Top Speed - Who's Done It?

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Originally posted by benm92@Jun 30 2003, 09:26 AM
5 BILLION MILES PER HOUR  B)

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125 in 1997 Camaro v6- All over the place, but it sucks gas
120 in my moms '98 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight :lol: - On Highway 99 South of Fresno CA
115 in my 89 CRX- On Interstate 5 going through Oceanside,CA-Took hella long to get it up there
 
Ive hit 123 or 124 in my hybrid rex but then stuff started goin thru my head like if ur tire blew out ur fuckedd....so i let off im not sure what the cut off is i mean i was at like 5700 rpms and it can go till 7200 before cut off...curious..one time when i have the car all balanced out rolling smothly then i'll do it...
 
coming home today I let this punk in an Eclipse get to me. I was doing 80 on I-75 like I do every day and he was ridin' my ass. I kept going faster to pull away from him and he stayed on my ass. Moving into the open middle lane wasn't an option!!

When we got to the section of the hwy where a state patrol always sits behind a little hill (vitrually invisible) I finally pull over into the middle lane and back off. When I think to ignore the asshole I'm givin' the finger and look at the speedo I'm doing 115. I shit and hit the brakes (not necessarily in that order). None too soon 'cause Smokey was there.

The Eclipse had to be doing over 125 when he passed the cop. As I passed by him slowing to pull over I couldn't help but give him a little wave. Course HE gave ME the finger then :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
the fastest was this weekend in my friend's trans am when he got it up to 145 on the high way or so...the spedo didn't read right though because of the new gears he has in his car. the car wasn't even struggling yet.
 
a lot of people seem to blow there motors doing top speed why? what is so much harder on the motor in 5th at 8000 vs 3rd at 8000?
 
lol..i like the flux capacitor post...1.1 gigawatts..hehe..i used to own a 94 supra turbo and i got that thing to 171 mph on a dry lake bed..if anyone remembers the cover of turbo magazine on september 1996 ...shaun carlson took the pictures and abel ibarra brought out his grand national and we raced..fun shit
 
Tonight on the way home from work I topped 114 in my 92 Escort GT. Of course it's completely stock and I passed a 2000-or up Camaro SS who didn't want non of it. :rolleyes:

I've hit 118 before, but that was on a much straighter...flatter stretch of highway...which has a lower speed limit too.
 
about 170... in my old SR20-powered S13 240sx... the nismo speedometer only went to 260km/h (161.2mph) and i redlined (7200rpm) it in 5th gear going slightly downhill (not a flat nor straight freeway), on only 13 psi and bolt-ons. never been over 125mph since then... it was stolen BTW and i'm single now, no g/f to get mad over.
 
Originally posted by omega11855@Jul 20 2003, 09:52 PM
a lot of people seem to blow there motors doing top speed why? what is so much harder on the motor in 5th at 8000 vs 3rd at 8000?

It's harder on the engine because it's working at a higher load. The transmission is typically geared in overdrive at 5th, while 3rd gear is close to a 1:1 ratio. Your wind resistance and tire resistance is also significantly higher. All this extra load, coupled with the fact that nearing redline in your tallest gear typically means you're accelerating more slowly than in third- means that you're running your engine at redline for extended periods of time at high load.

Make sense?

That's why you don't want to hold your engine up at high revs for long periods of time, and why a good number of auto manufacturers will have rev limiter in the middle of the rev range in the highest gear but only at redline for the lower gears.
 
ya thats true i dont try high speeds with my honda crx i wanna take care of it since i dont have the money to rebuild an engine..i try not to redline it at all too..you know
 
142 mph @ 8200 rpms

in my 88 rex, bonez dual catback exhaust, bonez intake... more but i don't feel like listing
 
135 in my CRX (with swap) I-15 on they way home from Vegas baby!!!. Trying to catch up to a brand new Ferrari ???. (Blew the windsheild wiper off the glass and landed between the drivers side mirror and the door) :D
 
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