Speeding- - How Fast You Been

[Mitchy]

Hey there, quick question to all you renault boys.

How fast have you personally travelled at? ( I mean you driving or being a passenger) and i mean in a car or a motorbike, not strapped onto a missile or stuck on the wing of a concorde.

These are all speedo speeds so will obviously not be 100% accurate- - - - -



Personally, 144mph in my zed (gearbox limited in 5th to this speed)

156 mph in Uncles Calibra Turbo

166mph in mates 380+ GTIR

Anyone on here had any similar experiences??

(obviously all done on my private test track)

 

[Craggy]

165 in an evo 7 extreme s racing a lamborghini diablo. now that WAS a race. grinning like a cheshire cat for a week

 

[philip]

never above 155mph as the car was limited to that speed, and not in the UK.

 

[Lee]

150mph with my boss at the wheel of his 911.

 

[Mitchy]

obviously done on your private test tracks then!!!

 

[eves]

132 in me willy

 

[Chad]

xr2i 125mph



172 132mph

renault 5 956cc off the clock missus was behind on the way to france she said I was at 115mph (with K&N and the timing well advanced)

GPZ600 140mph

 

[Mitchy]

Bikers doing 156mph + 148mph this week got a 30 day jail sentence, and a 2yr ban. The law aint half cracking down.

Then a lunatic doing 116mph thru a 40, wonder if hell get a sentence also???

 

[mo--]

168 in twin turbo supra chipped, you could actually see the fuel needle moving, funny thing is we still got toasted by two other cars .. oh and every slight bend in the m/way becomes veryyyyyyy scary.

 

[sammy]

Quote: Originally posted by Mitchy on 19 July 2003


Hey there, quick question to all you renault boys.

And girls...!

130mph in Christians (cbs cup) Cup (Me driving)

130mph (I think) in Matts (16v Matt) valver (He so would never let me drive that car over 40mph... )

And a great 110mph in my lil clio 1.2 (well the clock said 110, so really means 90)

 

[Mitchy]

Craggy, Did the lambo pass you at 165mph, or was he content at staying there??? They things can just go and go and go

Ive heard of a lad hitting the 170mark also in a TT Supra

 

[mo--]

craggy was that in the b/ham area

 

[mo--]

craggy was that in the bham area

 

[mo--]

mitchy, supra was fast but porsche 928 and audi were way faster,

 

[Mitchy]

With 450bhp in the TT Supra, the thing is like a bullet,

As standard i think they have around 285bhp, and hit a book top speed of 158mph. With 450bhp, and uprated GB I think these things would give any road production car a good go.

What kinda Audi are we talking about, hitting a 170mph+???

 

[aaronc]

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[Mitchy]

128/129, What cars that in???

 

[Craggy]

mo, yes that was in birmingham, mitchy, we ran oout of road so had to brake, the lambo floored it first and there was virtually nothing in it

 

[aaronc]

Quote: Originally posted by Mitchy on 19 July 2003

128/129, What cars that in???

in my 16v. went on to an indicated 138 on the way to Dover last year.

 

[mo--]

mitchy it was one of these little f..kers, didnt half shift





Audi RS4
00-02
6/2671
375/6100
325/2500
236
4.8
170mph

 

[16V_Matt]

Quote: Originally posted by sammy on 19 July 2003

Quote: Originally posted by Mitchy on 19 July 2003


Hey there, quick question to all you renault boys.

130mph (I think) in Matts (16v Matt) valver (He so would never let me drive that car over 40mph... )





what me drive at 130mph naaaaaaa think ur mistaken there

dam right u wont go ove 40 drivin my car ur lucky u got to drive it at all! lol

 

[Louise]

139 limiting in 5th in my Williams. In a mates Soarer twin turbo, 154 mph, and still pulling

 

[Chris_H]

high 170 actual mph. I miss the RS500

 

[Dyewitness]

140 in a gsi astra

 

[Barryd]

Quote: Originally posted by Mitchy on 19 July 2003


Ive heard of a lad hitting the 170mark also in a TT Supra

Ive seen 175 on the clock in my Supra TT.

165 on my old ZXR750.

 

[Barryd]

Quote: Originally posted by mo-- on 19 July 2003

168 in twin turbo supra chipped, you could actually see the fuel needle moving, funny thing is we still got toasted by two other cars .. oh and every slight bend in the m/way becomes veryyyyyyy scary.

You cant chip a twin turbo supra, not possible and no need either, its self learning to a point.

You saw the fuel guage move? rubbish!

 

[Dyewitness]

in my little puddle jumper 115mph racing a nova!

 

[edde]

Ha ha sounds like I have the slowest fastest speed.

Done 110 in a 1.4 16V clio and the same in my diesel.

EDD

 

[Mitchy]

I think he probably meant that the boost controller had been fitted,adjusted, or uprated as there is no point in chipping a 300 horse car. The fuelling would already be at its optimum point.

As for seeing the needle move, i dont really know about that one, i dont know if it is actually possible, but i would guess if the car is travelling at 170mph, a rough estimate imo would be around the 3-5mpg mark, maybe even lower, so a sustained period at this speed certainly would drink the fuel, its always a possibility.

My mates 380bhp+ GTIR, i know for a fact lasted 145miles from full,

He was averaging around 140mph for a good hour though

 

[Mitchy]

Is there any boffins on the site who can work out how long it would take to cover 1mile at 170mph.

Would be interesting too see

 

[kefkef]

180 mph would cover a mile in 25secs



Ooops, see post below, i was working in pissed up mode, should be 20 secs.

 

[Mitchy]

Ill try and work it out...

If travelling at 60mph, theoretically cover 60miles in that hr. so at 60mph you would be covering 1 mile each minute

If travelling at 120mph, these figures are obviously doubled so you would cover a mile every 30secs.

If travelling at 180mph, the 1 minute figure would obviously be a 1/3, so hence covering a mile every 20secs.

So for 170mph, i would estimate about 22-23secs per mile

Or even better......10mph would cover a mile in 6 mins(360secs) Divide 360 by 17 (10*17=170) and that works out to be

21.176secs per mile

 

[kefkef]

fastest my mate has been?



My Mates cars:



Saxo VTS: Off the clock 140mph +

Clio Cup: 140mph indicated



Letting my Mates Dad drive who used to be a pursuit driver for the Police: 165mph with all blues blazing!

 

[wkdlad]

138mph in my valver

163mph in my mates M3

 

[BatGirl]

an indicated 133 in the valver so not too sure. 129 in the girls corsa gsi, these are all speedo readings.daf

 

[Dafydd]

thanx for that batgirl, thats my clio and her corsa

 

[172rob]

carlton gsi 156 mph millbrook june 1991

 

[canfordcliffs]

170mph in TVR Cerbera...put my foot down and felt the car start to accelerate on from that speed and promptly lost my bottle.



Sweaty palms.



0-100mph in little over 8 seconds is quite exciting.

 

[Barryd]

Quote: Originally posted by Mitchy on 19 July 2003


I think he probably meant that the boost controller had been fitted,adjusted, or uprated as there is no point in chipping a 300 horse car. The fuelling would already be at its optimum point.

My point was that it cant be done, there is no chip that can be replaced or re-programed.

 

[Tom_16v]

My valver - 130+ (Still pulling)