Speed/ Top Speed

tealtiger93 said:

You did 105 towing a car on a trailor? CRAZY!

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That would be me!
I was stuck behind a row of rv's that were going ~5-10 under, Lots of hills and it was only two lane. It was a dumb move that I highly discourage, But it worked

I only got to maybe 95 or so when I was n/a, and that was downhill.

According to my (probably inaccurate) stock tach and an RPM calculator, I did 110 the night before my car got hit, but that was with the turbo.

Brian

I may have hit 100mph in my old stang, but I had an 87 F150 with a 5.0l that hit 135+ I only know this becouse the guy I blew past was going 135
I hope to go that fast in the t-bird. And have been thinking about getting another tc to make a salt flat car, so its funny to see this this morning. I have a frend that holds the land speed record in his class(up to 3l) with an N/A 2.3l strocked ot to a 2.5l at I think 216mph, it has like 13:1 compresion!

Speed

112 MPH @ 5000 RPM in 4th gear. That's N/A.

I think in 5th gear you'd be limited (due to RPM) to about ±140 if you had the power to get there.

similarly, I've only gotten to about 108-110 when my car was NA. Turboed, I may have seen 120, or 125, but that was far from topped out. I let out because the roads arn't great, I want to keep my liscense, and the car felt rickety. Now that I have the C4 in, I am gear limited to about 115, but I don't think I'll be trapping any faster than 115 for a while. lol

4bangen said:

I have a frend that holds the land speed record in his class(up to 3l) with an N/A 2.3l strocked ot to a 2.5l at I think 216mph, it has like 13:1 compresion!

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What else is done to it? If its a streamliner or something, ok, but it takes roughly 600hp to push a Fox Mustang to 200mph.

I'm a chicken when it comes to top speed in a stock chassis with just shoulder belts. I guess the SVOs were rated at ~140mph, but I've only been to about 85 so far. My record isnt clear yet, so thats part of it. I took my '68 up to about 110, but it has drum brakes. My friend ran me up to about 130-140 in his BPU Laser TSi and I was terrified. Public road....at night....on Pep Boys tires.....in a car driven by someone who has wrecked as many cars as he's owned....scary.

Hm, top speed with N/A vert... I think one time I pushed her to ~105 maybe more...Being that a vert is a few pounds heavier I had to get some distance...But hey route 1 in DE is more than enough straight road to push it...But i don't think i'll ever push that high again, everything just seemed to click that early morning... No traffic, no cops on the radar, and no sleep

i had my friend in his 2000 buick regal clock me side by side with him at 115, before i installed the ranger header/superchip. i maybe hit 120, 125 now at top end.

I have a hard time doing the "Top speed" thing after the incident last year. I ran 4th gear to about 5k on slicks/skinnies, and the carbon fiber hood flew back. Of course the window was up and I nearly broke it trying to get my head out the window. To top it off skinnies don't stop well and it seemed like I slide for miles. Too scary. I don't even like running the 1/4 much unless I'm on a track.

damn good reason to not do that anymore eh?

on which car did you do that on?