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Originally Posted by cowmeat
I bet it would still do over 90 mph if you took dropped in the guts from my Insight!
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Well, you're halfway there...
Power needed to overcome aerodynamic drag is proportional to speed cubed. At higher speeds, rolling resistance is a small factor and can be ignored to get a close approximation.
Assuming it takes 190hp to go 260mph in this car, 80hp (67hp gas engine, 13hp electric motor) will get it going... ~195mph.
It should do 90mph using just the electric motor from the insight.