top speed
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jun 2001
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From: Orland Park Illinois
St. Jude Donor '06-'07
Originally Posted by andy82
A picture sais more than 1000 words... 
(and there was still room for a little more!)
(and there was still room for a little more!)Ya.....it also says unless you did this speed on the Bonneville Salt Flats or some other closed race track----you've got more guts than brains....
Pro
Joined: Jan 2005
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I have had mine around 165 and it felt fine,but the only time I was ever scared in a car was in my brothers 96 lt4 c4.He had the thing pinned in 5th going down lakeshore and the hydro poles were going by like a picket fence and we were kind of floating and not feeling stable.I thought I was going to die(no joke).He's f----ing crazy.The things we used to do when we were younger.......
Pro
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From: I'm a Texan, but I traded the horse for the Vette.
Man.... majority of you guys need to chill with the whole, "We obay everthing on this site, and we "DON'T" speed" crap. I want to know the top speed too. I mean that doesn't mean I'm gonna try it someday... jeez... it's 172 mph isn't it?
Race Director
Joined: Nov 1999
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From: Greer SC
Cruise-In II Veteran
Some where between 170-180, but I was coming in to a left 90 degree turn, so I was more interested in timing the brakes than watching the speedo.
Not too sure the car's top end. Running ~500 RWHP & 525 RWTQ, A4, 3.42 rear.
Not too sure the car's top end. Running ~500 RWHP & 525 RWTQ, A4, 3.42 rear.
Racer
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 348
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From: Livermore CA
I once did 144mph on highway 1 north of SLO in Cali. I was young and dumb...too old to do that stuff on open roads now. I'm doing a Richard Petty Racing experience in March that I hear will allow me to go 170 around Las Vegas Speedway.
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Originally Posted by 98NassauBluC5
Man.... majority of you guys need to chill with the whole, "We obay everthing on this site, and we "DON'T" speed" crap.
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