TOP SPEED PICS...4th Gear, 6600R's, 152 MPH
10-30-2013, 09:08 AM
#61
The thing is what would happen if a critter appeared in the roadway at this speed and what would the reactions of the driver be?
Having hit more than my share of deer and wild pig and even a couple of hawks I shudder to imagine.
Desolate road car wise but believe me you aren't alone.
Having hit more than my share of deer and wild pig and even a couple of hawks I shudder to imagine.
Desolate road car wise but believe me you aren't alone.
Seriously, according to all the stories told by drunken red necks on long empty patches of road, I'm more afraid of aliens coming down and **** probing me. That's why I do 150 to get the hell out of there as fast as I can!
10-30-2013, 10:00 AM
#63
Im surprised it gets 152 in 4th. I "hear" my C6 red lines at about 145ish in 4th. I figgured with the extra gear it would be less in 4th (havnt looked at the ratios).
yup we should have access to long straight streches in random places.
Maybe an extra lane on some interstates that open for 5 miles or so. you know a little sign as you approch " High speed test lane 2 miles ahead"
I would pay extra taxes for this one.
yup we should have access to long straight streches in random places.
Maybe an extra lane on some interstates that open for 5 miles or so. you know a little sign as you approch " High speed test lane 2 miles ahead"
I would pay extra taxes for this one.
10-30-2013, 10:39 AM
#64
Team Owner
Yeah, and there's another great thing about speeding on a deserted road like that. There's usually really nothing to hit for miles and miles, (except for the occasional deer or antelope wandering across it.) Hitting a deer or an antelope at 150 MPH will **** you up big time.
Of course if you do manage to just run off the road, there's a great chance that nobody will find you until somebody notices the buzzards circling your carcass. In any case, you can be almost sure that you'll be dead, (and probably stiff) before you get anywhere near the closest hospital.
I'm from Wyoming where we have a lot of roads like that, and the hospitals are few and far in between. If you're going to do something as stupid as that, at least let some-body know where you're planning on doing it, and when you SHOULD be home again.
In the meantime, I'll just wait for my stuntman to do it, and I'll watch the video!
Of course if you do manage to just run off the road, there's a great chance that nobody will find you until somebody notices the buzzards circling your carcass. In any case, you can be almost sure that you'll be dead, (and probably stiff) before you get anywhere near the closest hospital.
I'm from Wyoming where we have a lot of roads like that, and the hospitals are few and far in between. If you're going to do something as stupid as that, at least let some-body know where you're planning on doing it, and when you SHOULD be home again.
In the meantime, I'll just wait for my stuntman to do it, and I'll watch the video!
I was at the Indy 500 in 1966 when a rabbit got on the track in turn 4. They stopped the race so the track officials could try and herd the little guy off the track. I do have to say though, watching them trying to catch the rabbet on foot, waving their arms was more entertaining then the race.
10-30-2013, 12:28 PM
#65
Le Mans Master
10-30-2013, 12:39 PM
#66
Team Owner
Im surprised it gets 152 in 4th. I "hear" my C6 red lines at about 145ish in 4th. I figgured with the extra gear it would be less in 4th (havnt looked at the ratios).
yup we should have access to long straight streches in random places.
Maybe an extra lane on some interstates that open for 5 miles or so. you know a little sign as you approch " High speed test lane 2 miles ahead"
I would pay extra taxes for this one.
yup we should have access to long straight streches in random places.
Maybe an extra lane on some interstates that open for 5 miles or so. you know a little sign as you approch " High speed test lane 2 miles ahead"
I would pay extra taxes for this one.
C7 auto base will be doing 176 at 6500 RPM in fourth gear.
C7 auto Z51 will be doing 165 at 6500 RPM in fourth gear.
C6 with a manual has the same gearing as the C7(in fourth gear) thus will also hit 152 in fourth gear.
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10-30-2013, 02:23 PM
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why would i make it up? i dont have the photoshop skilz to fake that, i stopped at 172 cause thats when i decided id had enough, i did to 180 in a lambo sat night, but thats a different story, i will say the c7 is just as stable if not more than the lambo at that speed, top off both cars. but yup that not faked, and taken with a passengers iphone. you dont believe me, thats your problem, sorry
10-30-2013, 03:00 PM
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Critters getting in your way is a problem when you're trying to drive fast, even on the track,
I was at the Indy 500 in 1966 when a rabbit got on the track in turn 4. They stopped the race so the track officials could try and herd the little guy off the track. I do have to say though, watching them trying to catch the rabbet on foot, waving their arms was more entertaining then the race.
I was at the Indy 500 in 1966 when a rabbit got on the track in turn 4. They stopped the race so the track officials could try and herd the little guy off the track. I do have to say though, watching them trying to catch the rabbet on foot, waving their arms was more entertaining then the race.
10-30-2013, 03:24 PM
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Now, take out a C4 rag at 110 and you start getting lift off in the front end if the roof is down, that is a VERY disconcerting experience...
10-30-2013, 03:46 PM
#70
Safety Car
As far as the OP's hand not on the wheel, I'm sure someone else is taking the picture and he was pointing at the speedometer. His other hand was on the wheel.
Let's use some common sense.
Good picture OP.
Edit; I'm referring to the picture from the post of "FEAR" #54
Last edited by speedlink; 10-30-2013 at 03:49 PM.
10-31-2013, 12:58 AM
#71
Le Mans Master
You're quoting me why? The trees are still moving relative to the camera, the shutter speed is what created a lack of blur. Quote the fools that say its photoshopped, not me...
10-31-2013, 11:14 AM
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10-31-2013, 01:23 PM
#73
Melting Slicks
The cel phones are NOT ISO adjustable, and there is NO WAY a cel phone will shoot at 1/1000 randomly. Their typical ISO in full light is somewhere in the 50 range. Even with a 2.0 aperture, it would require 1/60 - 1/250th shutter. Read below....
"The iPhone 5's trump card in poor light, compared to the 4S, is its additional ISO sensitivity span, which goes up to ISO 3200 (automatically - you can't control ISO manually). To get the iPhone 5 to shoot at its very highest ISO sensitivity settings, the light has to be extremely low."
10-31-2013, 01:28 PM
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