....I have 3.90's...Im at 2600-2700 rpm doing 68mph...so that has become my new cruzing speed...

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                      • #86
                        Re: these 3.8s move pretty well in high rpms

                        Originally posted by EarlR View Post
                        The fastest car I've ever driven was a '96 Suzuki Katana 750...after that pretty much anything on four wheels feels like slow-mo :D
                        niceee

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                        • #87
                          Re: these 3.8s move pretty well in high rpms

                          Originally posted by ava1219 View Post
                          oh haha thought you mean't a 350 engine. how fast is an IS 350?
                          306hp... 0-60 in around 5.2 seconds
                          1/4 mile in around 13.8


                          shes pretty peppy...

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                          • #88
                            Re: these 3.8s move pretty well in high rpms

                            Originally posted by LETZRIDE View Post
                            306hp... 0-60 in around 5.2 seconds
                            1/4 mile in around 13.8


                            shes pretty peppy...
                            nice thats the same 0-60 in the t/a i drove and quarter mile times look pretty close, stock anyway.

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                            • #89
                              Re: these 3.8s move pretty well in high rpms

                              pretty much....I suspect that lexus may have under-rated those engines since it only makes like 277 tq, and I believe it weighs in the same as a z28 or T/A....3200-3300lbs...

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                              • #90
                                Re: these 3.8s move pretty well in high rpms

                                amazing how they get that much horsepower out of a 3.5 v6 and our 3.8s only come with 200 hp.

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