Whats the fastest youve driven or ridden?

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10-10-2005, 02:42 PM
RX7-2nr

Whats the fastest youve driven or ridden?

just wunderin? lets here some stories.

i drove a 99 trans-am at about 160 before it shut down. the speedo goes to 155 and it was buried. i was passing cars on the highway like they were...you get the point. i cant imagine what it looked like to them, they were already doing 60, and a screaming red blur goes flying by 100mph faster. that was really stupid looking back at it. it was about 2am on 75N heading towards McKinney.

lets not turn this into a discussion about safety. weve all done unsafe things before. and who doesnt like going fast??

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10-10-2005, 02:45 PM
srivendel

An indicated 140 in a 1996 Impala SS on a very empty stretch of road between Cline's Corner and Santa Fe, NM. ::Drive1::

S.
10-10-2005, 02:48 PM
Billy Blaze

150mph in a 89 6.6
130mph on a Kawasaki LTD 454 86 model
10-10-2005, 02:53 PM
RX7-2nr

an 89 6.6? whats that? another bike?
10-10-2005, 02:57 PM
Billy Blaze

No it's a 89 model Firebird with a 455 cubic inch engine, or better known as a 6.6
10-10-2005, 03:20 PM
Miatamoto

Raced a NSX up to 145 mph in the M3 and we were neck and neck the whole way.:burnrubr:
10-10-2005, 03:27 PM
channelmaniac

Well....

In the US, I had my 92 B&T up to 110mph for about 20 minutes on the way back from OKC once... But, I had a nice SSR running about 1/4 mile in front as bear bait. Left the north end of OKC during rush hour, stopped for gas & bio on the way back and still made it to my house in 2:22:00 (194 mile trip) - It was kinda scary running that long at 5500rpm, but the car performed flawlessly and didn't use a drop of oil.

I've done 120mph on the Autobahn in my Uncle's (in-Law) Mazda 626. I could've gone faster but he had snow tires on the car and that was their speed limit. The scary part was being in the fast lane and seeing blinking lights behind me on the horizon and no sooner than I pulled over a lane a silver Audi went by as a BLUR - he was haulin' a$$!

Fastest as a passenger was 135 in my best friend's '68 Mustang GT Convertable out Strawberry Road in Rockville, IN... It's a NICE long straight that ends in a SHARP right angle turn. It was commonly used for drag races, but you had to time it right so you were doing it between police patrol times.

RJ
10-10-2005, 03:33 PM
blackzx3_13

SPEEDING IS BAD

but. . .

Ridden: 130 in a WRX
Driven: 125 in a 3 series
10-10-2005, 03:34 PM
rx7gslse

fastest in my car? about 130/135 in teh Rx7 on a very empty strech of HWY in mid-Missouri...

Otherwise? Had an FD up to about 150 for a few 'tuning' pulls... (whatever redline in 4th gear is..) while the owner tinkered on teh laptop in the passenger seat.. That was spooky enough for me. :)
10-10-2005, 03:36 PM
tailchaser

Quote:

Originally Posted by blackzx3_13

SPEEDING IS BAD

What he said. Moved to Bull, where it belongs. Please drive through.
10-10-2005, 03:48 PM
sammm

Quote:

Originally Posted by blackzx3_13

SPEEDING IS BAD

mmmmmmmmmmmkay.
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10-10-2005, 03:57 PM
Titus

I think this is a good place to mention multiple sightings of an officer standing against a telephone pole on Marsh just north of George Bush with a radar gun in hand. There was 2 bikes and a patrol car 100 feet behind him down the side road. I have seen him there twice in the last week and didn't notice him until it was too late. I am lucky that he was only a block down from my street, so I was just about up to the the speed limit by the time I spotted him.
10-10-2005, 04:02 PM
Treibenschnell

I've driven a stock car at TMS at 165.

It was a blast zipping past a wall that's only inches away.
10-10-2005, 05:19 PM
Jiggerachi

I hit an indicated 130mph in my old civic before I let off(the 5spd's dont have governors), took about 5 minutes to get there from 70, but she did it.

This was at 1am on Highway 14 between Thornton & Mexia...if anyone knows where that is(50+ miles of straight road with a few towns about 10 - 15 miles apart).
10-10-2005, 05:29 PM
Kestrel

230 in a BMW 3 series at about 4:00am.

In kph (so about 140mph or so)

On the German autobahn, where [in places] that sorta think is OK...
10-10-2005, 08:05 PM
Carmen1990

In a car? 130 mph..
In my miata? 125 mph.. :cat:
10-11-2005, 08:14 AM
MadMerv

Quote:

Originally Posted by srivendel

An indicated 140 in a 1996 Impala SS on a very empty stretch of road between Cline's Corner and Santa Fe, NM. ::Drive1::

S.

You certainly didn't have to worry about traffic on that road. Back in 1990 I eased my 300ZX up to 137 on that stretch, with my daughter asleep in the passenger seat. Just as smooth and stable as 80 :)

Fastest, though was my 74 Corvette 454.....144 on NW I-820 before it was open, west of I35W. There was a time that every car I've had had seen it's terminal velocity..........1.6 Miatas - 116, 1.8 Miatas - 122, MazdaSpeed Protege - 134. Showroom Stock Miata at Daytona, in a draft - 130, Spec Miata at TMS w/restrictor and a couple of nice bumps - 128. Oh, and the very first one: 1950 Ford pickup with a 50HP flathead six - 70mph, downhill!!!!!
10-11-2005, 08:25 AM
Radio-Active

The fastest I ever had the '80 Dodge Chalenger(Mitsubishi import) was 85 MPH plus 1000 RPM beteen the Texas state line and OKC while following two red Porsches. I don't have a clue because the speedo only went to 85 MPH.

The 95 T-bird hit 120 MPH before I decided I had better slow down.

The 05 MSM hit 100 MPH in 5th while passing a pair of mobile homes on a two lane stretch.:drive:
10-12-2005, 11:02 AM
Darron65

Quote:

Originally Posted by Billy Blaze

No it's a 89 model Firebird with a 455 cubic inch engine, or better known as a 6.6

Conversion Man to the rescue!! :batman:

Fear not, citizen. A 6.6 is also known as a 400. The 455 is 7.5L
10-12-2005, 11:34 AM
Billy Blaze

ok, I am mistaken it was the 79 that had the 6.6, the 80 model had the 455ci
That was a long time ago.
10-12-2005, 03:38 PM
MadMonkey

Driven: 1988 Toyota Supra Turbo - 135 mph. At night. On a bumpy road. With deer strikes common. Needless to say, I felt dumb afterward ;)

Driven: My 92 Miata - 112. Boring. :)

Ridden: 132 in a Civic with a moron driving. :shock:
10-13-2005, 09:20 AM
BAM!

in my miata, about 135ish drafting 2 other miatas coming back from mineral wells.... for a few minutes!

in a (then) new s2000, 140 5th gear, 9000 rpm.... i was in a high speed sweeper, it was a little bumpy so i was doing a small crab walk into the outside lane. funny thing is, it was pulling purdy strong up to that point, not to mention the top was down! ;)
10-13-2005, 09:18 PM
TurboDuane

Silver '90 Miata, pre-turbo 115 mph
Silver '90 Miata after turbo: 128 mph all the way to red line.
Black '97 Turbo Miata, 115 mph...so far
Red '98 Trans-Am, 148 mph.
Fathers '85 Dodge Ram 110 mph limited by Cut-Off.
'85 Yamaha V-Max, Around 145 +/- 3 mph, as the bike was shaking so hard it was hard to tell.

I love triple digits, It's just so hard to find a reasonably safe place to do them in. At 145 I was getting tunnel vision as everything to the side was blurry....so cool:drive: