Author Topic: Fastest auto speed (Read 4181 times)

Heater · « **Reply #30 on:** July 06, 2004, 05:38:42 AM »

245 Kph, (app. 150 Mph) Honda VF100R,

Ticket was €690.00, I think I still have the photo, if I can find it I will post it, I hate the damn speed camera's in the Netherlands.

But I was lucky, if it would have been a Cop in place of the Camera, I could have lost my license.

Kev367th · « **Reply #31 on:** July 06, 2004, 05:56:27 AM »

170mph derestricted Yam FZR1000EXUP in Germany when I was in the Army.
Highest recorded (police) speed ever in the UK was on the same type bike, guy was clocked at 185+. Interseting case, he went to court, was warned he could get jailed, so he did a runner.

crowMAW · « **Reply #32 on:** July 06, 2004, 06:22:05 AM »

155mph in a '95 e36m3 shortly after adding a chip to remove the 139mph sissy governor. Wife shot the pic, but was too scared to move to much in the seat to take more than one. The car was rock steady at that speed.

Replicant · « **Reply #33 on:** July 06, 2004, 06:22:16 AM »

130 mph in a customers Jaguar XJS V12..... I used to be a mechanic

Nilsen · « **Reply #34 on:** July 06, 2004, 06:30:00 AM »

You are all dangerous criminals!

KGB should hunt you down in their lada's and put you all away.

nuchpatrick · « **Reply #35 on:** July 06, 2004, 07:20:49 AM »

Well I finally took the plung and did a few laps at Sebring with Chin Motorsports (just fun laping) had her up to 110 on back straight. Man what a blast..

Naso · « **Reply #36 on:** July 06, 2004, 07:38:34 AM »

235 Km/h in my Toyota Celica '96 1.8 .... over the red line of the tachometer.

In a friend's car, 250 Km/h in a Mercedes CLK 5.3L (or something similar) Elegance version (and there was still power available, he told me to have gone up to 270, with some more HPs to use).

I am scared to imagine what the Sport version can do.

All the above are IAS (or better IGS

).

moose · « **Reply #37 on:** July 06, 2004, 08:03:24 AM »

145 in my seven. solid as a rock too, but my nerves frayed out and i slowed down.

of course all you people do know that speedometers are calibrated to the nth percentage and as you travel faster, they become more inaccurate, right? (most likely showing a speed faster then you are really going) i think at 140 or so it could be up to 10mph off or so

Toad · « **Reply #38 on:** July 06, 2004, 08:30:03 AM »

122 mph indicated on a '71 Kawasaki Mach III around I-435. I think the speedo was optimistic though, maybe by as much as 8-10 mph.

After a while, I started thinking about the front tire hitting a big chuckhole and slowed down.

Naso · « **Reply #39 on:** July 06, 2004, 09:26:37 AM »

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Originally posted by moose
of course all you people do know that speedometers are calibrated to the nth percentage and as you travel faster, they become more inaccurate, right? (most likely showing a speed faster then you are really going) i think at 140 or so it could be up to 10mph off or so

Yep, so I used the Indicated Ground Speed note.

Anyway, it depends on the type/brand/range on your speedmeter.

They seem to be more precise in the middle range, having a greater percent of error as you go close to the max showed speed.

Some of the old Fiat (italian brand) speedmeters had an error of 20/30 Km/h at 120-130 km/h.

Some of the new (japan and german) have a precision near the 5% at high speed.

As an example, I was going with a group of friends to a kart circuit, with 2 machines, my Celica, a friend's Skoda Turbo-diesel.

We were going... ehm... a little bit fast.

I reached and mantained a speed of 210 km/h, with my friend losing contact and space around 190 km/h.
When we arrived to destination, He told me that He saw me going away, when he reached 210, and cannot acelerate more.
This means a solid 20 km/h difference in our readings.

N.B.

I ask:

If you change your tyres with others of less diameter (shoulder?), and have your speedmeter taking it's measure out of the gearbox, or the axis revolutions, have you just messed up the speed readings?

It is set to calculate basing on a specific diameter of the wheels, so changing it will generate an error?

narsus · « **Reply #40 on:** July 06, 2004, 12:02:20 PM »

130 in my new GTO, only 3500 rpm or so. very smooth

120 in a 89? hyundai excel...after Rodney King I didnt believe a hyundai could go that fast...so i tried it, one of the stupidest and scariest things i ever did. I dont recommend it.

moose · « **Reply #41 on:** July 06, 2004, 12:21:29 PM »

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Originally posted by Naso

I ask:

If you change your tyres with others of less diameter (shoulder?), and have your speedmeter taking it's measure out of the gearbox, or the axis revolutions, have you just messed up the speed readings?

It is set to calculate basing on a specific diameter of the wheels, so changing it will generate an error?

if you change your tires to ones with less diameter then the originals, then they will make more revolutions per distance then stock which will indicate a higher speed then you are going. if the tires are bigger then stock, then your speedometer will indicate a lower reading. not sure of the % difference though.

Steve · « **Reply #42 on:** July 06, 2004, 02:29:53 PM »

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Talk on the phone and get a bj while doing that the next time. Its great for testing yoru multitasking skills.

Lol, just say it, you want me dead.

xrtoronto · « **Reply #43 on:** July 06, 2004, 02:29:54 PM »

(2534K) An infamous video of an F40 going 199 in traffic that was used to prosecute the owner (RealVideo).

video

Staga · « **Reply #44 on:** July 06, 2004, 02:50:51 PM »

And because RealPlayer sucks monkeybalz use google and look out for "Real alternative".