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Posted on 5/14/18 at 8:03 am to Pecker
Not the fastest, but about 120 on a residential street in Metairie. V8, nitrous, and high school arent a good combination.
About a month ago, I rode in a new NSX that hit about 120 before merging onto the interstate. Very cool and extremely fast car, but everything is so quite and smooth it’s almost too refined.
About a month ago, I rode in a new NSX that hit about 120 before merging onto the interstate. Very cool and extremely fast car, but everything is so quite and smooth it’s almost too refined.
Posted on 5/14/18 at 8:06 am to nola000
Gotcha. Some of these top speeds don’t make sense to me but I’m not an engineer or racing enthusiast.
Posted on 5/14/18 at 8:15 am to pjab
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Not the fastest, but about 120 on a residential street in Metairie. V8, nitrous, and high school arent a good combination.
About a month ago, I rode in a new NSX that hit about 120 before merging onto the interstate. Very cool and extremely fast car, but everything is so quite and smooth it’s almost too refined.
The road quality and weather conditions have to be perfect for me to try to hit high speeds like that. It helps that my car is relatively heavy and long so it has good stability at high speeds.
Posted on 5/14/18 at 8:41 am to biglego
Yes I agree. Some of them definitely seem inflated. I can tell you that even at 120 or 130 miles an hour if you're driving a vehicle that's a little sketchy at that speed you don't really have time to stare down the speedometer to figure out exactly how fast you're going
Posted on 5/14/18 at 8:47 am to Raleigh Tiger
quote:
. Speedometers are notoriously inaccurate at high speed.
This is an underrated factor I think many aren't appreciating. Not only are many speedometers inaccurate, it's also not linear So the faster you go the bigger the read error.
Posted on 5/14/18 at 8:50 am to Raleigh Tiger
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The only way to know for sure is using a formula with RPMs, gear ratio and tire circumference.
Correct.
You could also use time and distance traveled but of course that also relies on odometers which can be as inaccurate as speedometer, unless of course you're using a GPS which is much more accurate.
Also many people don't use factory size wheel diameters that those odometers and speedometers are calibrated for and they never even factor that in. I put 35s on my Land Rover which isn't that far off from Factory and I had to use a scan gauge to correct my speedometer by I think 2%
This post was edited on 5/14/18 at 8:51 am
Posted on 5/14/18 at 8:50 am to Pecker
C63 S right Pecker?
Posted on 5/14/18 at 8:53 am to Rhino67
Ranger Rover-125
Boat-140 on the red river.
Boat-140 on the red river.
Posted on 5/14/18 at 8:54 am to anewguy
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Boat-140 on the red river.
^ Wins the That's Some Scary arse shite award for the thread
This post was edited on 5/14/18 at 8:58 am
Posted on 5/14/18 at 8:55 am to nola000
quote:
Speedometers are notoriously inaccurate at high speed.
quote:
This is an underrated factor I think many aren't appreciating. Not only are many speedometers inaccurate, it's also not linear So the faster you go the bigger the read error.
Well, mine was verified by two guys with stop watches spread three miles apart.
Posted on 5/14/18 at 9:24 am to Rhino67
192mph in a 2008 Corvette.
Young and dumb, looking back, wasn't the best idea.
Young and dumb, looking back, wasn't the best idea.
Posted on 5/14/18 at 9:25 am to Rhino67
I got up to 104 in my silverado on i-10 getting off at college. wasnt trying to top out. Probably couldve gotten to 115 mph
Posted on 5/14/18 at 9:31 am to BigDog18
153 in a '72 Plymouth RoadRunner (balanced/blueprinted .060" over 340)
Speed officially verified by the Florida Highway Patrol.....unfortunately.
#howtogofromROTCtoenlistedinoneeasystep
Speed officially verified by the Florida Highway Patrol.....unfortunately.
#howtogofromROTCtoenlistedinoneeasystep
Posted on 5/14/18 at 9:44 am to AUTimbo
140-something in a Chrysler Crossfire
Posted on 5/14/18 at 9:56 am to Rhino67
100 on Savanne Rd in Houma when I was in HS
Posted on 5/14/18 at 10:06 am to Rhino67
80 mph in a 1970 Nova when I was a teen in the mid '80s. Coming out of a long curve following a bayou. That felt 
Posted on 5/14/18 at 11:12 am to 50_Tiger
quote:Yeah, that's right.
C63 S right Pecker?
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