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Originally Posted by mcrews
"The Daytona 'package' produced a 16% drag reduction over the 1969 'RACE' Charger,and reduced the Road Horsepower at 190-200-mph,by 85-hp,giving about a 5-mpg 'lap' speed increase.On a straight course the car was capable of speeds in excess of 220-mph"
WOW!
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Not too many years ago,a fella took a Dodge, Nextel Cup,NASCAR racer out to Bonneville.It was inferred that the car had a regulation restrictor-plate engine.
The car exceeded 240-mph.
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Somewhere,Alex Tremulis commented that his Subaru X-100 Gyronaut got 100-mpg on the straits at Ontario Motor Speedway,and only 80-mpg in the curves.It's the only MPG reference I've seen since 1974 regarding the impact of 'Curve-resistance'.