got a picture of the speedo on my standard sti iv doing 160, so probably actual 145 or so... i scare to think what it will do now since changing the diffs/drive ratio's.. oh yeah and everything else apart from the shell ;)

[Edited by ChristianR - 10/3/2002 2:51:41 PM]

come on guys wots the highest indicated speeds seen

70mph on the road ;)

152mph on my private test track,

Turbo 2000 (258bhp)

I've got mine (my01) of the clock, and it only had the prodrive pack, this was in Italy of course.

ScoobyDoo69

162 Scoob
160 Calibre Turbo
155+ Honda Civic VTI of the clock
350mph Yak 52, bottom of a steep dive then to +8G's, pulling up/out - now that's a rush!

All aboard or on private roads/in the air

[Edited by Paul Habgood - 9/30/2002 5:55:43 PM]

Off the clock in the scoob :eek: but works out about 167mph (autobahn :D)

Tony:D

170ish mph. Not a scoob, and thats all i'm telling ya :p

140, germany, unrestricted autobahn.

Of course I'd never do over 70 on the A21 ;)

I hit a bird on teh A21 at 5am one morning... I was going 70... it smashed my foglight cover and I watched it break up in my rearview mirror....

was a bit sad, first animal I'd hit in 15years of driving.... plus it took me weeks to get rid of it totally.

Dave

Test drove a UK300 and I can confirm they can do 300mph ;).

160 (and rising) in a Nissan 300ZX Not in the UK though

mines off the clock on 0 revs! but then again my clock is knackered now.

bouncing off the rev limiter in 5th at 152?, in my modded S13 200sx (230bhp). On a private road cuz it'd be illegal to do it on the M8 or the A9 :D

Haven't topped to scoob out yet but don't think it'll even get close (still standard 94 wrx wagon thats probably struggling to produce the stated 220bhp).

280km/h in a lightened twin turbo golf mk3 VR6 in greece. the road that this was achieved is a 60km-40mile stretch with no speed cameras as 99% of greek roads. :)

I once hit a pheasant at 90 in my Xantia.
Blood and feathers everywhere, but I was surprised to see no damage to the car when I stopped.
Next time I cleaned it, I noticed that the o/s headlight was loose, so I took the grille off for a better look.
The headlight mounting at the base was sheared off, and there was a pheasant's leg attached to the radiator...........done to a turn!:D:
Alcazar.
No, I didn't sample it, it was 3 weeks later!

Had my MY99 Tek3'd here in Holland last week by the local franchisee. (massive improvement btw)

For what it's worth he said the ecu cuts boost to 0.5bar at a pre-determined speed. This would almost certainly cause the car to stop accelerating, given the relatively poor aerodynamics. My car was limited to 237 kmh (148mph), which he upped by 10kmh to a healthy 247 (154mph).

Whether or not the car will actually do this I can't tell you (yet).

Once saw 235 (147mph) on the clock on the A81 heading north into Stuttgart on a coolish day last August. Felt very stable but was wasn't acceleratng anymore.

Had the Matiz up to nearly 80 the other morning......

Now there's a sensation of speed. ;)

At Elvington at 1.25 mls last monthin the top 10 shoot-out Tim W did 166mph and Plantie had 163mph through the timing gear.
The recall on my micro processor shows 161mph which will be very accurate but I have not been flat out yet. Standard speedo can be out by 6-11% depending on model, wheels and tyre combination.

PS Skyline 196 mph at 1.25 mls on same day.

70kmph in a Renault Twingo on a test track under supervision :)

160mph + In a old Taxi (4x4 Saphire Cosworth)

A Yak 52 can go to 350 mph?? And you pulled 8gs in it? I thought they were only rated to +6g/-4g!!

sti 7 wrs back box off the clock just

202 , on nurburgring, in a maclaren F1.
stopped right outside the toilet block to change the brown trousers that appeared !

Katana

As regards the speed, the instruments in the back where in Russian/Metric
I asked the pilot, that’s what he reckoned, he may have been wrong or I may have misunderstood, we had just lost 5000 or so feet.

Nurberg ring runs

RB5 240bhp/292lb torq: dont know was off clock and still pulling 160+(all standard + non wr)

mates saphire cossie-485bhp/450lb torq: off the clock 170+

:)

which section of the ring was this?

Indicated 240kph on my integrale but thats when the clock runs out :( that was when it was standard too :D

Hehe Paul, you thinking of getting one? Its only about 30-50k with a permit to fly. I'm tempted as these things don't break down as much as a scooby, but then again anything don't break as much as a scooby. :D