TOP SPEEDS? 160-170MPH can this be done?

[lindleyp]

Not being funny mate, but why are you chasing such high top speeds? just seems you'd be spending lots of money to get there mate.

I've got my 172 FF to just under 140 on the speedo, then realized just how fast i was going and slowed right down!!

There fast enough imo, unless you want to lose your license.

haha im just curious, anmd wonder what the gearing allows thats all and what its rated too..

 

[lindleyp]

yeah complete waste of time, as if a clio is going to break the land speed record! lol

its just for knowlege thats all, im not trying to do the unthinkable and the un-doable..

 

[GM_182]

Another - Why response sorry.

You'd be better off just buying a faster car and popping over to Germany

 

[gashead1105]

I would also ask why - but FYI, Evo have the top speed of the 1*2s at 138-140, depending on the model.

Personally, I'm with Roy and I'd rather have a shorter ratio gearbox - I find I'm on the limiter in 4th at end of Revetts (Snetterton) at an indicated 110ish, but without enough time to usefully change to 5th. Maybe I need a remap!

 

[lindleyp]

Another - Why response sorry.

You'd be better off just buying a faster car and popping over to Germany

I would also ask why - but FYI, Evo have the top speed of the 1*2s at 138-140, depending on the model.

Personally, I'm with Roy and I'd rather have a shorter ratio gearbox - I find I'm on the limiter in 4th at end of Revetts (Snetterton) at an indicated 110ish, but without enough time to usefully change to 5th. Maybe I need a remap!

why? well why not? its what a forum is for.. to gain knowlege and help, and what i wanted to know was the gear box safe limit too see how quick a clio would go and if it could be pushed above 140mph thats all, i dint ask to be made fun off, im sure theres alot of CS members out ther that didnt know also.. :star:

 

[Fred@BTM]

i'm pretty sure 156 was clocked out the cup at bruntingthorpe (GPS) but that was a 240bhp jobbie

the V i've had upto the same on GPS, hopefully it'll do high 160's when its done

 

[Sir_Dave]

The cup eventually managed 145mph (GPS) on the way back from the ring. But that was down a very long hill, slipstreaming my mates Evo lol.

F*ck going faster than that in a french tin can :S

 

[lindleyp]

haha! is gps an accurate way of clocking top speeds?

 

[Tav]

It's accurate to within a few feet so yes?

 

[Bazzon]

Gps is more accurate then a speedo.

 

[Sir_Dave]

haha! is gps an accurate way of clocking top speeds?

Well yes, seeing as the reading came from my Origin B2 'speed' camera detector...

 

[bomber]

haha! is gps an accurate way of clocking top speeds?

yes, way more acurate than your speedo.

 

[meady100]

I wouldn't want to be able to do 140+ in a Clio.

A blow-out at anything above 100 would result in a messy end I would think.

I'd rather quicker acceleration than top-end speed imo

+1

 

[Andyman]

Do those GPS things also measure quarter miles times and 0-60? What exactly is the device and how much?

Sorry for sounding like something from the dark ages but never taken much notice of GPS

 

[Sir_Dave]

Do those GPS things also measure quarter miles times and 0-60? What exactly is the device and how much?

Sorry for sounding like something from the dark ages but never taken much notice of GPS

Do you have a TomTom or other sat nav? Thats GPS lol.

They all provide info of your current speed & where you are ...

 

[Greeny.]

Dont care as I would never get to go that fast, would rather me limited to 120/130 but be able to get there quicker.

 

[lindleyp]

tom tom here i come , must buy one now, oh is there any chep oes around 100-150 which are easy to use and will pick up speed cameras or recoised mobile speed traps?

 

[Sir_Dave]

Buy a TomTom One. I have the Europe version & its done me proud over the past 140k Also does speed cameras/traffic jams, etc if you need it to.

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

tom tom here i come , must buy one now, oh is there any chep oes around 100-150 which are easy to use and will pick up speed cameras or recoised mobile speed traps?

Thatll be my insurance premium up again next year

 

[2 live]

I can hit the limiter in my 172 very easily (got boost innit) . Not sure what it is reving out to, but have seen the speedo at 150mph without much trouble, but it feels unstable as hell.

yeah but ur a pussy

 

[KungFuSpaghetti]

yeah but ur a pussy

haha, well yes this is also true, but knowing I can is good enough for me

 

[Andyman]

Do you have a TomTom or other sat nav? Thats GPS lol.

They all provide info of your current speed & where you are ...

No not got a 'Timmy' as we call them lol but is there a GPS device you can buy just for performance stats alone?

 

[Ian_182]

 

[Jamie]

What's that light on in the bottom right? (Not the gear shift).

 

[AhmedRSi]

Death light iirc. Crash immenant.

 

[stuart1989]

Death light iirc. Crash immenant.

:approve: hahaha

 

[Coops Mk1]

orange light looks like engine failure light lol

i'm about to fit a long ratioed jc5 out of a renault 19 turbo derv to my mk 1 clio turbo, i'll let you know how it goes on, at the minute it hits the limiter in 5th easily, indicated off the end of the clocks on std valver clocks, so 155 odd, not done it to sat nav tho

 

[Ian_182]

The green light is the limiter in 5th.

The orange light is the engine management.Usually lights up after a remap...

 

[MarkCup]

If a 182bhp Clio will do 140mph, then to get that same car to do 170mph you will need 326bhp. This assumes gearing etc. can be changed to suit. Against increasing air resistance you need the cube of the speed multiple times the power.

So to get a Clio to do as much as 200mph you'd need 531bhp.

As far as tracks go, Goodwood's one of the faster ones, and I just about nudge 120 through Fordwater and also down the Lavant straight...that's more than enough for me.

 

[Marky_]

^Assuming it doesn't rattle itself apart.

 

[172Ben]

Id be fearing more than rattling at the speed in a clio

 

[Djw John]

That speedo pic is on Big Iain took years ago. The orange light is cos he had a decat and it pinged on after sitting at a steady cruise on the m-way.

 

[Ian_182]

^^^ correct...

 

[kam2turbo]

can i hit 150mph in a 172 cup? upping the bhp yeah but i mean will the gearing allow it? faster 0-60 times ofcourse but i mean top end flat out, 150mph achieavable?

143 for sure and that was a standard cup

 

[Arr0nUK]

I would have acceleration over top end anyday. as long as it pulls to about 120 (which is still enough) then theres no point going much over that.

 

[Arr0nUK]

quick question, you rekon my mates 'golf mk4 gti 1.8t 150 Bhp' would be pull better 100 - 138 that my 182? All Standard Both Cars

 

[Tav]

No not got a 'Timmy' as we call them lol but is there a GPS device you can buy just for performance stats alone?

http://www.driftbox.com/performance_meter.html this is what a lot of magazines used. Worked for us. Lambo LP560-4 recorded 3.7 to 60mph and 187mph on it, wowzers! Was getting towards high 190's on the speedometer. Likewise the Porsche GT2, about 3.9 to 60mph and 183mph on the Driftbox.

Also these products: http://www.racelogic.co.uk/?show=VBOX

 

[lindleyp]

i have a tomtom now its the TOMTOM GO 530 one of the best new sat navs but its set to seconds to callcualte my movement and its propper b****cks on being ''accurate'' for calculatign my speed, for instancde i was sat at 65 on my clios speedo and the sat nav said i was only doing 59?

anythign i need to reset or settings changes ont he sat nav?

 

[Tav]

65mph on speedo and 59mph on GPS sounds about right.

 

[Ben_Stevo172]

I hit 150mph on the limiter in mine! Wont go anymore unless the limiter is raised