What's my cars top speed?
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I always heard they were limited to about that but thinking about it I have never read any reviews where the cars are maxed.
I had a quick scout on youtube but only found videos of people running up to 200kmh and backing off.
Read this: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/performance-driving-g...
And play with this: http://www.catherineandken.co.uk/sti/tyres.html
Should get you a theoretical top speed but at as the first link says your car might not hit maximum RPM in top gear, there might not be enough power to get there.
I had a quick scout on youtube but only found videos of people running up to 200kmh and backing off.
Read this: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/performance-driving-g...
And play with this: http://www.catherineandken.co.uk/sti/tyres.html
Should get you a theoretical top speed but at as the first link says your car might not hit maximum RPM in top gear, there might not be enough power to get there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-XV_jmVTDY
Top speed is over rated anyway. FPV version but you get the idea... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-ZclmN5JIE&fea...
Top speed is over rated anyway. FPV version but you get the idea... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-ZclmN5JIE&fea...
Go on Andrew, tell us what the top speed is!! Trains are regular and at least I will know someone who's appeared on the paper as a devil!
Not that I'm recommending you try the top speed, but I've recently driven on some very straight roads, for what seemed like a month. Even you could gradually build u the speed to be scared!!!!
Oh, if anyone asks, I don't know ya!!!
Not that I'm recommending you try the top speed, but I've recently driven on some very straight roads, for what seemed like a month. Even you could gradually build u the speed to be scared!!!!
Oh, if anyone asks, I don't know ya!!!
You 2 are like the kids at school who are like 'go on, light up that bunsen burner gas tap why we stand over here, go on, it'll be fine!' 
I had dreamt once that I was on one of the long stretches back from Bunbury and got to about 228 and the car was very stable before I s
t it due to speed cameras. Like I said, just a dream...
Was speaking to a guy yesterday who works at a Ford dealer. Said they will go off the clock and end up at around 275/280 which seems reasonable so about what, 165/170mph maybe?
I had dreamt once that I was on one of the long stretches back from Bunbury and got to about 228 and the car was very stable before I s
t it due to speed cameras. Like I said, just a dream...Was speaking to a guy yesterday who works at a Ford dealer. Said they will go off the clock and end up at around 275/280 which seems reasonable so about what, 165/170mph maybe?
The original Bathurst winning 327 Monaros only struggled up to 130 miles-PH down conrod. The 350, & the first GT HOs were only about 5 MPH quicker. If a "production" 327 or 350 Monaro got over 135, they were cheating.
On how fast your car will go, a little story. A bloke who should remain nameless, except for the fact he was the winner of the 68 Bathurst 500 in the 327 Monaro had a theory about the speed one should do on the then new Gosford road.
It was, 59 MPH & you would have no worries, or 130 MPH, & they wouldn't bother, as they couldn't catch you. Great in those days before radar.
His trouble was he regularly drove from Gosford to Sydney on the same day each week. The law decided to get him. A radio observer car was set up, with the makings of a road block about 5 miles down the road. When he passed the lookout, the roadblock was rolled out just before he arrived. I believe the fine was huge.
So how fast your car is, depends on how fast they can set the road block.
On how fast your car will go, a little story. A bloke who should remain nameless, except for the fact he was the winner of the 68 Bathurst 500 in the 327 Monaro had a theory about the speed one should do on the then new Gosford road.
It was, 59 MPH & you would have no worries, or 130 MPH, & they wouldn't bother, as they couldn't catch you. Great in those days before radar.
His trouble was he regularly drove from Gosford to Sydney on the same day each week. The law decided to get him. A radio observer car was set up, with the makings of a road block about 5 miles down the road. When he passed the lookout, the roadblock was rolled out just before he arrived. I believe the fine was huge.
So how fast your car is, depends on how fast they can set the road block.
love the story!there is a guy who is Sprinting an XR6 variant in Melbourne, it has been embarrasing a lot of the GTR's, WRX's, Evos and 911's
it was in Race mag the other month and was still street reg. just been pulled of the road to be track only. will see if i can find out what it gets to at the island and sandown
Ryan
it was in Race mag the other month and was still street reg. just been pulled of the road to be track only. will see if i can find out what it gets to at the island and sandown
Ryan
randomwalk said:
looking at the available horsepower I would think they would go to 270kph or so if not speed limited. All a bit academic in Oz isnt it.
Yup, totally academic but just wondering. I remember in the 80's all the American cars (American I think) had like a 112mph limiter or something stupid. Oz is like that - anything over 120 is pointless!yes its a damn shame, anywhere that is deserted and straight usually has a cop hiding behind a tree or patrolling towards you with their radar checking your speed. It gets quite boring out on the open road, nothing in sight for miles and miles and having to sit on 100kph, also quite dangerous as boredom and the extra time driving leads to drowsiness.
Edited by randomwalk on Tuesday 28th February 18:30
Pommygranite said:
randomwalk said:
looking at the available horsepower I would think they would go to 270kph or so if not speed limited. All a bit academic in Oz isnt it.
Yup, totally academic but just wondering. I remember in the 80's all the American cars (American I think) had like a 112mph limiter or something stupid. Oz is like that - anything over 120 is pointless!Back when I was a young bloke we didn't have this problem. The diagonal [forward slash] road sign meant 60 MPH, or any speed you deemed safe. Of course if you had an accident, it could not have been safe, but otherwise we could sit on high speeds legally. In the early 60s there were very few things that did much more than 100MPH anyway, & many of them weren't to stable at those speeds.
My racing tuned Morgan +4 did 124.6 MPH down conrod straight, with the windscreen replaced by a little aero screen, but struggled to get over 115 in road trim. It ran out of breath or aerodynamics or both, with just a 4 speed box.
Today you have much better cars that can not only do it, but can do so safely, you have roads much safer for high speed, but the law says you must all drive like my old maiden aunt.
Back then with a competition licence costing 1 pound 10 shillings, [$3.00], a helmet & a fire extinguisher I could go race at Bathurst, or any other track.
Now, with great cars, it is a kings ransom to get into real racing. We really can't get it together can we?
My racing tuned Morgan +4 did 124.6 MPH down conrod straight, with the windscreen replaced by a little aero screen, but struggled to get over 115 in road trim. It ran out of breath or aerodynamics or both, with just a 4 speed box.
Today you have much better cars that can not only do it, but can do so safely, you have roads much safer for high speed, but the law says you must all drive like my old maiden aunt.
Back then with a competition licence costing 1 pound 10 shillings, [$3.00], a helmet & a fire extinguisher I could go race at Bathurst, or any other track.
Now, with great cars, it is a kings ransom to get into real racing. We really can't get it together can we?
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