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Old 02-15-2012, 06:53 AM   #173
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Are you sure? If you take Cd and compute how much power it theoretically takes to reach top speed vs. the actual top speed at which cars top out, I think it's usually off by a bit. For example, a GTR tops out at 193mph, which going by the formula would take far less than 400hp to do. Especially for 200mph+ cars, it looks like they have way more power than they need, but that's not the case.
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