Top Speed?
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Re: Top Speed? (black bart)
198mph and it was very stable had to shut it off due to traffic ahead but it was still accelerating :crazy:
That's WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY too fast for anyone sane to go on public roads!
I'm had mine at... :bb
93 MPH.
EDIT: Were you at all worried about your tires blowing out? I heard a story about a Porsche in France going 215 or so, had a tire blow out and flipped 21 times. End over end, rollover, diagonal. All kinds of flips. Guy lived, it was a race car so it had a roll bar. Those French :rolleyes: (To all you guys that are French, I'm just kiddin', I'm mostly French myself)
[Modified by GDP, 5:31 PM 9/18/2002]
Safety Car
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From: SCMR Rat Pack'r Charter Member, Inland Empire Chapter
Re: Top Speed? (black bart)
198mph and it was very stable had to shut it off due to traffic ahead but it was still accelerating :crazy:
Drifting
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From: I Hate Tourists FL
Re: Top Speed? (morphious)
164 over a bridge started getting kindof bumpy so I let off didnt want to go over the rail into the ocean would kindof suck and still had a few hundred rpm's(cant remember actual rpm)left to go with 2.73 gears. I topped out on a dyno at 162 @5400 rpms with 3.73 gears.
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From: Fear causes hesitaiton...and hesitation will cause your worst fears to come true. Houston TX
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Re: Top Speed? (ZBRA)
About 140 on the front straight at Seattle Pacific Raceway, formally known as SIR. Felt good even turning into turn 1 at that speed.
Burning Brakes
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From: Kennewick, Wa. USA
Re: Top Speed? (Rob 91Z07)
About 140 on the front straight at Seattle Pacific Raceway, formally known as SIR. Felt good even turning into turn 1 at that speed.
Pro
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From: the corner of walk and dont walk
Re: Top Speed? (1 Hot C4)
By the origional speedo, 154. Car has greenwood aero package, and it actually felt better from 110 to 154, than it does from 60- 100. It felt like the car actually sqauted down, like getting heavier, after 110 and had no vibrations. The down side of this bonzi run was the removable top came loose from the mounts. What a noisy air leak! :lol: :cheers:
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From: stop the fun suckers
Re: Top Speed? (sinistervette)
143 mph uphill on the dames point bridge in jax, fl. then my co-pilot rolled down his window and i felt the aredynamic change in the wheel and sloweDed down... the rear end shifted (or felt like it did) a bit
Instructor
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From: Heidelberg Germany
Re: (VETHEAD JR)
I live in Germany and i have the autobon to play on. Just got the vette so i have not pushed her yet, still feeling her out. I will let you know soon :seeya [IMG][/IMG]
:cheers:
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From: Marlboro country MA
Re: Top Speed? (DarkHalo)
Take a look at this!!
OK, to be honest, the car wasn't going anywhere at the time - it was strapped onto a dyno machine, and was on 3rd gear (Drive, not overdrive, in an auto tranny)
OK, to be honest, the car wasn't going anywhere at the time - it was strapped onto a dyno machine, and was on 3rd gear (Drive, not overdrive, in an auto tranny)
