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1600 Sidekick Engine - Highway Speed?

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What is the max. highway speed you can do with a stock geared sami with a sidekick 1600cc engine built in?

Thanks for your help, Igor - Slovakia, Europe

igor
 
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Not a modified Sammy, but my Tracker with the 1.6 throttle body injection has gotten up to 90mph or about 138kph. I wouldn't trust it much faster than that (besides that's where the speedo stops).

 
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my 89 sidekick, 8valve, 5spd, tops out at around 155 kph, or around 96 mph. speedo reads to 150 kmph. oh, and above 145, be patient. it screams at that speed mind you, but i regularly run it at 135 to 140 for a couple hours at a time, and i have it up to 140 nearly every day, for short stretches, to fit in traffic. a sammy likely feels much less stable on the highway at high speed.

 
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I have a 1600 with the torquer cam and a header. I could cruise easily around 75 and pass easily up to 85 - even better when I was drafting behind trucks- with stock gears & stock tires.

 
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