172FF To Top speed slowly............

[D1CKY]

I've heard the 172ff's take a while to get flat out (claimed 138mph)after 100ph :dapprove:

Can anyone confirm if this is true or not ?

As i aint had a quiet road free of cops to try it yet, olny been to 100 and backed off.

I heard this from one of my bro's college mates..


What you guys think ?

Is this rubbish or not ?

Cheers Richard

 

[Martin_172]

think its more after 110/115 when you need to go into 5th gear then yes it starts to take a while to climb.

 

[steve-172-cliocup]

iv got a cup at the mo, completely standard n she goes to 110 in 4th n gets to 125-130 ish in 5th with no probs, struggles after 130. but on my own with 1/4 of a tank of fuel iv had a road angel verified 142mph on a flat. a long flat at that though mate was goin so quick the shift light came on in 5th :rasp: . so your mates talkin...........well the dogs danglies!

 

[Peperami]

Mine pulls fine in 5th. Can leave it in 5th and overtake stuff on the motorway and shizzle.

 

[gaz44]

Mine pulls very nicely all the way

 

[TheJesus]

They will do around 140mph ish, but I'd have thought it takes forever and a day to get there, Clio's as standard are s**t after 100mph

 

[Grant_172]

I tried it out once, I was thinking I wonder how fast this car will go,

So I tried and it went to almost 140 on the clock then I thought how stupid am I and decided to slow back down!!!

 

[Paul Common 666]

Taken mine upto 125 a few times no probs but tends to stop acclerating so hard after that. Never been over 130ish in it though, public roads and that, thought 125 was silly speeds on road so slowed down. Upto 125 it was great though! who needs 130+ on roads tho, its track speeds, 125 was bad enough!

 

[Sib]

On a private road (police disclaimer)

Me and a Pal with a 182 have both hit then top end which is just over 140

There is no real difference at top whack between the two and we kept this going for around 5 miles.

First part of the drive was a long hill but the cars still managed to pull120 up- it.

 

[Lagerlout]

Mine hits a brick wall at about 125/130.

I think this is where the ultimate lack of peak power and having the aerodynamics of a brick make themselves felt lol.

 

[Laura]

my ph1 gets easy to 125 not taken it any more as i got scared lol

 

[clio_cup]

My ph1 172 gets to 130 no problem.

 

[D1CKY]

BUMP

 

[InSoMnIa]

140mph = 1 mile every 26seconds

 

[pip.]

Mine's acceleration slows at 125ish and maxes out at 145/6 on the clock.
What that is allowing for speedo error is hard to tell.

This was on an Autobahn ofcourse.

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

who needs 130+ on roads tho, its track speeds, 125 was bad enough!

What track do you goto that you can get 130 in a Clio ???

 

[RichMcc]

my ph1 gets to 120 ish really quick but slows down loads after that, I got 145 out of it absolutly flat out and it was screaming!
Was in good conditions, flat straight road with a good surface. Was racing a really done up mk2 golf dunno what the heck he had done to it but he wasn't far behind me

 

[TheJesus]

wanna get mine on an airfield to test the top end, but properly on GPS as my clock gets pretty far out once up at higher speeds. 151mph on GPS with a passenger is the best I have had, but that was 158-159mph on the clocks :S

 

[bmh.01]

Its got the aerodynamic properties of a brick which doesn't help to say the least.

 

[Chad]

On a good day mine struggles after about 125ish, its seen 140 on the clock but couldn't see it doing much more as it is without going downhill.


Forgot to say mines completly standard

 

[Martin]

who needs 130+ on roads tho, its track speeds, 125 was bad enough!

What track do you goto that you can get 130 in a Clio ???

Depends how fast your clio is Cadwell and Donington would about 130 in mine.

 

[Batman]

ive seen 123mph in a 1.2 clio! had 80k on the clock, mine will accelerate nicely upto 120mph never been over 135mph

 

[philmots]

5th gear @ 110 kills mine, but i suppose it will still pull better than most run of the mill cars.

 

[CHRISK172+]

What sort of RPM are we talking about, on your top speed. Mine stopped pulling on the straight at 6500 in 5th with an indicated 140mph.

 

[Chad]

They are deffinately not all the same standard either.

The bro inlaw had a completley standard 172 until a few months after I bought mine. We had a drive in each others cars and even he said mine was quicker. Mine was a good 15mph quicker down the same stretch of dc before having to brake with either of us driving.

The only differences we know of is the fact that his had 3000 miles when he bought it and mine had 6 miles. I changed the oil in mine after 1500 miles and around every 6000 miles after. Who knows how his car had been driven/serviced before he got it.

I didn't run mine in as per the manual. I didn't redline it too much for the first 500 miles or so but if it was warm enough I would floor it every now and then, after 500 miles it just got driven according to the road conditions i.e. as hard as possible.

Maybe mine was quicker because of the way it had been driven for the first few miles. Maybe the manifolds matched the engine better or the engine is just one of the better ones? I've read quite a few posts in the past that mention fairly big differences with the internal components and tollerancies in the 172 engine.

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

The first few miles you should give it a good hammering. Sets everything in place.

 

[Graham Gooch]

I'd like to max it on an autobah , but tbh straightlining my 182 is neither fun nor does it actually have a point.

 

[S77CCP]

I've maxed mine out on the Autoroute and it went well over 140 on the GPS, but my motor isn't stock, in standard trim it pulled 130 with ease, didn't bother going faster as 130 is quick enough to set you sent to prison.

 

[Sib]

at top speed my gear change light has been on for several revs.

 

[LegoHead]

140mph = 1 mile every 26seconds

or my trip between wolves and andover in an hour. Done it in 1:45.lol.

But mine pulls easy to 140 with just me. Last weekend, I was 3 up with everyones luggage for a weekend away, with two bikes on roof. The car struggled to get over 100. with two people, 2 bikes on roof and less luggage, it still pulls to 120 easy.

 

[Tim]

Mine pulls fine in 5th. Can leave it in 5th and overtake stuff on the motorway and shizzle.

snap .

 

[matt182]

Mine got to 120 quite quick and after that it slows down

 

[Tighten My Nuts]

They do struggle a bit once 120 comes up.

Was talking to Paul J at the airfield, his GSXR 750 goes from 0-130 quicker than a Clio 172/182 goes from 120-130.

That kinda puts it into perspective.

 

[Lagerlout]

I'd like to max it on an autobah , but tbh straightlining my 182 is neither fun nor does it actually have a point.

Just about sums it up. Not very stable at high speeds either. Alright dead straight, but put a slight curve in at 120+ and my arsehole is going from ten pence to half a crown. lol.

 

[D1CKY]

my ph1 gets to 120 ish really quick but slows down loads after that, I got 145 out of it absolutly flat out and it was screaming!
Was in good conditions, flat straight road with a good surface. Was racing a really done up mk2 golf dunno what the heck he had done to it but he wasn't far behind me

I raced a mk2 golf gti (8v as 16v's have beesting on roof and 8v's have it sticking out wing) god knows what he had under his but it went like f**k as well ?

He pee'd all over my in accelaration then at about 90 i caught up and was in line with him


I thought he was a 1.8 turbo or vr6 but he'd have pissed all over my all the way over 90 if it was

Are the old mk2 16v torquey ?
As i thought the 8v had more than the 16v, how wrong was i

 

[brisa4984]

my next door neighbour had his turbo charged and it was still loosing traction shifting to 3rd. twas insane untill he ditched it.

 

[chapers]

140mph = 1 mile every 26seconds

Wow, it would take 73 minutes to get from Southampton to Birmingham at that constant speed!(Sorry, I'm going there tomorrow hence the calculation...:rasp: )

 

[len_beach]

I've seen an indicated 150mph. Obviously not accurate but GPS shows 97mph against 100mph for the speedo so not too far out.

 

[jph172]

i know this post is going to get a ribbing but i hit 150mph before when my car was standard ish. Going to Aldon Automotive for the Shitest ever rolling road day ever, about half 7 in the morning, completely dead stretch of road. Two other guys, Ballcrusher in his williams and another guy in a 182. Catching them up must of got in their slipstream because i absolutely shat myself and so did my passenger

 

[gaz44]

It's not got enough power and torque to get to the top speed quickly, from 100 and above. The drag becomes too much.