Rod Millen's "Pikes peak" Tacoma at Goodwood -Page 2: Grassroots Motorsports forum: Grassroots Motorsports Magazine

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June 15, 2009 10:14 a.m. dyintorace Dork

Keith wrote:

One of the magazines tested Stig Blomquist's (sp?) Ford RS500 Group B pikes peak car a while back. I think it was EVO. Same thing that happened with the Tacoma, it topped out after around an eighth of a mile.

I'm still learning when it comes to the mechanical side of race cars. What does it mean when a car "tops out" before the end of a drag run? Does that mean it ran out of gear and could go no faster due to that limitation?
June 15, 2009 10:14 a.m. Rusty_Rabbit84 Reader

that was 8 shades of badass!!
June 15, 2009 10:19 a.m. 93celicaGT2 Dork

dyintorace wrote:

Keith wrote:

One of the magazines tested Stig Blomquist's (sp?) Ford RS500 Group B pikes peak car a while back. I think it was EVO. Same thing that happened with the Tacoma, it topped out after around an eighth of a mile.

I'm still learning when it comes to the mechanical side of race cars. What does it mean when a car "tops out" before the end of a drag run? Does that mean it ran out of gear and could go no faster due to that limitation?

Yep
June 15, 2009 11:08 a.m. Keith SuperDork

A car could also run out of power - basically, it hits its maximum speed before reaching the end of the quarter.
June 15, 2009 2:48 p.m. Opus Dork

More proof that all trucks want to go off road.
June 15, 2009 6:37 p.m. Jensenman SuperDork

I bet the Rover driver's sphincter went into overdrive. Man that thing is amazing!