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Posted by: drewvw May 3 2006, 06:48 AM

in keeping with my habit of posing general questions....whats the fastest you've ever driven on the streets (i guess track is alright too) and in what kind of ride?


Mine is about 145+ in Porsche 930 turbo...

Posted by: grantsfo May 3 2006, 06:54 AM

155 MPH drafting a Boxster S in a 2.7 liter Boxster

Posted by: solex May 3 2006, 07:30 AM

130 in a '00 BMW 328Ci

Posted by: itsa914 May 3 2006, 07:36 AM

163 mph in a 32 Ford Dragcar called Hot Stuff. Was my best friends dad's best friends car (did you follow that?) Wednesday nights at old US 30 drag strip was ride along nights. I begged mom & dad to sign the wavier so I could ride along.
I forget the time, it seemed like forever but was only really under 9 sec in a 1/4 mile.

Posted by: maf914 May 3 2006, 07:38 AM

My fastest was 140 mph driving a friend's Corvette. This was on the autobahn retuning to Frankfurt after attending a Group C sports prototype race at the Nurburgring in the 80's.

Posted by: tat2dphreak May 3 2006, 07:39 AM

145 in a 300ZX

Posted by: Joe Ricard May 3 2006, 07:50 AM

135 in my 928.

Posted by: bd1308 May 3 2006, 07:52 AM

90 in my 914 2.0L

i went 85 in my new 1.7L

Posted by: gopack May 3 2006, 07:55 AM

137 indicated in my 97 M3 (I sure miss her), on an empty back road in NM.


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Posted by: skline May 3 2006, 07:57 AM

155 in a BMW 540i coming across New Mexico from Amarillo. I left Amarillo at 6 AM and was in my driveway at 8 PM. Average speed for the trip was 109. The car averaged 22 MPG also, it was the first time a car ever really impressed me. What a ride!


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Posted by: BigDBass May 3 2006, 08:15 AM

105 in My old '88 Wagoneer. I miss that one.
80 in the 914 last night.

Posted by: Brew May 3 2006, 08:20 AM

140 indicated in a 69 Firebird. Scary as hell because of the front end lift, but fun enough I did it twice!

Posted by: mikerose May 3 2006, 08:30 AM

165 as indicated on my ZX11


Might have been faster if it was clean

Posted by: Part Pricer May 3 2006, 08:36 AM

Waiting for Alpha's post in this thread...

Posted by: DonTraver May 3 2006, 08:43 AM

Lets see:

140 mph - 1980 96 cubic inch FXWG Harley (I-88 Illinois) still have bike.

120 mph - 1970 2.0l 914-6

140 mph - 1993 RS America Porsche (I-10 Texas)

170 mph - 2005 997S Porsche (Autobahn Liepzig Germany)

Fun Times, the only legal one was the Autobahn. I'm a bit more careful now, most states are required Jail time and they will try to keep your car for that anymore. That would really suck. So I don't do it anymore, or should I say I really try to restrain myself, yeah, that's probably a more true statement. I do still nail them on on-ramps in 2nd-3rd gears.

Later, Don




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Posted by: vertigo May 3 2006, 08:53 AM

145 in '71 Dodge Charger r/t, fornt end got light at 130 (still had a bit left but was kinda scary) 155 in 86 Porsche 928

Posted by: KaptKaos May 3 2006, 09:06 AM

About 115 in my old Integra GSR on the way back from Vegas chasing a Pantera.

Posted by: Hybrid_Teener May 3 2006, 09:18 AM

135ish in the integra RS trying to bury the speedo... a few times over 130 on 85... if you ever saw a red blur passing you between bernal and blossom hill in those hours, that was me.

Posted by: Howard May 3 2006, 09:24 AM

I obey all traffic laws and never exceed the posted speed limits.

Posted by: hcdmueller May 3 2006, 09:26 AM

170+ on my Honda CBR 929 on a very empty A7 crossing from one side of the Netherlands to the other. Chasing my friend on his Hayabusa.


Indicated 120MPH in my 914 last night on the autobahn just outside of Kaiserslautern, Germany. Pretty much top speed.

Posted by: bondo May 3 2006, 09:39 AM

146, in one of these:

I guess over the streets probably doesn't count though.




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Posted by: So.Cal.914 May 3 2006, 09:43 AM

160mph 1996 Toyota Supra turbo. On the I 10 east in the low desert

Yeeeee haaaaaaaaa.

Posted by: sean_v8_914 May 3 2006, 09:45 AM

mach 1.5+ from North island to the persian gulf in an RF-14

Posted by: redshift May 3 2006, 09:55 AM

158, verified by the Georgia State Patrol.

Oops.


M

Posted by: Eddie914 May 3 2006, 09:57 AM

145+ '73 Porsche 911 Carerra RS (wish it was mine) ... on the track (of course).

... a couple of weeks later, the steering shaft coupler bolt came loose coming up to the chicane. Luckily it was a temporary course and only a couple of cones were run over.

Posted by: charlesmac May 3 2006, 10:03 AM

the speedo on my CBR900RR said a little over 180, I'm sure there's a few mph error, that was the fastest i've ever driven. Riding in a friend's supercharged mustang saleen, the needle was bouncing between 195 and 200.
Ever notice the stripes in the road become solid somewhere around 150-160mph? seen that a few times.

Posted by: rcrgrl May 3 2006, 10:03 AM

Broke the speedo @ 120 in dad's 57vette

Posted by: fitsbain May 3 2006, 10:12 AM

$1.25 in the 96 Z28

Was a fun car an I wish I still had it. But the truck I got for trade towed home the 914 so I guess it's all good.

Posted by: TROJANMAN May 3 2006, 10:30 AM

135 being a stupid teenager in mom's acura legend
128 in the VR6 Corrado - I70 california to Colorado (the gov limited my speed)

Not my car, but i always thought this was a cool pic of an E34 M5


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Posted by: tod914 May 3 2006, 10:34 AM

Fiat X19... well still waiting on the spedo to move

Posted by: Gustl May 3 2006, 10:38 AM

it was about 145 in a 996 Carrera 4 (summer 2002 IIRC) ... high grade illegal

Posted by: itsa914 May 3 2006, 10:45 AM

Quick story. It will be 3 years ago in August that I bought my current 914, that was two days before Barber Dave's 914 meet in Toldeo. On the way to the meet a nice Indiana State Trooper pulled me over just before the Ohio line. Said he clocked me at 105 in my 914 (must have been a tail wind ) After talking cars for 30 min he let me go with a verbal warning. Heading back home after the meet a State trooper car in the median turn on his lights just before I got to him, yep same cop, he just held his arm out the window and waved.

Posted by: brer May 3 2006, 10:49 AM

165mph Ferrari Twin Turbo GTO


I thought the speedo was in km's

Posted by: cbenitah May 3 2006, 10:51 AM

160... BMW M5

Posted by: merrill May 3 2006, 10:52 AM

I went 126 in an 84 Scirocco, 145 on the back of my friends gsxr, 120 driving a gsxr, and 85 in my 914 last night!)

Posted by: LvSteveH May 3 2006, 10:54 AM

809mph last night in the 912E, of course that is factoring in the speed of the earth's rotation. I'm sure it will be even faster when I fix the rod knock and can drive it.

160mph in a 97 camaro 6 speed, 400hp, and yes, I was on the hood of a police car shortly thereafter, and no, he did not wave goodbye.

Posted by: balljoint May 3 2006, 10:58 AM

200 in a 1996 SAAB turbo, but that was kph, equal to 125 mph. Metric is more impressive.

Posted by: richardL May 3 2006, 11:05 AM

150 indicated, Boxster S, autobahn

Fun!

Posted by: obscurity May 3 2006, 11:38 AM

112mph which isn't that impressive but it was in an unmodified Honda Civic LX 4door and it probably could have gotten a little faster but I ran out of highway

Posted by: 914-8 May 3 2006, 11:42 AM

I sometimes wonder what my 8 would do on the top end.

It has a tall geared 915, and turns around 1800 rpm at 60 mph.

So there is plenty of gear.

When you punch it at 60 in 4th or 5th, you are at 100 before you know it, so there is plenty of power.

Given the gearing, I wonder what the speed at redline would be in 5th??

Would there be enough power from 5.7 liters to get to redline?

Would the car, with no aero aids, fly off the road before then?

Posted by: spare time toys May 3 2006, 11:55 AM

Back when I was young dumb and full of cum I went 155 in a 73 Vette with a built up 454. How I miss that car

When I started for the airlines I got a Ninja 1000 we built it up and street raced it. They repaved the road over the dam on Lake Lavon and I saw 180 on it before I remembered the dip in the road for the spillway at the end of the dam It had GOOD brakes

Posted by: Elliot Cannon May 3 2006, 12:04 PM

I suppose this doesn't count but I once had a ground speed of 700 knots over Japan in a 747-200.

Cheers, Elliot

Posted by: Andyrew May 3 2006, 12:09 PM

at about 150 the back end gets squrmy, and 160 you'll have way to much lift in the rear end to go much faster. Mostly caused by the open engine and trani compartment. If you made a skidplate that went from the floorpan to the bumper.. it should be MUCH more stable at high speeds.

PS. I've topped out my car with the GF in the car and the top off.... did it on a 1-1.5 mile stretch of closed road, at a track day...

Posted by: sjhowitson May 3 2006, 12:10 PM

186 in my C-4 while having sexual relations with a hot blond.....NO wait that was last nights liquor induced dream. Forget I said anything. Go back to what you were doing.

Cheers

Posted by: repro914gt May 3 2006, 12:15 PM

A friend of mine has a continually changing collection of cars and bikes.

Here is just a few of my lucky drives with his toys:

165 indicated - Viper Coupe

160 indicated - Z06 Corvette (slightly modified - wink wink!)

175 indicated - S55 AMG sedan

145 indicated - Honda RC51

155 indicated - ducati 996SP

135 indicated - Honda CBR900RR
____

Personally,

157 (radar) Mustang GT firehawk racecar on backstraight at Riverside Raceway - (the dogleg becomes a drifting corner at that speed!) whoa BRAKES into turn 9 banking!)

Posted by: TimT May 3 2006, 12:37 PM

the dark side of 200mph in the 935




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Posted by: MEMtheMercifull May 3 2006, 12:49 PM

170MPH maybe more on a Ducati 996 The reason I say maybe more is because I looked down for a sec. after I got outa the throttle ! Thing are happining way to fast at that speed to be looking at a speedo with any regularity . Especially on a Motorcycle

Posted by: bernbomb914 May 3 2006, 01:34 PM

49 MPH on my highly modified Whizzer motor bike at El Marige Dry Lake when I was 13 yrs old.

Bernie

Posted by: turboman808 May 3 2006, 01:40 PM

Guy in the mustang said 155 when I followed his corbra r. My speedo only goes to 120 so I can't say for sure.

Guy here at work did 200mph in a lambo and has it on tape to prove it. And the scary part is it wasn't on a empty stretch of road.

Posted by: wannateener May 3 2006, 01:49 PM

Street, I don't know cause after about 80 I stop looking at anything but the road and if something breaks I want to know were I'm headed.

Water ,
Certified at 169.662 at Phoenix.
1365 feet stop to start.
In a open boat.

JT

1320 We turned a 161.221

Posted by: Betty May 3 2006, 01:53 PM

About 150 mph in a (rev-limited) Busch Grand National Stock car at Texas Motor Speedway. I even got to pass three cars on the track!

The instructor asks if I've ever "driven" before. I say, "a little autocrossing, SCCA, stuff like that..." silence from his side of the car. The ROAR when I hit the start button and 750 horesepower came to life in front of me was pretty awe inspiring! Clay (sitting in the stands) says I was hitting the rev limiter on the 2nd or 3rd lap (I don't remember, I was busy ). Silly instructor kept motioning for me to slow down in the turns... the nerve of him!

This instructor was the one "stuck" with the car that had the driver's seat adjusted pretty far forward (for shorter drivers... meaning the chicks). On the final slow down lap he asked me what I normally drove, I told him "a little mid-engined sports car".. he muttered something like "oh... that explains that...".

After doing just 10 laps on a big speedway, I can see the G forces being substantial at real racing speed, the angle of the banking means you come up on things with a very small piece of the windshield to see through... much less have enough time to react to them. I can't even begin to imagine doing it with traffic bumping and grinding on all sides of you.

I highly recommend it if you ever get the chance!

Posted by: wannateener May 3 2006, 01:56 PM

oops
Posted as my kid!
Again

jt

Posted by: dlo914 May 3 2006, 01:59 PM

i dunno how fast i was going in the 914 this past sunday on the drive to the R&G SwapMeet, but i traveled 55 miles from Downtown Los Angeles to Riverside in 25 mins. Does anyone know how to convert this into MPH?

Posted by: Mueller May 3 2006, 02:00 PM

that's good, cause I was expecting Dylan to get grounded for posting that

btw.....that is just plain insane...anything over 30mph on water is too fast for me....(insert scaredy cat)

Posted by: markb May 3 2006, 02:17 PM

130+ (according to the CHP in the next lane) in my 65 Olds 442. The CHP asked me how fast it would go, and I told him I didn't know. That's when he said "Let's find out". My speedo topped at 120mph, his at 130. Mine had been topped out for a while. We went until he decided we were going fast enough. The joys of small town life.

Posted by: horizontally-opposed May 3 2006, 02:19 PM

Fastest indicated:

-184 mph in a 996 Turbo Cabriolet on Autobahn (yes, the top was up)

-170~ in a 1988 Ruf CTR on a two-lane (in an undisclosed location )

-180~ in a modified 964 C4

Fastest verified:

177.865 mph (USAC timing and scoring) in a 996 Turbo on dirt at the Black Rock Desert. Problem was that the surface was like concrete during the test runs a few weeks before I got there. When I ran, there was a layer of silt that made the car oversteer slightly once you exceeded 145 mph, with its tail wagging gently back and fourth for the next four miles... You didn't correct as much as you THOUGHT about correcting, that was enough.

Fastest ride-along:

209 mph (according to Motec data logger) in a Carrera GT on a former Mig fighter base outside Berlin with Walter driving. Piece of cake, and the only time I ever got to look around and "enjoy" the speed.

All that said, I don't think big speed is all it's cracked up to be. You don't really get to enjoy it while you're doing it -- and riding along with almost anyone else is borderline

I guess that makes me

pete

Posted by: hedfurst May 3 2006, 02:23 PM

145 in my '87 944S, from B'ham to Tuscaloosa--pesky little rice-burner wanted to play God do I miss that car.
Just over 5600 in my 914. My speedo cable is broken so I don't really know how fast but I believe that it'll pull 6000 in 5th!

Posted by: 9146R May 3 2006, 02:24 PM

150 mph in my convertible C5 Vette heading across the Mojave desert between LA and Vegas - windows pulling out away from the roof was fun...on my way with son to the Bondurant driving school. Good times.
Greg

Posted by: mikelsr May 3 2006, 03:33 PM

In my Purple '71 Charger r/t 440 Mag I had the speedo bouncing off the peg indicating 150 (valves were floating so it wasn't going any faster). I agree the front end started getting light over 130. I thought I was only steering because the front tires acted like a rudder to the wind that was going UNDER them...

135+ (legally) in a C-200 Merc in Germany. Had my wife and daughter with me but my wife wouldn't look at the speedo. My daughter loved it (she lives over there).

Posted by: TimT May 3 2006, 03:37 PM

werd

In the 935 on the banking you are looking up, not ahead. In some cars they actually put a small window in the roof to allo the driver to see the track.

Posted by: 914-8 May 3 2006, 03:46 PM

You did that in a fuel injected 2.0???

To figure out the average mph you just divide the distance traveled by the time.

55 miles divided by 25 minutes = 2.2 miles per minute.

Multiply by 60 to get M.P.H.

60 x 2.2 = 132 M.P.H. average speed.

That's a mighy high average. For every minute you dawdled at 120, you would have had to do a minute at 140+ to make up for it!

I didn't realize that Riverside was located at the bottom of a cliff under LA!

Posted by: Hammy May 3 2006, 03:49 PM

90 or 95 in my 1.7 Going downhill though

Posted by: Aaron Cox May 3 2006, 03:57 PM

what size tires?

thats whereyour estimate is skewed

Posted by: drive-ability May 3 2006, 04:09 PM

I did almost 60 mph with my trek 5500

I did 150 in a Camaro with a 427 and was passed by a Lotus on the freeway.
That was weird
Now I just go the speed limit

Posted by: street legal go-kart May 3 2006, 04:10 PM

Ya Mikey I agree.
That was my last pass in a open boat and I got out of the driver seat soon after as I could see myself in little small pieces if something went wrong
My brothers team set low ET and won the IHBA meet in Phoenix this last weekend with Dale Ishamura driving.
A gentleman with much larger balls than I.
The great thing is they are a privateer team and won the meat with cobled together pieces and parts for the final and still BLEW the big boys away
By the way the team holds the world record for ET .
Do you think the hull has something to do with the record?

I want a nother hydro

JT

Posted by: SirAndy May 3 2006, 04:10 PM

- 70mph in a stock Fiat 500 on the german autobahn
- 75mph in a stock Citroen 2 CV on the german autobahn
- 105mph in a stock (50 hp, 1600cc) '72 1302 beetle on the german autobahn
- 110mph in my 914 (with the now defunct 2.0L) on a CA freeway
- 127mph in a stock Renault Twingo on the german autobahn
- ~140mph in a highly modified Open Manta GTE on the german autobahn
- ~170mph in a 92(?) 911 Turbo 3.3 (S?) on the german autobahn


Andy

Posted by: erikstoll May 3 2006, 04:33 PM

104 in a 03 Mitsubishi Galant, while passing semi's on the way to las vegas on US 95

Posted by: Brett W May 3 2006, 04:41 PM

50 on my Orbea, going down my local hills

7000rpm in 5th gear in my 914. I think that works out to 127. I could redline 5th without any trouble.

6200rpm in my Civic which works out to something like 130. I figure It can go a little faster before boost. Not bad for a 150HP 1.6 litre engine and I clocked off 34mpg in town last fill up.

Posted by: SLITS May 3 2006, 04:41 PM

Don't know how fast, but Dan Gurney's Lotus 19B Daytona Car down the back straight at Riverside Raceway. It was fast enough......

McLaren MK8E down the back straight at Riverside too....it was a little faster.............

Posted by: Eric_Shea May 3 2006, 04:54 PM

130 - Downhill in the stock 914-6 on I-40 going to the Steamboat parade (boiled the fuel shortly thereafter)
130 - 89 SHO - Indiana SP Verified ($50 fine, Plea in Abayance, $450 lawyer)
145 - 89 SHO - Burried the needle
250k - Mercedes New Turbo E-Sedan outside of Frankfurt

Posted by: street legal go-kart May 3 2006, 04:56 PM

Damn it Ron,
I hate when you make us all look like the posers we are !

JT

Posted by: jd66921 May 3 2006, 05:04 PM

125 indicated in a 1967 Autin Healey 3000 MK III, rolled over
wreck I "rebuilt"/

125 indicated in a 1972 Porche 914 1.7. In 1972. It was down
a LONG hill!

Jeff

Posted by: scotty b May 3 2006, 05:41 PM

82 924 = 120 Honestly
89 Nissan Maxima SE = 125
83 Yamaha Seca xj750 = hit 83 and backed off, no helmet, no liscense, no inspection sticker, no 5th gear, no brains
Unknown year Vespa = hit 50 before the street ended, that was probably the most fun one too! Pretty close to being topped out too.

Posted by: guywan914 May 3 2006, 06:32 PM

140 Kawasaki 900 [ remember those],never did it again on the street. 130 old 1966 CT police cruiser my buddy owned, used to embarrass all the corvettes

Posted by: (*)(*) May 3 2006, 07:26 PM

Both at Willow Springs....

135 in the "Rocket"....it was scremaing with a stock 914/4 box
147 in my current assdragger with the 3.6.

Posted by: dgw May 3 2006, 08:45 PM

How high does an 87 Carrera speedo read? 165 or so. I seem to remember that there was a big error on that speedo though, so it might have been 150.
Early morning leaving Delta Utah headed for Nevada. Funny thing is, I got the speeding ticket in Nevada. Had the cruise on 125, radar detector exploded, hit the brakes, saw the cop, watched the side view mirror to be sure he actually turned around, and when he did, pulled over.

he said he clocked me at 85, (Huh!) but was giving me a ticket for 70. Amazing, cost me $50.

Posted by: pokey1168 May 3 2006, 09:27 PM

147mph 1996 mustang gt 4.6
139 mph (according to Texas DPS) 1984 porsche 944
132 mph ( again thanks to DPS) 1974 jeep cj5 325hp at the wheels from a 258 cid inline 6
130 mph chevy s-10 SS 1996 (not stock)
140 mph 2001 1000cc kawasaki concours with zx10 cams and rejetted mikunis ( my wife can tell you all about it , she was on the back of the bike when I did it. and none too happy about it.)

130 mph 2001 celica gt (my latest ride)


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Posted by: Mugs914 May 3 2006, 09:31 PM

According to the tach, a little north of 150 heading into turn 8 at willow in a GT-3 944 turbo. The speed isn't much of a rush, but taking turn 8 flat at that speed is AWSOME!

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Posted by: ppickerell May 3 2006, 09:42 PM

135+ in my 04 C4s one year ago a month after I bought it . She felt SOLID AS A ROCK AND WANTED MORE . This was a run through Death Valley April 05. Many butterflies were sacrificed that day. My wife was with me and we are still married . But she has actually hit 150+ in a 911 with Hurley Heywood at the wheel during PDS at Barber. I am not as handsome as Hurley .

Posted by: D1A3 May 3 2006, 10:07 PM

It's only proper if you are going to drive a car, that you understand it's limits. Otherwise, how can you fully enjoy it?

Driving :

2000 BMW Z3 2.5L = 125+ mph
2002 Lexus GS430 = 140+ mph
1976 914 2.0 = 120 +/- mph
2005 Mercedes E3xx = 220 kph
2005 BMW 5xx = 240 kph

As a passenger :

1999 Citroen ??? = 260+ kph (and crapping in my pants!)

Fortunately, I'm in Atlanta and we have what are called "Lawless Highways" where the average speed is easily 80 mph. To get a car up to 140 mph heading north on GA400 (past the toll and before I-285, is NOT hard at all). In fact, to go any faster and you'd better be on your A-Game (and be driving at 5:00 AM!).

My other experiences have been in Germany on business trips. Mostly on the Autobahn between Munich and Augsburgh, hence soem of the kph speeds above.

Posted by: Mrs. K May 3 2006, 10:57 PM

90mph....in my first car ('66 VW Bug) on the way to the River when I was 19!

I know, not that fast, but for a 19 year old girl in her first car it was

Lisa

Posted by: timmcgraw67 May 3 2006, 11:09 PM

How about this for scary...
140 in a 90 F250 Ext Cab Long Box (460 5 Spd)
102 in a 97 Ram Reg Cab Dually through turns (Cummins 5 Spd)
95 in a 71 SuperBeetle (Stock 1600 95%Gas 5%Diesel)

Posted by: jimtab May 3 2006, 11:38 PM

150+ in a D Jaguar, my buddys dad's car, my buddy did 160+ indicated on the hwy between Vegas and Reno...his dad bought it and couldn't get away to pick it up so Dennis sold him on us doing it....unbelieveable, what a car, I'd have tried to go faster but I was scared shitless that something would break and if I lived his dad would have cheerfully killed me....I looked pretty damned good in that car though...BR Green, just lovely..... boy did that thing use oil...

Posted by: gregrobbins May 4 2006, 12:59 AM

Passenger: 150+, not sure how much faster, just remember watching the needle drop below 150 in a Shelby AC Roadster, 289 Ford with 8 one barrel Webers.

Driver: 120 in a AMC Javelin back in the late 60s.

Recently: 110 in a 968

Posted by: wbergtho May 4 2006, 01:03 AM

I hit 170 tonight racing a Honda 929cc sportbike. I pulled on him pretty well leaving a dumb look on his face.

Posted by: Andyrew May 4 2006, 01:56 AM

How did the back end feel at 170?

I assume this is the 914 were talking about.

Posted by: VegasRacer May 4 2006, 03:56 AM

150 in a buddys Ranchero with a 429 Cobra Jet when I was in college. (not safe)
140 in my '93 Dodge Stealth. Closed road before the Silver State Classic Challenge.
180 in a Champ Car as a driving Instructor for Cart 101 at the Las Vegas Speedway.
130 in Elvira a couple of times for short bursts. I don't know what the top end really is.

Posted by: dlo914 May 4 2006, 04:35 AM

Umm...195/60/15's all around..close to the stock height. DANG!!! 132 is that possible in a stock FI 2L?

Posted by: indydad May 4 2006, 04:38 AM

I took the two seater ride at INDY last Saturday with Stephane Gregoire driving we went 180. Now that doesn't seem that fast at INDY, but the straight speed was fun and the TURNS at 180 was a BLAST!!!!!!!!!!
indydad

Posted by: carr914 May 4 2006, 08:49 AM

175 in a 911R on the Gandy Bridge heading east. The tops of the window frames were flapping and the car was lifting....circa 1984

160 in a 928GTS on 275 South as I was going over Busch Blvd....circa 1989

Lately 115 in my Civic yesterday (come on pedal faster)

135 in my S-2000 between Sebring and Tampa a couple of weeks ago

125+/- in my 914-6 on the backstraight at Sebring

T.C.

bwtm... you guys that went 135+ in 944s, wasn't that cool that above 115 it came climbing and climbing. The 1st time I couldn't believe that it would go that fast. My 84 944 was the best feeling car I've driven above 120

Posted by: Brian Mifsud May 4 2006, 09:21 AM

I bought my '96 Mustang GT new using my cousin who was a Ford Salesman. He wasn't at all happy that I didn't pick the 3.55 optional rear ratio.. but I knew I'd be commuting ALOT so stuck with the ridiculously tall 2.73 ratio.


3 months later I'm drying through Mount Shasta on Hiway 5 on the way to Canada and I'm doing 120MPH on a long sweeper. Can't get any more speed 'cause I'm geared too high and I'm low on the torque curve.... then that damn over-stiffly-sprung stick axle hit an expansion joint... and the Mustang rear end did the legendary sideways bunny-hop......


Messy Messy pants.......

Also.. with every sail in the locker flying, and the little diesel pushing flat out.. I got my sail boat up to 7.3 KPH according to the GPS (not Tide aided).... for a 7 ton boat with 5 feet draft and a 25' waterline, I had to set up the re-entry heatshields on the bow!!!!

Posted by: street legal go-kart May 4 2006, 10:37 AM

Ummm...?

No.

JT

Posted by: Terrance May 4 2006, 01:17 PM

135 (max speedo) in my modified riced out honda civic (sold) on a bridge

155 in a RS America race car - undisclosed road in California

105 in my current 993 - weak huh? ( chicken)

80 in my 80cc shifter kart as noted by my Mychron

Posted by: Porcharu May 4 2006, 02:17 PM

168MPH (calculated from tach @7800) in my old 67' Mustang. Did this coming home from work on a Saturday afternoon on Hwy 85 south starting at El Camino. I lifted before before the engine was all the way done (it would turn 8000) when I had thoughts of being hamburger in a tin can if anything went wrong.
Very, very dumb.

Posted by: 914-8 May 4 2006, 02:38 PM

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Umm...195/60/15's all around..close to the stock height. DANG!!! 132 is that possible in a stock FI 2L?
[/quote]

LOL. You can't really think that your 2.0 *averaged* 132 mph on LA freeways on a 55 mile trip from downtown to Riverside! (Can you?!?)

Posted by: nein14 May 4 2006, 02:50 PM

122 mph on a flat stretch of the Pa. Turnpike in the 914 Turbo, had a little more pedal but saw a Trooper going the other way and backed it down.

Posted by: Thomas J Bliznik May 4 2006, 03:02 PM

142 MPH @ 10.28 elapsed time through the 1/4 mile in "B" Gas dragster in the year 1955. K-88 chassis research frame w/pontiac motor. Not fast, but a thrill on a cheap build with my buddy's.

Tom


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Posted by: captain rusty May 4 2006, 03:25 PM

About 125 in my aunt's 944, on a back road in Alabama when I was 15. That was one of the first times I ever drove anything, I couldn't believe she handed me the keys and she just kept saying "go faster! hit the gas!" -- obviously, she was the "coolest" one in the family. In retrospect it appears she was insane.

Greatest feat of speed, however, was making it from Thousand Oaks to Gardena (which is all the way across LA County) on a Friday afternoon, left at 4:10 and arrived at 5:05 to get my girlfriend's car out of hock. In my '86 Volvo wagon. I passed a CHP on the opposite shoulder of the freeway at about 75, I don't even know if he saw me go by. What a rush. God I can't wait to get my 914 back on the road.

Posted by: Sideways May 4 2006, 07:11 PM

197 (GPS Verified) - Techart 993 (700hp) would have gone faster but aerodynamics compressed suspension and was sitting on bump stops causing irratic handling

175 - 911 Turbo race car

140 - Modified 924 Turbo (250hp)

65 - Cannondale Road Bike (stupidity)

0.0001 - 914 on shop jack.

Posted by: marks914 May 5 2006, 04:58 AM

Buried the 150 speedo in my 914 v8 last year, tall gears and such, seemed OK at that speed, a little loud.

Buried the speedo AND tach on my 79 capri when I was a kid

Mark

Posted by: 73Phoenix20 May 6 2006, 08:25 PM

An indicated 165 mph in my 94 ZR-1; Chevy said it would do 180+...
Guess it needed a tuneup!

Posted by: bernbomb914 May 6 2006, 08:37 PM

drove one of 6 of the first 63 corvette splitwindow race prep cars from the factory in St Louis with Bob Bondurant to Santa Barbara because they couldnt freight them fast enough to make the times Gp at Riverside. came out rt 66 at very high speeds 125+ it was a great trip

Bernie

Posted by: maddeye May 6 2006, 09:25 PM

took my brand new 86 hyundai excel to 105 on a down grade, back it the training area of fort bragg NC . i thought the car was coming apart, it was very loose.

did 142 at richard petty in vegas a couple of years ago, hell of a lot of fun turning left at that speed.

Posted by: racerx7 May 7 2006, 10:45 PM

An indicated 150 + in fd3s. I don't even like to go much past 100 mph now a days,
unless it is on the track. My car in it's current state only powerfull enough to do
maybe 120 ish at Thill.

Which track on the west coast has the highest top end? Something with a long straight
a way that does not dump you into 50mph turn.

Posted by: rcrgrl May 7 2006, 11:00 PM

There's a trip I wouldn't mind making
That's one of my very favorite cars ....

Posted by: rpmmaxxed May 7 2006, 11:14 PM

185 in a 655 hp 1994 Toyota Supra.

Largest adrenaline rush I have ever had.

Passenger mind you.

Fastest driving, read 120 in the 914 friday night.

not sure just how fast that was, since im running 195/60/15's

Posted by: ThinAir914 May 7 2006, 11:38 PM

118 mph on the German AutoBahn in a rented Ford Mondeo wagon with my wife and 3 teen/adult children in the car.

100 mph in my 73 2.0L 924 on the highway East of Tuba City when returning from the 2005 Red Rock Classic.

Posted by: alan9144 May 8 2006, 09:52 AM

Did 170 mph in a TVR Tuscan I used to own! Completely foolish but had to be done, gave my friend a shot one day and he came back grinning saying thats the fastest he had ever been, did 165, so I had to take it out there and then and beat him - apparently it is capable of 195+ but at 170 I was s******g myself the car was all over the place. It was never the same after that

Did 150mph (reading) in my 924 turbo, while passing a UR quattro It was never the same after that

2nd scariest thing was doing 130 mph in my 73 bug, drum brakes and ball joint suspension and youve guessed it, it was never the same after that

Posted by: nebreitling May 8 2006, 10:14 AM

156 in a modded Z28 on public road... 135 through a toll booth. (i didn't pay).

stupidstupidstupidstupidstupidstupidstupidstupidstupid....

Posted by: okieflyr May 8 2006, 08:17 PM

That would be: 73 2.0 914 130

Ferrari Boxter Dallas/OKC 135

930 Turbo between Denver/Salina KS 145

73 Carrera RS Lightweight Tulsa/Missouri 135

83 928 New Mexico desert 130 ALL DAY LONG (it got boreing)

Posted by: Stieve Jul 5 2006, 01:34 AM

According to the 25 squad cars and Helicopter of CHP and Sacramento County Sheriffs Dept. I was a mile ahead of the lead squad car, that started when I did, at 2am, I was in my First car, a 1970 Dodge Charger R/t with a 440 HP. They said they Clocked me at 164 mph. I had 2.71 gears in the rear. After that, 135 in a 79 porsche.
I also have flown in military aircraft as well.