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NLR Race Turbo Vid. Wow.

I love the sound of the blow-off valve!

I got my Magna up around 120-130 mph once.
Once...

Z~

Brave man! I used to touch cloth at that speed on my Guzzi Le Mans.

I do it confidently on my CBR929RR, but not often.

- Jon

This is pretty awesome when you consider that the speedo needle is moving almost as fast as the tach is. There are a bunch of insane bike videos like this at www.bikemovies.com too. One that I remember shows a guy blasting through traffic at about 175mph and passing a cop car that is parked on the shoulder.

Fastest I ever went was in my Conquest TSI Turbo. 147. Once. On accident.

Was sorta playing a bit with this girl in her 'vette. 2 AM, Interstate in AL, started at like 100, she'd pull ahead a little, laugh, I'd pull a little ahead, laugh, etc ,etc. When I looked at the speedo, I was pushing 147 with pedal left to go. All I could think was, If I hit a deer at this speed, it's totally over. Never been over 110 since.

Fastest I ever went was in my Conquest TSI Turbo. 147.

155. Porsche 930 Turbo, 2-lane deserted highway in Nevada.

tanstaafl.

Ok, I admit I've done 180+ on a deserted highway in Nevada (Hwy 318) in a Porsche 993 Turbo, but only once. I have run 170+ a few times on the local So. Cal highways in the past too. Actually, when I first got the car, I use to make it a point to reach at 150mph at least once every time I drove it, but that was just stupid.

100 MPH in my 1994 Ford Escort wagon MANUAL transmission... going downhill on a three lane interstate. Now, to push my Volvo V70. How hard can I work those 5 cylinders!!!

Almost 120 in a '89 Chevy S-10 Blazer on an abandon airport runway. *Note: Blazers are not aerodynamically designed to go this fast. They start shaking pretty bad...it's kinda scary when you consider they consistently have the NHTSA's worst rollover rating .

100 MPH in my 1994 Ford Escort wagon MANUAL transmission... going downhill on a three lane interstate.

Sheesh those things are slow. I got my cabrio to go a bit faster than that (automatic transmission, power by hamsters), going uphill on a bridge in NYC, at about 105. I was amazed when I saw that, thought the spedometer was broken (just like everything else on the little shitbox).

The fastest I remember going recently is about 135 (driving a Passat W8 wagon on a swap, that I totalled, along with 2 others, later that week), which I didn't notice until some guy in a vette pulled up along side me with a confused look on his face.

I know this will sound stupid but I never thought there was room to go 135 in NY without running into other cars or running red lights ;-)

I know this will sound stupid but I never thought there was room to go 135 in NY without running into other cars or running red lights ;-)

135 was way out on lawnguyland on a pretty empty road. I got the cabrio to go over the whitestone bridge that quickly on 9/11 in a desperate rush to get back to my home phone (cell phones didn't work that day) as I had no Idea what that fireball was all about until I saw the TV walking into work. There was, for the only time in my life I've ever seen it, absolutely NO traffic in Queens.

100mph in my '89 Civic LX automatic on 2 East in MA, trailing a shiny red Celica all the way. Guess who got nailed when we passed the statey hiding under the bridge?

Nice, I respect that move in your Civic! Haha.

Oh, and I forgot, the first time I pushed my 2000 Volvo V70 (wagon) was racing a... um... some obnoxious car like a white, riced out, dude-with-his-obnoxious-girlfriend-in-the-passenger's-seat Toyota Supra or something. We were just playing as I went up to 110 without thinking twice. He'd just nudge ahead of me, I'd catch up, he'd nudge faster. Ah, I said forget it and backed off. Well, until the traffic got heavy and I managed to use my mad skillz to pass myself WAY out in front of him.

See, driving my 4banger Excort for so long made me learn to have mad traffic navigation skills. Because I didn't have the speed to keep up, I'd have to out manuver my opponents. Oh, that and ALWAYS using the "Slow, Pay Toll Ahead" lane at the FAR right of every toll booth since the riced-out suckah's would rather wait in line than think to go through that. Haha, I'm still faster with tokens/change than anyone using EZPass!

<off my soap box.> Maybe I should go into a drivers' forum to rant about my driving (in)ability.

That Civic was totally stock. I drove it cuz it was reliable. Only extras were a 40x4 tape deck and new speakers...

So those chromed wheel wells came from the factory?

Um, probably not. But they came with the car when I bought it used. I guess someone put them on to prevent rust or something.

reminds me of the Rieboy Calculator at f_devocht's page:

http://come.to/miata

Funny stuff

wow, lets see...

about 140 last month going to Maine at 2 am. In my WRX.

not going to do that again until i get some Z rated tires.

180+ on a deserted highway in Nevada (Hwy 318) in a Porsche 993 Turbo

33mph at the bottom of the big hill where the B184 comes in to Saffron Walden.

Um.

Perhaps I should get a motor vehicle

Peter

155 ish speedo indicated south of atlanta on I-75 in my turboed Integra Type-R......a month later I blew the engine. Stupid high school years....live and learn. BTW over 100 many speedo become highly inaccurate.

110mph in my Nissan Primera 2.0 Diesel on the M6 near Birmingham. Took about a week to reach that speed, though.

Perhaps I should get a motor vehicle

Am I the only one that finds this statement ironic coming from someone who works at empeg (sb)? Do you have a sled for you empeg on your bicycle?

One time when I was living in NYC, I hit 70+ mph in an 86 Isuzu Trooper on Broadway.

I just kept hitting green light after green light, so a friend I was with suggested I see how far we could get without touching the brakes. Every light turned green just as I was hitting the intersection.
We made it all the way up to the upper west side, from the lower village in just a couple of minutes.

It was amazing.
Actually looking back now it was really frigging stupid.
What if a cabbie had zipped out from a cross street?
Ah well, better not to think like that.

Z~

70+ mph in an 86 Isuzu Trooper on Broadway [...] Every light turned green just as I was hitting the intersection.

Aren't traffic lights in built-up areas meant to be synchronised, so the junction-to-junction time is about the time it takes for the next lights to turn green? In which case, someone was obviously expecting everyone to be doing 70 down Broadway.

Mind you, I have heard things about NYC taxi drivers...

Peter

Aren't traffic lights in built-up areas meant to be synchronised, so the junction-to-junction time is about the time it takes for the next lights to turn green? In which case, someone was obviously expecting everyone to be doing 70 down Broadway.

Generally, yes they should be. But unfortunatly around here, they forget to even bother checking the lights when they are replaced. Thus, I sit through 3.5 red lights on average (out of 4) on a mile stretch off the highway when going home.

I admit I've done 180+ on a deserted highway in Nevada (Hwy 318) in a Porsche 993 Turbo, but only once.

wow. i'm not confident in my ability to handle a car above about 120-130 mph, it freaks me out. with is really a shame 'cause I keep getting the opportunity to drive vehicles designed to work safely at those speeds...

You're right. 30-35 mph was the optimum speed for getting green lights all the way (in Manhattan). Amber lights were a lot of fun though. I used to barely miss hitting cabs, cyclists and pedestrians, while speeding down avenues beating amber lights.

~Yogi

I'll toss a story or two in here too... this thread is very interesting...

In my friend's mom's Benz E320 - 140mph on 695 beltway, racing a Volvo. The Volvo did a remarkable job at keeping up but the Benz had it toasted for speed and acceleration. 140mph - I guess that isnt a big deal when just minutes later my friend had the thing up to 90mph on a busy suburban thoroughfare in our area - between lights.

I had my 90 integra up to 145 on i83 south, going down a hill, that car will never see speeds even close to that anymore.

I just got back from a court date for a speeding ticket I got over the summer, and I have another ticket date up next week... so I probably wont be doing much speeding any time soon.

Just FYI, I dated a girl whose father is a city planner. The correct terms for when all the streetlights are timed so that you can go all the way without stopping is "ganged". "The streetlights are ganged on that particular street..."

Some useless info for ya!

- Jon

I drive like fricken grandma nowadays. Especially when I have passengers. No more triple digits for me.

110 in a 55 in my Integra. I was in the fast lane and passed a sheriff who was driving in the middle lane. Needless to say I got pulled over, but I didn't get a ticket!

for me, 132 in my 93 passat vr6. ran out of road very quickly. and that was before i rebuilt the motor with all the performance parts. Just need some tires now to go test it again

125 in a 55 in a '96 Eclipse. Two lane road, too. I never did that again. way too scary. a guy I know was doing 80 on the same road a little later. he was taken to the police station for his parents to pick him up and lost his license for a few months. So considering how tough the cops are on that particular road, I was damn lucky I wasn't caught doing what I was.

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One time when I was living in NYC, I hit 70+ mph in an 86 Isuzu Trooper on Broadway.

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Actually looking back now it was really frigging stupid.
What if a cabbie had zipped out from a cross street?
Ah well, better not to think like that.

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Yeah, I once hit 75 mph on Madison Ave. in my '92 Maxima and afterwards swore I'd never do anything so stupid again. My personal record in Manhattan, though, is 100 mph on the Henry Hudson Parkway. No lights or traffic, but the road surface sure left a lot to be desired.

On the subject of light timing in Manhattan, about a third of the cabbies seemed to think the best strategy was to go on Park Ave. which, being two-way, had all the lights in more or less perfect sync. As soon as they'd get a green, they'd go as many blocks as they could before they all changed to red again. Speeds of 60 or so were not uncommon. I never was convinced it was really a win, but if you were willing and able to go fast enough it would be.

--John

P.S. I've seen 224 kts (257 mph) in level flight in my '78 Mooney. Nothing like a 70 kt tailwind to make your day. Wheels can be such a drag.

I've hit 120 quite a few times in my stock 4cyl. '96 Camry. It's actually quite stable at those speeds. My favorite place to do that is on the 163 freeway down here in San Diego. I tend to drive it late at night (like 2am). There's two straight parts that are 2 miles long a piece. Great place to test what your car can do.

I tend to average about 80-85mph in my car during normal freeway driving. If you think that's fast, you should come down to San Diego and see for yourself. If you're going 75, you'll be getting passed quite a bit. I'll follow cops going 80 and occasionally even pass a cop going about 75-80.

fusto: Glad to see you made it away from that alive. I did about 50 on that strip (in my Ford eXcort) but that was like 1am. What time of night could you find so little traffic that you could blaze at 70?

Haha. Yeah, a cabbie or some drunk Village partier. GTA3 anyone?

>In my friend's mom's Benz E320 - 140mph on 695 beltway, racing a Volvo.
>The Volvo did a remarkable job at keeping up but the Benz had it toasted
>for speed and acceleration.

BeachLPB: Ah, you melt my heart with words like that! Mentioning two of my (six) dream cars in a race? Were the E320 and Volvo both wagons? I'd pay to see that kinda action! Once my Volvo V70 died (or 8 years or 200,000 miles, whichever comes first), I'm going to get a early 2000's Benz E320 wagon, in manual, if I can possibly find it.

Gotta be a manual and gotta be a station wagon, or I won't drive it. Oh, and HAS to have an empeg!!

Ah, you melt my heart with words like that! Mentioning two of my (six) dream cars in a race? Were the E320 and Volvo both wagons?

Ahh, sorry man, they were both sedans. My friend's moms Benz was just a sedan - automatic transmission (ick). But it still got up and moved! One day he had it out on the road while his parents were gone, and he turned off all of the computer aided crap (traction control, etc..) and almost swung the back end off the road. It has the "manual shifter" and it will let you rev into the red and it won't shift like automatic transmissions usually do if you put it in a lower gear.

As for the Volvo, I don't remember what it was but it looked like a v70, but it wasn't a wagon. Those volvos are built like tanks and they will go forever as long as you take care of them. I still see a lot of old Volvos (from the "Safety Box" era) out on the road.

Its too easy to speed though, when I take my audi out on the interstate and go to pass people, I'll look down and see that I'm going 110, and it feels like I'm just cruising along at 70 or 80. I was doing about 85 in a 40 a few months ago... so I guess I'm lucky the cop clocked me at only 68. I didn't even know the cop was behind me. I slowed down behind a van, and then a few moments later the cop caught up. Damn van - I didn't even know I was being chased, I was about to turn off onto another road just a few hundred yards later.

Not that I condone running away from cops... but someone I knew several years ago got a brand new 97 firebird WS6, and routinely ran from the cops, and they could never catch up.

Well - I will have to find the photo, but I can state that the Nissan 300ZX is beautifully stable at 187mph, and gets there stupidly fast.

I remember sitting at 90 on cruise control and having the driver (oh, yes - I was not the pilot! Too scary!) flick the control up, turbos & tyres squealed and we hit 150 before taking a breath.

Mmmm - gotta love those roads in Cornwall:-)

Oh yeah - the photo is a lovely shot of the dashboard. Shows some headroom left on the rev counter. I'll try and find it when I get back in the country later this week.

has anyone seen this crazy freakin' guy on a motorcycle running from the cops ?

pretty cool footage, maybe I'll get the movie...

135 in my 2002 Acura RSX Type S.... what sucks is the speed governer at 130-135? I still had another gear to go...

Well - I will have to find the photo, but I can state that the Nissan 300ZX is beautifully stable at 187mph, and gets there stupidly fast.

I would be interested in seeing the photo... one of my friends had a 300zx and it was a very tight car, a sweet ride. It wasnt the twin turbo.. but it was still pretty quick. Unfortunately, it came to its untimely end flipping end over end into a corn field. All 3 occupants survived - fortunately (yes, 3, someone was crammed in the tiny back seats).