Top Speed

[louise]

150 to 170mph, now I know all Griff 500 are not the same and I''ve been told p/s and air con slow them down but surely not by 20mph. Anybody been on a air field and had it recorded. Bog standard Griff that is.

[apache]

a nutter of a mate of mine has had an indicated 160mph in his non pas non ac 500, and it was still pulling, personnally I find the lack of downforce at the rear at 140mph a mite disconcerting and back off.

[craigw]

I had an indicated 165 out of my 1994 500 and I don't mind telling you that I was sh*tting myself, it felt like i was on a bouncy castle, I'd have had more steering if I'd had a rudder instead of a steering wheel. I can't advise against this enough everyone.

[GasBlaster]

I must be a big girls blouse because I've only done 150mph indicated. Funnily enough, it felt much more stable roof off than roof on at this speed. I put it down to the added drag reducing lift. Roof on, it felt decidedly unsafe, more like riding a bolting horse than driving a car. Has anyone experimented with spoilers? Although these would totally spoil the Griff's pure lines!

[Tilling]

Seen 155 so far in my 94 500, seemed fine. Might be the 17 stone of downforce I provided though

[mel]

when I first read that I thought 94,500 miles is one hell of a lot good effort....then I sussed dow..... Anyway I've only had 150 indicated on my 4.3 .

[louise]

TVR claim 167mph, TOP GEAR claim 157mph, AUTOCAR claim 161mph, CLASSIC CAR claim 165mph,

[saturn 5]

quote:I must be a big girls blouse because I've only done 150mph indicated.

I must be an absolutley massive girls blouse as ive only managed 110 before i poohed my pampers.

[louise]

quote:[quote]I must be a big girls blouse because I've only done 150mph indicated.

I must be an absolutley massive girls blouse as ive only managed 110 before i poohed my pampers. Thats quick for your ford ka, in it

[Stu H]

Saturn 5 110 ? kmh ? ---- regds Stu

[tractorboy]

E70 east of Chambery has a road surface like glass and lies in a long straight valley that you can see all the way down....166mph..or 267kmh which is what the Gendarme reckoned...pay fine off you go..

[Saturn 5]

Thats quick for your ford ka, in it Since when do I drive a Ka you dippy tart

[mel]

Well I do hope it was the polo then because if it's the Griff you should have it confiscated and given to a worthy home.....Girls blouse.

[philshort]

175 in my Chim 500, 165 top down. They do get a bit light 120-150, but either they settle a bit after that, or the adrenalin kicks in enough to make it seem so. BTW the 175 was replicated with a passenger who didn't beleive it either. For those who haven't sampled the delights of seriously silly speeds in their Tivs, I should caution that getting to that speed is nothing in comparison to slowing down again. Make sure you are in the middle lane of a very empty motorway before you back off the loud pedal. PS If you are a lazy git like me, you might have discovered that at 130mph with the roof off the car will hoover itself! Edited by philshort on Thursday 6th September 11:23

[craigw]

mine hoovered all my credit cards out of my jacket pocket all over the motorway!

[Saturn 5]

I am building my speed up slowly so I dont kill myself or smash my little baby up. So Mel keep your mits of my mota or ill set the polo and saxo on ya. Im sure ill be catching you speed demons up soon, so watch your mirrors.

[mel]

quote:mine hoovered all my credit cards out of my jacket pocket all over the motorway!

Strange my Griff has a habit of hoovering my credit cards just in a different way !!!

[campbell]

Ive only managed a sad 135 mph in a ford sierra 2 liter twin cam which was tuned and belonged to my dad and 120 mph out of my MR2 1.6 liter so far but its got 130 bhp, not bad, well I think it isn't bad

[louise]

quote:Ive only managed a sad 135 mph in a ford sierra 2 liter twin cam which was tuned and belonged to my dad and 120 mph out of my MR2 1.6 liter so far but its got 130 bhp, not bad, well I think it isn't bad

Are you a retard

[louise]

quote: Thats quick for your ford ka, in it Since when do I drive a Ka you dippy tart Maybe you should