View Poll Results: How much go-go she got?
145-150mph
6
5.41%
150-155mph
7
6.31%
155-160mph
24
21.62%
160-165mph
36
32.43%
165-170mph
18
16.22%
170-175mph
7
6.31%
175+
13
11.71%
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Top Speed
05-04-2005, 09:51 AM
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Re: Top Speed
Originally Posted by robvas
Get a GPS and find out
i actually do have a gps... not in my car but in another... could easily swap for a quick ride...
thing is.... i have no where to safely venture above the 145mph mark
05-04-2005, 07:00 PM
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Re: Top Speed
The best place, if there is such a thing, is where ever you will not encounter other cars. I think it is ok to risk your life if you want to, or me to risk mine, but it is not alright for me to endanger you, or vice versa.
05-04-2005, 07:18 PM
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Re: Top Speed
Originally Posted by frmula1
i actually do have a gps... not in my car but in another... could easily swap for a quick ride...
thing is.... i have no where to safely venture above the 145mph mark
thing is.... i have no where to safely venture above the 145mph mark
05-04-2005, 10:05 PM
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Re: Top Speed
oklahoma right now 
PLENTY of places to top out the car...
none that i've found yet tho can be done safely... as in... sidestreets, parking lots, and other places for unexpected traffic/pedestrians to be a complete non-factor
highways are too heavily patroled here to risk that... even if you do a driveby beforehand.. i've tried... and seen a cop coming the other direction as i was accelerating 2 out of 3 times
even in the middle of the night
PLENTY of places to top out the car...
none that i've found yet tho can be done safely... as in... sidestreets, parking lots, and other places for unexpected traffic/pedestrians to be a complete non-factor
highways are too heavily patroled here to risk that... even if you do a driveby beforehand.. i've tried... and seen a cop coming the other direction as i was accelerating 2 out of 3 times
even in the middle of the night
05-04-2005, 11:16 PM
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Re: Top Speed
nope...
they use lazer here
i had a buddy with one
all it did was tell him that he had been caught... one beep really quick.
they point... shoot... your done.
doesn't help you
and besides...
going 150mph you would most likly not be able to slow down in time
and even if they didn't CATCH you on radar/lazer going that fast...
just seeing you fly by is enough.
then your screwed.
they use lazer here
i had a buddy with one
all it did was tell him that he had been caught... one beep really quick.
they point... shoot... your done.
doesn't help you
and besides...
going 150mph you would most likly not be able to slow down in time
and even if they didn't CATCH you on radar/lazer going that fast...
just seeing you fly by is enough.
then your screwed.
05-05-2005, 12:34 AM
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Re: Top Speed
well LT1 owner here not an LS1, but i've got mine up to 138 i think toying with a honda accord v6 one of the new ones... and i could easily pull still
i'd say if i had her running good she'd promise me high 150's if not more... i had my 1998 camery up to 140 and she was still pulling ok with 100 less hp then the lt1
i'd say if i had her running good she'd promise me high 150's if not more... i had my 1998 camery up to 140 and she was still pulling ok with 100 less hp then the lt1
05-05-2005, 01:47 PM
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Re: Top Speed
Originally Posted by FASTFATBOY
Not really, actually the third gen cars ae more slippery. You dont see many 4th gens on the salt flats.
And if anyone thinks 450 rwhp in lowered f body is enough to run 195 mph
NOT.....think 700 hp nascar, windtunnel massaged body here.
David
And if anyone thinks 450 rwhp in lowered f body is enough to run 195 mph
NOT.....think 700 hp nascar, windtunnel massaged body here.David
Did anyone read what I wrote. A LPE 383 LT1 Formula went 192 in June 1995. M6 with 3.23 gears.
05-05-2005, 06:36 PM
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Re: Top Speed
In my '97 Z28, I was able to reach ~ 169-170 mph (6100 RPM in 5th gear, 3.73s) with ~ 330 rwhp (my '97 trapped 111.5 at the time). I buried the speedo and stayed at WOT for, I'd guess, another minute or so. Once I got to 6100 RPM, the car wasn't pulling much at all. I was racing my buddy in his '94 Formula who actually passed me at a decent pace (probably 2-3 mph faster) so we figure he was going about 170-172 mph. His car was making ~ 350 rwhp (trapped 112.66). Was a rush, but I would say at that power level we were just about maxxed out. My cutout was closed so I was running through full Flowmaster exhaust (cost me 12 rwhp on the dyno). I'm sure had it been open, I could have hit 170-172 ish but that would have been about it.
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05-05-2005, 10:25 PM
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Re: Top Speed
I saw 200 MPH on a video... So fast that it looked like scenery wasn't passing but being SUCKED in... Close enough for me... People who do that have to be plain iggnorant of fear itself... Could you immagine a slipup at those speeds? 
People who do that have to be plain iggnorant of fear itself... Could you immagine a slipup at those speeds?
