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98tadriver 03-04-2007 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Squirrel (Post 320474)
well, the thing was, it was on a wide 2 lane road lined on both sides with just trees for miles in pitch black night time

niiceee, lined with trees

death wish! lol

Koll 03-04-2007 09:21 PM

I need to post a few times.
1994 Mercury Grand Marquis - 108 (speed limiter. Al and I hit that a few times going to NY)
1988 Camaro Iroc-Z - Somewhere around 105
1984 Olds Cutlass - 84. Starts to shake like a son of a bitch after that
1994 Caprice - somewhere around 125
1991 Trans Am Vert - Somewhere around 140.

Fastest ive ever been was around 160ish.

79dizZy28 03-04-2007 09:32 PM

1991 Mitsubishi Montero - 115mph (slightly downhill :lol:)
1983 Datsun 280zx 2+2 - 138mph
1979 Chevy Camaro Z28 - 135mph

For the Datsun I had to use a gear calculator as the speedo only went up to 85mph :lol: I hit that speed during a race with my buddy's Benz 280SE where we wanted to find out who had the faster 280. He said he maxed out at 135mph and I was walkin him the whole time so I guess its fairly accurate.

Mike 03-04-2007 11:06 PM

i think some of these times are exagerated unless "stock" includes a tune, because cars come with limiters.

i have had the t/a's speedo buried and stayed in it
and on my bike the speedo read 178 but im not sure of accuracy

armymp1983 03-05-2007 04:36 AM

I've had the Corvette at 186mph. Autobahn A5 Germany. Slp exhaust, Vararam intake, H/C. New cam and heads in a few months. I wouldn't even try that here in Jersey. Germany's autobahn are unbelievable. Especially around 8 at night when traffic is very thin. I know another guy in our German Corvette club that has me beat 189MPH.

alexm 03-05-2007 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by cbrrmike (Post 320676)
i think some of these times are exagerated unless "stock" includes a tune, because cars come with limiters.

i have had the t/a's speedo buried and stayed in it
and on my bike the speedo read 178 but im not sure of accuracy

well i was lucky enough to have every speed limiter removed from the japanese cars when i converted the speedo to mph after importing them

Tru2Chevy 03-05-2007 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by maroman88 (Post 320399)
my moms old 92 Lumina Euro 3.4....130ish with the needle burried

Did you have a chip in it? the 3.4 cars were limited to 122 just like the 3.1s.....

I've had my '91 Lumina up to 122, only once though. Several other trips over 100mph on Rt. 80 back when I was in college.

I had my old Camaro (85 2.8L/A4) up to ~105 one night, racing a friend in his '82 2.8L carb/M4 Camaro

The Jeep has barely seen 85.....

- Justin

Knipps 03-05-2007 10:44 AM

haha if we're gonna do other ppl's cars

05 dakota w/ temp plates - 100 [dad's]
94? exploder - 85 shakes like crazy [gf's brother's]
84 benz 380 - 95 [gf's grandfather's]

:twisted::twisted::twisted:

BonzoHansen 03-05-2007 11:58 AM

Somewhere around 130 +/-5 mph. Back in my younger and stupider days. At least differently stupid days. :)

Edit: 255/60/15, 2.93 posi, TH350 CFI 350. GSP

BlackBADaSS02 03-05-2007 12:02 PM

150 in the SS
110 in a 3.4l camaro

enRo 03-05-2007 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by 79CamaroDiva (Post 320440)
7.80 @ 171 in the 1/4 is fast enough for me... i dont do anything on the street.

Amen.

12secondv6 03-05-2007 02:18 PM

V6 bird - 145
00 C5 top down - 130-135
98 C5 - 145
Nascar winston cup race car - me driving - 170
Nascar winston cup race car - prof driver - 180

jims69camaro 03-05-2007 02:28 PM

148 in an '88 formula firebird (downhill with the wind at my back)
115 in a '72 pontiac gran ville on the west bound side of the AC expressway
118 kph in a '95 fiat uno wagon on the autostradt in italy

jbird99 03-05-2007 04:48 PM

1999 3.8L Birdy - Pinned the needle while going down rt 80 .... i think it stops at 125mph?

Brando56894 03-05-2007 06:10 PM

i hit 110 in my (first) bird and it stopped at the speed limiter. once bill removed it i never had the chance to pin the speedo :cry:

jin1481 03-05-2007 07:50 PM

the z's and ss's come with the limiter removed

firehawk1120 03-05-2007 07:59 PM

in the old Hawk when i was young and dumb on the parkway southbound late at night heading to the shore. I hit about 145-150 I got a little nervous at 130 and stopped looking down at the speedo, but i know I kept going faster til I felt it was unsafe...

Mike 03-05-2007 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by jin1481 (Post 320888)
the z's and ss's come with the limiter removed

thats completely incorrect

WildBillyT 03-05-2007 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by cbrrmike (Post 320899)
thats completely incorrect

Yep. It's not right.

Speed limiters were set according to OEM tire speed rating.

396LT1SS 03-06-2007 07:25 AM

aprox. 175mph in my first 97' SS had cc306 shorty headers 4.10 gears full bolt ons , 2002 GSXR 750 192mph ,according to stock speedo which are usually off, but ftw i was boogeyin' ( i was younger and pretty dumb)


oh yeah the caddy regularly makes it to "fuel cutoff" at 128 .....feels like 95 LOL

Dark_Knight7096 03-06-2007 09:30 AM

In my GTP (before the mods) at the Calverton Naval Industrial Weapons Complex I totally pegged the speedo and the HUD read 123 before I saw the end of the runway coming up and started slowing down, I plan on taking my Lightning and a Vette up there this year though.

JerzLT1 03-06-2007 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by 396LT1SS (Post 321018)
aprox. 175mph in my first 97' SS had cc306 shorty headers 4.10 gears full bolt ons , 2002 GSXR 750 192mph ,according to stock speedo which are usually off, but ftw i was boogeyin' ( i was younger and pretty dumb)


oh yeah the caddy regularly makes it to "fuel cutoff" at 128 .....feels like 95 LOL

didnt think the 750s would go up that fast.... my 600 is pushing it at 170 thats with a power commander and slipon

slasherbarb 03-06-2007 10:50 AM

i had it around 135-140 one night on the parkway @ 3 AM...Brando90210 forced me into a race, left 3 seconds before me, and i caught up...

but according to the gears chart my top speed on my A4 w/ stock gears is 192 @ 5700 RPM

V 03-06-2007 11:30 AM

my SS speed limiter was set factory at 160, now its 255

BonzoHansen 03-06-2007 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by SmokingSS (Post 321078)
...now its 255

That's all??? You pansy.


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