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mdm · 06-03-2016, 10:08 PM

Assuming 165 hp at the wheels (estimated from http://www.mk5cortinaestate.co.uk/calculator4.php) and A=2.3 sq m (googled up somewhere) and Cd= 0.27
the max speed would be 242 km/h = 150.5 mph.

If anyone gives me more reliable figures for A and whp, I can recalculate.

Another calculation should be done using rev limit, gear and drive ratios, and tire sizes.

EDIT using 1.225 air density from wikipedia, instead of 1.3, I am getting 247 km/h = 153.5 mph.

06-03-2016, 10:08 PM	#141
mdm not a twin owner Join Date: Jan 2016 Drives: 2016 Veloster Turbo DCT Location: Northern Virginia, USA Posts: 734 Thanks: 992 Thanked 463 Times in 267 Posts Mentioned: 7 Post(s)	Assuming 165 hp at the wheels (estimated from http://www.mk5cortinaestate.co.uk/calculator4.php) and A=2.3 sq m (googled up somewhere) and Cd= 0.27 the max speed would be 242 km/h = 150.5 mph. If anyone gives me more reliable figures for A and whp, I can recalculate. Another calculation should be done using rev limit, gear and drive ratios, and tire sizes. EDIT using 1.225 air density from wikipedia, instead of 1.3, I am getting 247 km/h = 153.5 mph.