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F7F7F7 • yesterday at 5:28 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

150mph is the "gentleman's agreement" speed. If a car can do 150 chances are it can do 200.


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Gathering6678 • yesterday at 6:11 AM

I don't think this is true: drag increases with the square of velocity, so that's close to double the drag from 150 to 200, and I believe somewhere above 60/70 mph, aerodynamic drag starts to overtake road resistance as the main friction source, i.e. it takes significantly more horsepower to be able to do 200 than 150.