Giovanni

1st run: 145 mph in my project '84. Not bad for a 20 year old car.

MBMB

140 in the GT (haven't put the trays back on underneath, so I'm not pushing the limit yet).

159 (by the speedo) in the E55. That's where the limiter kicks in, but with fine throttle control you can hold it there as long as you like, which is probably much longer than you should.

State troopers, incidentally, are tenacious with a capital "T." And drivers of other cars on I-45 between Dallas and Houston calls in to DPS if you blow by them at more than twice the legal limit. No sensayuma.

All as told to me by a little bird, of course.

As your lawyer I advise you to pull over immediately when those blue lights come on behind you. Running from the law is dangerous, illegal, and just plain wrong. Unless you have a freshly-murdered corpse and a couple of kilos of coke in your passenger compartment. In which case you'd better have me on speed-dial.

mpesik

So besides the Cops -On a clear road and ***** out ,what are you worried about? ME-Tires!

low miler

A basic S4 5 speed at 160 while finishing of a Viper RT/10 that was probably puching about 155 at the time.

mark kibort

the got the ole Holbert car at 182mph, and it was stock. (nardo italy, 1986) then, it only went to 172mph at the salt flats with al Holbert at the wheel. pretty amazing cars!!
Ill get some interesting top speed numbers at road america. (in another S4) should be fast I imagine!!
mk

Cameron

Mark,

Did you read the explanation (I think it was in Pano) re why he could only get it up to 172? They had skinny tires on it, and the rears were slipping in the salt. They wanted to do the run again with wider (normal) tires, but they didn't have any.

.....Cameron

heinrich

Mark ... you did 186 at nardo.

DonT

I wandered into the low 140's.

Jim bailey - 928 International

The Salt Flats at Bonneville wide tires tend to float on the loose salt ,narrow tires work better BUT there is always some slip at speed . If you have ever driven fast on gravel roads you know the feeling so I am told.

drnick

the black SE did 170mph without much fuss, very early in the morning as the sun was coming up and id just put the lights to rest. didnt hold it there for very long as the road was getting shorter very quickly.

shaaark89

168 backstraight at vir, uphill.

wds928

125 on the back straight at VIR and 130 on the front "straight". Then hard on the brakes. That was plenty exciting.

bcdavis

Question on the salt...

Would it work well to use skinny tires, with snow traction spikes?

jaymz

168 in a light weight 1969 dodge dart i wasnt driving tho,,,120 in my 1996 chrysler sebring,,,

Shane

150 chasing Heinrich and John to the Canadian border.