Highest MPH in a 996
11-02-2007, 11:01 PM
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the one ton diesel stops more or less where i want it to. wouldn't want to be standing in front of it however. indicated speed whilst not really pushing it out of oak tree and on down the stretch was 139 at the entry to the braking zone of 14. i know there was much more available. just didn't have the cohnes to see what it really had. i was not in a p-car however. (ugly american plastic)
i may just go Cayman shopping one of these days.
i may just go Cayman shopping one of these days.
11-03-2007, 12:58 AM
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+1 on driver training, in North America we need much higher standards.
As for a deserted stretch of road and planting the right foot or twisting the right wrist, yes, been there done it, guilty...
not often. It is amazing how these cars accelerate past 100MPH, and thats just in my over weight '03 C2, can only imagine what it's like in a very high powered exotic.
Having said all that it is stupid, any fool can plant the foot on a straight stretch.
Found out at my first DE it takes much skill and patience to go fast around a track and thats where it should be kept.
Kudos to those who have posted their top "track" speed.
Stay safe all.
Geoff
As for a deserted stretch of road and planting the right foot or twisting the right wrist, yes, been there done it, guilty...
not often. It is amazing how these cars accelerate past 100MPH, and thats just in my over weight '03 C2, can only imagine what it's like in a very high powered exotic.Having said all that it is stupid, any fool can plant the foot on a straight stretch.
Found out at my first DE it takes much skill and patience to go fast around a track and thats where it should be kept.
Kudos to those who have posted their top "track" speed.
Stay safe all.
Geoff
11-03-2007, 05:38 AM
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172mph on I-27 on my way to Sebring at 4 in the morning. Nothing to hit. No deer. Had cruise control set at 160mph and was curious to see how much faster the car could really go. It really starts to struggle past 167 or so.
11-03-2007, 02:35 PM
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190 (per the speedo) on 505 on the way to Thunderhill @ 6am earlier this year. Long straight divided highway with no traffic...except the two trucks hauling their cars to the track. (Didn't want to back off since I was losing a tailgater.) Talk about a wake-up call for them when I went by at ~triple their speed with my muffler bypass pipes! 
Also done 180 there before with zero traffic early in the am on the way to the track.
Also done 180 there before with zero traffic early in the am on the way to the track.
11-03-2007, 02:47 PM
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11-03-2007, 02:51 PM
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11-03-2007, 03:39 PM
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OK, now that it's safe:
150+ mph with a Pontiac GTO breathing up my C4 tailpipes on one of the rare lonely sections of I-80. I told myself that I'd let off when he did...
150+ mph with a Pontiac GTO breathing up my C4 tailpipes on one of the rare lonely sections of I-80. I told myself that I'd let off when he did...
11-03-2007, 05:24 PM
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190 (per the speedo) on 505 on the way to Thunderhill @ 6am earlier this year. Long straight divided highway with no traffic...except the two trucks hauling their cars to the track. (Didn't want to back off since I was losing a tailgater.) Talk about a wake-up call for them when I went by at ~triple their speed with my muffler bypass pipes!
Also done 180 there before with zero traffic early in the am on the way to the track.
Also done 180 there before with zero traffic early in the am on the way to the track.
11-03-2007, 05:29 PM
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145 when in fifth gear, pulling away from friend's Boxster S, suddenly blowing my oil separator and creating a smoke screen behind me 
I really thought my engine blew!!! My friends now call my 911 a BOND car and are wondering if next time I'll shoot rockets
P.S Thank god for extended warranties
I really thought my engine blew!!! My friends now call my 911 a BOND car and are wondering if next time I'll shoot rockets P.S Thank god for extended warranties
11-03-2007, 05:31 PM
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>3 miles/minute gets your pulse up quickly. You become super sensitive to every feedback that the car is giving you (which is a lot in the GT3) knowing that any small issue may magnify immensely at that speed and could be fatal.
Tunnel-vision wasn't an issue. I'd gone near that speed before, so it wasn't new to me. It really hit me how quickly I was covering ground when I passed the trucks pulling the trailers. I had confidence they wouldn't suddenly do anything stupid since they're track vets and good drivers, but I don't think I'll be passing people at those speeds in the future...