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Old Mar 22, 2007 | 06:29 PM
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Is it better to have the top up or down when racing. I remember a while back, a guy told me its better to race with top down. What do you guys think?
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Old Mar 22, 2007 | 06:33 PM
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What are you talking about specifically? Racing where? There are no sanctioned racing organizations which allow soft tops.
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Old Mar 22, 2007 | 06:38 PM
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If yo uare out cruising the highwaay looking for a race then have your top up. There is just less drag.
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Old Mar 22, 2007 | 06:43 PM
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topup, topdown.. just win it.
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Old Mar 22, 2007 | 06:53 PM
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I like it down...nice breeze with it down.
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Old Mar 22, 2007 | 07:15 PM
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Aerodynamically, top up would be the smarter of the two choices as there is much less drag.

The max speed top down is only ~150mph where as max speed top up is ~168mph. Pretty significant difference considering what we're talking about.
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Old Mar 22, 2007 | 07:20 PM
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Why do all the Option videos of time attack runs consist of the drivers going top down?
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Old Mar 22, 2007 | 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by AlX Boi' date='Mar 22 2007, 07:20 PM
Why do all the Option videos of time attack runs consist of the drivers going top down?
cuz it looks kool and to hear the road
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Old Mar 22, 2007 | 07:29 PM
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But it'll mess with the time attack times
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Old Mar 22, 2007 | 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Spec_Ops2087' date='Mar 22 2007, 10:15 PM
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The max speed top down is only ~150mph where as max speed top up is ~168mph.
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