What's the fastest you've been in a car? [Archive]

RoyLPita

09-04-2003, 06:17 PM

I did about 143 in my '92 GMLS (equipped with the cop car engine, PCM, & Handling and performance package w/Flowmasters) while chasing a demo MM with a Reinhart chip!!!!! The gent in the MM stated he did 145. My electronic dash only shows up to 120.

jrzygrl

09-04-2003, 07:10 PM

I can't seem to find any open road to do more than 95...YET..

Mad4Macs

09-04-2003, 07:30 PM

Not sure (Funny story). I built a '68 Cougar while I was in the Navy. I was in SoCal, Alan Roots had built the engine, and I'd just come from Currie Enterprises with a new rear end. Yes, I dropped in on their warehouse, and left with new gears ;) I was headed to back towards San Bernadino, and this dumb arsed Mustang kept trying to pass me. I'd tag in 'till 140 (speedo pegged) and the Mustang would vanish. I hit the exit after awhile, when the Mustang, sporting BIG black letters stating "CHiP" rolled alongside. The Officer (thank you very much sir, whoever, where ever you are) shook his finger at me and mouthed something like "Do Not Ever Do That Again". Maybe he liked the car, maybe it was the Hawaii plates or my SSN695 stickers, I don't know, but my guess is that I hit something like 150. I MISS that car ;)
Ahhh, to be 19 and stupid again....

gja

09-04-2003, 08:11 PM

Somewhere around the low 170s in a race prepped Mazda Cosmo sporting quad 60mm twin-choke carbs on a magnacharger s/c and too many Racing Beat components to list. Clip from front doors forward was tilt-up fiberglass unit. Fairly sick unit, that car. Just as well I got rid of it before I killed myself in it. A 2800 pound car with 380+ h/p, 5 speed manual with o/d and a roll-cage is an invitation to wreak havoc.

Marauder57

09-04-2003, 08:27 PM

I was in a Mercury Cougar RX7 1989...whatever the new model change was with the Turbo....did 115mph. Really stupid the whole "situation".

martyo

09-04-2003, 08:39 PM

Abouut 5 minutes or so in the back seat of my 1972 Olds 88, with a girl named Lynn. I was 17. What did I know that slower would be better. Oh, ****, that's for a whole other thread....

cruzer

09-04-2003, 08:52 PM

150 a couple times in my '92 G/M Police Interceptor prototype (Apr '91 production) unrestricted chip, non-electronic tranny and 327 rear--was driven by about 15 cops--2 let me make runs after they did--car now has 191,000 on it and my daughter can still beat my '99 G/M w/perf pack

amerikan

09-04-2003, 09:22 PM

nice martyo... longest?jk

deerejoe

09-04-2003, 09:32 PM

On land, in a girl friends (English) Jaguar=140 indicated.
On land, on a motorcycle, Yamaha V Max=135 indicated.

On water, Sanger pickle-fork hydro=149 speedgun...saw the face of Christ and shut it down!! Sold the rig and never looked back.

Constable

09-04-2003, 09:35 PM

MartyO, last time I posted something like that it got CLOSED! Then... come to think of it... half of the threads i've started have been locked for some reason or another. Hmmmm....

JGaignat

09-04-2003, 10:21 PM

Not sure but I estimate about 115 in my 1977 Olds Cutlass. I was passing mile markers on the interstate every 34 seconds. Had my MM at about 90 this evening on the way home from work. I was just cruizing down the highway and it got away from me.

bigslim

09-04-2003, 10:29 PM

140 in my old SHO.

Mike M

09-04-2003, 10:30 PM

137 mph turning left in a Richard Petty stock car at Las Vegas Speedway!!!

looking97233

09-05-2003, 12:08 AM

122 and not an inch per hour faster says my still stock MM. Had to try it once.:D

01 Interceptor

09-05-2003, 02:25 AM

Somewhere in the neighborhood of 125 in my 96 Impala SS, and 115 in my 01 CVPI...both times I slowed due to my own uneasiness but they still had more in'em.

I am more interested to hear well, more about that GM/PI prototype.

Jeff

09-05-2003, 04:51 AM

140mph in a 1986 Merkur XR4Ti.

CRUZTAKER

09-05-2003, 05:04 AM

Originally posted by gja
Somewhere around the low 170s in a race prepped Mazda Cosmo

MMMM...Rotary.....:up

engine23ccvfd

09-05-2003, 05:32 AM

127 in a 1991 CV PI.......for about 45 minutes in pursuit of a motorcycle......guy kept slowing down so we could catch up....he ended up playing ping pong on three trees!

dwasson

09-05-2003, 06:34 AM

137 Indicated in a 1978 Porsche 911 S/C.

When I noticed that the air had gotten under the fenders and the steering wheel was only making suggestions I became very afraid. My butt cheeks can try to suck up the seat just thinking about now.

Marauder57

09-05-2003, 06:45 AM

The good thing about having a death wish is that you're much more likely to get that wish than, say, the one about a lingerie-clad Nicole Kidman stopping by your house with beer and pizza.

Now that is some funny ****e!!!! :lol:

Mad1

09-05-2003, 07:28 AM

03 Dodge Viper (convertible) = 200+ mph on Nashville Superspeedway track

03 Merc Marauder = 122 mph on untraveled highway loop 840.

O's Fan Rich

09-05-2003, 08:21 AM

In a mustang.
But , I've tickled 150 on a bike once or twice.
No more. Never again. Not on the street, anyway.

engine23ccvfd

09-05-2003, 08:23 AM

Ya'll see the article about the drunk guy getting clocked at 187 in a Diablo?

Dr Caleb

09-05-2003, 09:49 AM

280 kph (174mph) in a Lambourghini Countach 5000s owned by a former member of the Oilers, many years ago.

It's hard to find a road around here that won't bottom that car out. Man was that dumb....ahhh to be young and indestructible again.

amerikan

09-05-2003, 11:15 AM

187!!! DRUNK. That is unbelievable... is he ok?

Dave Compson

09-05-2003, 01:29 PM

Let me see... about 140 something in my 94 9c1 caprice, somewhere around 150 on my 86 vfr interceptor motorcycle, and 130 in my marauder.

Topher

09-05-2003, 01:33 PM

Here's a picture I took during my fastest drive.

http://www.mercurygallery.net/mmnet/watermark.php?file=500/494germany1-med.jpg

The full size picture is in the gallery. It's not quite as impressive after you convert from km/hr. I was driving a Mercedes diesel on the autobahn North of Hamburg, Germany. The pedal was floored & it was max'd out. Felt fairly stable though. I was still getting passed pretty quickly by some Audi's & BMW's.

Chris

SouLRioT

09-05-2003, 01:49 PM

Fastest: 120 MPH in a Toyota Camry V6 LE

MM: 110 MPH day after I got it (break in)

amerikan

09-05-2003, 03:26 PM

SouLriot i like your break in methods..haha. Topher.. what did you get that car up to in mph?

vaderv

09-05-2003, 05:56 PM

140+ 97 SHO on more than one occasion. On I 275 between Michigan Ave. and I-75 interchange at 3 or 4 in the morning no traffic... That car would squat at 80mph and stick like it was on rails from there on up. Best front wheel drive car ever made was the second generation SHO IMHO.

jerrym3

09-05-2003, 06:50 PM

120 in a 1965 Vette (in 65) and 120 (at least on the speedo) in a 1957 Olds 98 convt, top down, in 1960.

Both runs were with old tire technology.

Stupid, stupid, stupid.

ik04

09-05-2003, 09:46 PM

140 in a '75 Alfa Romeo on IH5 in Oregon somewhere...

125 in my Marauder yesterday.

122 on my '75 Kawasaki 400 triple.

82 on a bicycle! (scared)

studio460

09-05-2003, 09:52 PM

123 MPH / 1972 Datsun 240-Z

amerikan

09-05-2003, 09:54 PM

How did you do 82 on a bike!?>!?!?

LightningVic

09-05-2003, 10:28 PM

not to brag, but I was a passenger on a 170 mile an our ride with my dad (an expert driver and veteran police pursuit specialist) at the wheel in a corvette Z06, and 181 (laser verified) in my 85 motecarloSS. 470 horsepower, 3.23 open rear, 700R4 (with mods)
3klbs fighting weight. 10.5 inch disks with worn pads up front, with stock drums in the back with worn shoes with the worstsuspension in the world, passing the Z06 on the right very slowly 10 minutes after the ride, with a passenger as a witness :) we will never speak of this again

ik04

09-05-2003, 11:10 PM

Originally posted by amerikan
How did you do 82 on a bike!?>!?!?

In High School, a bunch of us crazy(!) bicycle enthusiasts built "downhill racer" bikes with no crank, pedals, seat or chain. Just pegs on the rear axle for your feet, welded-on grips on the fork, and a piece of padded plywood along the top tube to lay on. Oh, and BIG drum brakes on the front wheel and a normal drum brake on the rear wheel.

One of us psycho- uh, I mean talented bike/rocket pilots would catch a pickup ride to the top of the famous Black Mountain Road (in an undisclosed California town) and proceed to literally fly down this steep road powered only by gravity.

I had a modified motorcycle speedo on my bike that was checked by being pulled by a moving car while shouting out speed indications on the car's speedo.

After a particulalry frightening run down the hill, I noticed the needle sitting one tick above 80 and hit the brakes- hoping to slow down enough to avoid certain death by impact with a tree or hillside. I'm not sure I ever went that fast again...

By comparison, driving a car at 125 is boring.

Kevin

glassman99

09-06-2003, 04:07 PM

155 in a Petty car at AMS

Long Live #3

09-06-2003, 05:43 PM

100 in my dad's T-Bird

bugsys03

09-06-2003, 06:17 PM

138 in my 68 GTX-

Long Live #3

09-06-2003, 07:31 PM

My Mom had a '68 GTX. What color was yours?

Cooper

09-07-2003, 04:50 PM

115 in a friend's 1997 Crown Vic police interceptor.

drobin

09-07-2003, 07:05 PM

143 MPH in a 1963 Chevy SS Impala with the 409 cu in @ 424 HP. Sweet machine coupled to a Borg Warner 4 speed close ratio trans. 1/4 times were low 12's. The next fastest was my 1979 Kawasaki Z1-R TC (turbo charged) motorcycle at 140 but had way more to go.. Got chicken and backed off!

Donald R

Merc-O-matic

09-07-2003, 08:30 PM

102 MPH in a brand new 1983 Mazda RX3
48 MPH down hill on a cheap ($200)
Mongoose Mountain Bike with the
front wheel wobbling so bad I thought
I was "Bound for Glory"..... Never again!
Gotta Love It!

jettle

01-01-2004, 02:22 AM

148 on my Triumph Daytona...never again

Mongoose

01-01-2004, 04:07 AM

165 mph in a '65 Chevelle SS (Corvette motor) almost 30 years ago, 125 mph in my MM 30 minutes ago.

Marauderjack

01-01-2004, 04:48 AM

140 in my Cobra replica.....The I started thinking about the "Mickey Mouse" windshield attachment.....lack of safety equipment and backed off!! :( :confused:

Never went that fast again but remember it had a lot more in it and I heard someone say 165 is about the "wind load" limit?? ;) I'll take their word for it!! ;)

Marauderjack:D :cool: :)

jfclancy

01-01-2004, 06:18 AM

159 in an Opel GT heavily modified (v8 ford 289 ) on the Abahn in Germany, as a passenger. Yes to be fair we were passed by somebody in a Porshe and were trying to catch him. Never happened he just kept pulling away.

Joe Clancy

greyghost

01-01-2004, 06:33 AM

165 MPH in my 65 396/425 HP Corvette. about 2 AM going South on the Jersey turnpike in 65. Amazing what old tire technology would let you get away with. That was with 3:73 rear gears @ 7200 RPM. Not bad for a car that had a list price of $5008.00. Hit the century mark in the MM going to town yesterday. Things happen quick in the MM. Looking forward to the S/C.

jgc61sr2002

01-01-2004, 07:19 AM

125 MPH in 1965 in my 1965 Corvette on the Long Island Expresway at the Eastern end. This post sounds familiar.:D

NOTMYBOAT

01-01-2004, 10:34 AM

160 in a bmw m3 while keeping up with a porsche turbo

BUCKWHEAT

01-01-2004, 10:58 AM

140 twice. once in a Richard Petty car at Gateway International and once in my 88 XJ-S V-12, had 1000 RPM left and ran out of room. "--telephone poles going by like a picket fence"

Heavy351

01-01-2004, 11:17 AM

Porshe Club of America had a rally at Road America (?) in Wisconsin, I was in high school in charge of checking wheel lug torque at the safety inspection. Some guy took me out in a slope nose 930 Turbo around the track a few time and I thought I was goona die, said we hit 160 a few times.

With a 14month old so there is no chance of anything close to that happening again, maybe 100 in the MM

junehhan

01-01-2004, 08:10 PM

Let's see........

I've took my 99 V8 Taurus SHO upto 138mph and it had lots of pull left in it

01 SVT Cobra upto 135mph before chickening out
02 SVT Lightning to 135mph before chickening out
02 Honda S2000 to 152mph, and it was still pulling

So far, i've been upto 110mph in the Marauder about a week ago at 2am on a straight stretch of completely empty highway, but didn't go any faster since I don't want to stress my motor too much since it only had about 1200 miles on it then. This motor sounds really good at WOT.........

woaface

01-01-2004, 10:39 PM

In my Marquis? - 108mph...and that took me 30 or 40 seconds...from 60.

In a 2001 Porsche 911 - I don't know...things were blurry...we were past 130 when I had last looked.

Long Live #3

01-01-2004, 10:46 PM

105 in my dad's T-bird, no I wasn't driving. It tops out at 120 or 130.

teamrope

01-01-2004, 11:16 PM

Driven...141mph on the German autobahn in a Ford Sierra.
Riden...180 mph in a Mercedes 300SEL, also on the autobahn.
I think that's what I miss the most about Germany;)

muslhed

01-02-2004, 01:54 AM

The fastest I've ever driven was 148 mph, completely topped out, in my 1999 V-8 SHO. Car felt like it was literally on rails at that speed!

junehhan

01-02-2004, 11:34 AM

*sigh*

I really miss my v8sho............

What a wonderful car it was though!

muslhed

01-02-2004, 02:22 PM

My V8 SHO was fun, but IMO, it doesn't hold a candle to the Marauder in terms of potential performance and reliability. BTW, I think I could have possibly gone faster on that 148 mph run, if I didn't have any 250Lb passengers. The Marauder is a full second faster in the quarter mile than my old SHO, stock for stock.

Stock SHO 1/4 mile times: 15.7
Modded SHO 1/4 mile times: 15.1
Stock Marauder 1/4 mile times: 14.7

Stock SHO top speed: 138
Modded SHO top speed: 148
Stock Marauder top speed: 120
Modded Marauder top speed: TBD :D

MassMarauder

01-02-2004, 04:26 PM

155 in a 944 turbo
145 in a 928
130 in my 82 Mustang GT

SILVERMARAUDER

01-02-2004, 05:11 PM

Originally posted by MassMarauder
155 in a 944 turbo
145 in a 928
130 in my 82 Mustang GT
wow was that 82 GT STOCK? that must have been a ride to hold on too!! :0

163 at ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY in a petty car FUNNY THING WAS IT WAS THE M&M'S CAR it was destiney to own a MM!

paheff

01-02-2004, 05:38 PM

125 in my '02 SVT Focus, 125 in my MM

MarauderMark

01-02-2004, 06:55 PM

Well, 113 mph in my old 2000 ssei after that it starts to buck
135 mph in my older 1994 Z-28 it felt like it was leaving the road
and so in my mm i've hit 120 mph but i'll let you know how far it does go soon..

Ladyhawke

01-02-2004, 08:16 PM

Well coming back from the Hershey meet, we had the MM up to 125 running with a Camaro. But at the time, I had it floored and it wouldn't go any faster. So a week later, we went back out on a long strech of highway to try again. This time, Gordon had the MM up to 125 again with me following behind in the Firehawk. We had to give because of traffic. The third and final trial, was a lonely back road, where Gordon had our MM up to 140. He was finally happy!! :D

junehhan

01-02-2004, 11:18 PM

Out of curiosity, what is the top speed of a mostly stock Marauder providing you remove the speed limiter, and install a metal matrix driveshaft, with those being your only 2 mods?

Marauderjack

01-03-2004, 04:12 AM

June....You must have missed my first post???:D :D :D

MainEngDwarf

01-03-2004, 04:32 AM

It was 21 years ago, clocked by the Maryland State police at 147 mph in a 67 Pontiac Catalina

Skp369

01-04-2004, 08:32 PM

143 mph in 1994 Chevy Caprice Police Car (LT1)
133 mph in 1996 Ford Crown Vic Police Car
140 mph in my 1993 Chevy Corvette
120 mph in 2001/2003 Ford Interceptor

muslhed

01-05-2004, 08:10 PM

You're not a cop, are you!?

jgc61sr2002

01-05-2004, 10:41 PM

Skp369 - Welcome aboard. You will like it here nice folks good info.:D

Skp369

01-06-2004, 03:44 PM

Now why would someone on a board full of very nice speed freaks be concerned about a cop? Maybe I have gone over to the dark side!!! Like a Marauder. Just picked up my MM last week. I have been waiting almost two years to get one and think it is about the best car I have ever driven. By waiting, I managed to get 8k in rebates off the x-plan. The car is much better and faster than any of the police packages. I have enjoyed lurking on this site for a long time. Glad to be here!

Hemlock

01-06-2004, 03:53 PM

MY MM IS ALMOST STOCK , AND IVE BEEN 140MPH SEVERAL TIMES . I THINK ALL MM s WILL DO THAT WITH LIMITER REMOVED . WITH 3.55 GEARSX 6000RPM = 140 , and 5100 WITH 4.10 IN O.D. = 141MPH . SO WITH EITHER GEAR 140 IS A DO ABLE DEAL . CHEERS !!

muslhed

01-06-2004, 08:13 PM

Originally posted by Skp369
Now why would someone on a board full of very nice speed freaks be concerned about a cop? Maybe I have gone over to the dark side!!! Like a Marauder. Just picked up my MM last week. I have been waiting almost two years to get one and think it is about the best car I have ever driven. By waiting, I managed to get 8k in rebates off the x-plan. The car is much better and faster than any of the police packages. I have enjoyed lurking on this site for a long time. Glad to be here!

Oh, I'm not concerned! I would like to ask you a question though. When you are out on patrol and you see a black MM, is it easy to mistake it for another officer or official of some type? Glad to have you on board with us!

shannon corkill

01-06-2004, 08:48 PM

Clocked at 167mph in my Superbird...since I was clocked, my luck ran out and couldn't keep going...therewas still more room and that scared me..

Skp369

01-07-2004, 04:34 AM

To Answer your question; no I can the difference between a MM and a police car immediately...but I have an interest in the MM and know what I am looking at. I drove the Marauder to work the other day and most of the people that I work with with knew what it was but at least one officer that everyone was looking at a knew unmarked car (the MM). I have found that when I drive on the expressway with the MM that I get the same reaction that I get in a police car. Everyone slows way down and won't get the ____ out of the way. That is annoying at work and at play.