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[m in sc]

about, yes, thats a reasonable conclusion

 

[SneakyDingo]

don't expect much over time improving when its stock, i was never really able to get over 52-54 w out it being dead calm and dead flat, maybe. usually was at 46-48 myself for most of it. I know, lame. hence why i did some performance improvements.

This is my experience, although m in sc is much lighter than I am. Changing the tires dropped the top speed quite a bit too, I'm not seeing more than 51 mph with the SR244. 3.0 on the rear (and this was expected).

 

[oldskool]

Loaded 50 pounds of lead in the Big Ant. That is 210 pounds on board, sure didn't enhance the handling any . Slight head wind 53 mph with a brief 54. Dumped the lead did the same run 55 mph, got there a little quicker. So the 50 pounds did make a difference but only one maybe two MPH.

 

[m in sc]

when you put the 3.0s on, did you check it with the gps? because the speedometer will read slower with bigger tires. (assuming the rest is stock)

 

[SneakyDingo]

when you put the 3.0s on, did you check it with the gps? because the speedometer will read slower with bigger tires. (assuming the rest is stock)

Yes, I recalibrated everything to be GPS and speed trap accurate as the very first thing I did after installing the tires and making sure they weren't going to suddenly fail on me because I made a mistake - GPS and speed trap match the speedometer. The OPMID cluster makes it a very easy, tool free adjustment, but I did need a tape measure for the first step of measuring rollout for the diameter number.