nurey:


Depends on what vehicle my notion is contemplating, don't get smart lomomike lol.

kingreign:


I wish you luck contemplating yourebin an Aston martin V12 and you wanna race even a nissan sentra SE-R spec V with your Nissan sunny.

nurey:


it's not a sunny bro, it's an ALMERA, please respect her. Also how do you know my almera has not been NISMONISED, lol.

nurey:
Please Gurus in the House, does this calculation work if a distance is 1000km and you are driving 200km/h. if you divided 1000km by 200km you get 5, does that mean if am in a bugatti, doing 200km/h then I will cover the whole 1000km in just 5 hours. Gurus, over to you

youngice:

Theoretically yes, practically no,
Firstly your car doesn't start at 200km/h , it will take a few seconds but if the road is perfectly straightforward and you remove every other variable the it is possible

Jakumo:


Many moons ago, the highway linking Nigeria's federal capital Abuja, northbound to Kaduna was smooth as glass, and arrow straight, for as far as the eye could see, stretching out to the distant horizon. I have no idea what Nigeria's answer to Germany's Autobahn looks like these days, but if the rest of the country's highways are anything to go by, the era of high performance rich men's cars testing their maximum speed en-route to Kaduna may well be over, at least for the forseeable future.

Something tells me that our man Nurey, who started this discussion, is only engaging in a whimsical theoretical exercise to explore and debate the variables, both tangible and abstract, which contribute to limiting the maximum speed attainable by a "regular" car, fitted with a "tame", un-modified 4-banger engine. Possibly there is no real trip planned at all, yet, the discussion is still worth thrashing out over a beer or two.

Also, it is always informative to hear a few sage words from long-time Nairaland auto gurus like Sienna, who I note has been dimplomatic as usual, in letting th OP know that a regular production 4-cylinder engine would sooner blow up and spew a shower of metal fragments, than run for any length of time over 80 mph on a warm day.

nurey:


This your school of thought nah wire. It seem you hav not even passed through that road at all caus I don't know the need for doubting me, are u a doubting Thomas lol.

if you have actually trasversed through that road then you should know you can test/finish you speedo in certain length of the highway in so many instances OSUN to ONDO, daura expressway which is extremely long infact you could hold your 220km/hr for 20 minutes on a good day.

I am indeed planning this trip and at the same time my major priority Is to become a MAN and move away from my safe zone and enjoy life a little. My major objective is to reach my end point safe and sound all those chest beating am doing is cause I play too much NFS where a mere golf GTR can dust a corvette. I am sane enough that even among 4bangers mine is just a pretty onlooker.

Jakumo:


Oga Nurey, I feel sad that my beloved V8 engine is so badly misunderstood by Nigerian car owners. The truth is that a well designed and maintained V8 engine will stabilize a roadworthy car at speeds well in excess of 100 mph for hours on end, without the need for the driver to apply more than say about 60% full power, or for the engine RPM to exceed 3,500 RPM, which is well below red-line for most V8 engines.

For a 4-cylinder engine to break that 100 mph barrier on an identical stretch of highway, the throttle pedal will need to be stomped FULLY to the metal floor, with the engine laboring at the upper limit of its RPM capabilities, and the cooling system severely over-taxed, just to try and get within visual range of a well tuned V8-powered car that is merely out on a leisurely cruise.

In a nutshell, while a regular production 4-cylinder engine will get a car moving fast eventually, it will take a comparatively long time to build up that speed, which will also drop off dramatically if a gradual but prolonged uphill incline in the highway is encountered. A V8-powered car, by contrast, will sail effortlessly past all other cars of lesser engine displacement, when steep and prolonged inclines in the road put vehicles to the ultimate endurance and power test.

Jakumo:


Oga Nurey, I feel sad that my beloved V8 engine is so badly misunderstood by Nigerian car owners. The truth is that a well designed and maintained V8 engine will stabilize a roadworthy car at speeds well in excess of 100 mph for hours on end, without the need for the driver to apply more than say about 60% full power, or for the engine RPM to exceed 3,500 RPM, which is well below red-line for most V8 engines.

For a 4-cylinder engine to break that 100 mph barrier on an identical stretch of highway, the throttle pedal will need to be stomped FULLY to the metal floor, with the engine laboring at the upper limit of its RPM capabilities, and the cooling system severely over-taxed, just to try and get within visual range of a well tuned V8-powered car that is merely out on a leisurely cruise.

In a nutshell, while a regular production 4-cylinder engine will get a car moving fast eventually, it will take a comparatively long time to build up that speed, which will also drop off dramatically if a gradual but prolonged uphill incline in the highway is encountered. A V8-powered car, by contrast, will sail effortlessly past all other cars of lesser engine displacement, when steep and prolonged inclines in the road put vehicles to the ultimate endurance and power test.

king406:
your write up is well said sir. But there are very good four cylinder engines out there. I came back from kano state to abuja yesterday with a 2008 camry I4 cruising at 110mph. This is a car I've never driven before but am telling u I'm really impressed with its performance, I'm not saying it's quicker than a v8 but it's acceleration is high above average amongst mid size saloons with I4 engines, on a scale of 0-10 i'll score it a 7 on acceleration. The rpm was clocked at 3500rpm at 110mph and the car was planted on the road. In a situation where I had to slow down to about 70mph, u will think the car will take some time to accelerate back to 110mph but no, I kick the pedal to the metal and the rpm flies up to 6000rpm and within seconds, I'm back to my normal speed, one can mistake that I4 engine for a v6.. just saying.. I'm not a Japanese fan but I have to say I'm really impressed.

edoyad:


I can't speak for all Japanese four pistons, but as for any Toyota i4 after 2006 , I concur 100%. In fact driving at 160km/hr in a 2007 camry feels normal. You don't hear the engine labouring or experience any temperature spikes and it rides smooth at that speed. At 180km/hr however, you could start to feel like not going beyond that point

Bossforeva:
Nurey should be sleeping by now.

nurey:
I have done all the necessary checks and done my due deligence, I now commit my journey into the hands of God, I have faith that I will reach my destination in good time and good health, May my journey be fruitful, AMIN

nurey:
Entered pot hole at ibadan, I was really lucky one bent rim, but others were not, they had two spoilt tyres, will need to help them get to town. Allihamdullilah

nurey:
Entered pot hole at ibadan, I was really lucky one bent rim, but others were not, they had two spoilt tyres, will need to help them get to town. Allihamdullilah

Bossforeva:
you mean another person driving through that route has two spoilt tires or U urself? I understand u typed out of haste anyway.

edoyad:


I can't speak for all Japanese four pistons, but as for any Toyota i4 after 2006 , I concur 100%. In fact driving at 160km/hr in a 2007 camry feels normal. You don't hear the engine labouring or experience any temperature spikes and it rides smooth at that speed. At 180km/hr however, you could start to feel like not going beyond that point

nurey:


I had only one tire flat due to bent rim my tire was ok, a camry pencil lost 2 tires and bent rim, while 03-07 corolla lost two tires no bent rim.

nurey:
Entered pot hole at ibadan, I was really lucky one bent rim, but others were not, they had two spoilt tyres, will need to help them get to town. Allihamdullilah

nurey:
Entered pot hole at ibadan, I was really lucky one bent rim, but others were not, they had two spoilt tyres, will need to help them get to town. Allihamdullilah

nurey:
At Osun just after passing OAU, I stopped to ask for directions to ondo, noticed the front rim had also bent again. Bought Akara and bread at mania filling station as my break fast, come and eat.

GAZZUZZ:
That akara nah wrong move, but you would have found out by now.

How did you get to oau? That's a wrong route.

nurey:


I never touched the bread, ate only the Akara and am ok, I don't know where I went wrong but I lost the way so far that I even entered akure town. The roads were not kind to me