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....I had an old VW Bug that would do 65 on 3 cylinders in 3rd gear. Only 3 cylinders because it dropped a valve so I just took out both push rods & the spark plug in that cylinder. And 4th gear in the trans was blown. I finally blew the motor up when it ran out of oil..... The 60's were fun! ;)
in 1992 my wife and i drove 130 mph for 15 minutes solid, at 2:00 A.M. on I65 in my wifes RS camaro. we were following a BMW and a crotch rocket. we only let off to take our exit to go home. abot 6 years ago my 80 z28 said 147flat out on a stretch of road behind my house. and if my dragster counts 173 MPH 3 inches off the ground, i think when you are that close to the ground it seems faster.
Well looks like we've had some fun with speeds:) My one wish before I die is to do 200 mph. Just hope I get the chance to do it.:)
darned oll delivery truck only goes 98 mph :LOL:
I did 640 MPH as a passenger a few times. :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:
Southwest.........:D :D :D :D
yep,,,,about five miles high,well,sober actually!:LOL:
hey Corvette...mine is a 64 also.....scary at speed . front end likes to lift.
my 78 firebird speedo only goes to 95... but I had it pointing straight down plus some when that jerk behind me turned on his flashing lights. turned out it was a DEA agent. He goaded me into it. really.... Once he figured out I wasn't runnin drugs, he sent me on along my way. Good thing, cause it would have really sucked to get haulled off to jail less than two miles from my house.
ALSO it is worth mentioning... DEA dude couldn't hang. He was waaaaaaay back there...
On the flip side of the coin... I was in my 66 C 10 with worn out 50s in the back, on a snowy day in Ga. ( the blizzard of 93 ) Was trying to climb the hill to the house. Was in second gear, speedo showing about 45, and creeping up the hill sideways at probably two miles per hour, tires SCREAMING. I parked it and walked the rest of the way home. the snow burned off by noon, and I walked back and got it then.
One time I had to get to London quick, so we went on the Concord. This was the time when the one crashed in France. When we got ready to come home they had stopped flying completely. The one photo doesn't show it to good but you could actually see the curvature of the earth at that altitude.
Ken
Routinely running 116mph on the strip but fastest was in an old ('80?) Pontiac Grand Prix my buddy and I "borrowed" from his dad's paint shop... 140 on a country road until a motorcycle pulled out in front of us about a quarter mile up. The ride was so smooth you wouldn't know we were fast but for the dashed center lines flying by (and the speedo that topped at 160) We were both stupid 14 yo kids...
In the late 80's my buddys dad bought used X-highway patrol cars from lousiana. We drove them home after the auction about 100 miles to his house. Last time we did it he bought an 85 impala with 350 4bbl and a 87 crown vic 351/2bbl. My buddy wanted the crown vic so i was stuck with the impala. We drove them all the way home to the floor. Had 120mph on speedo but the needle was burried the whole time. Oh the worn out impala was faster than the crown vic on take off and top end. Man those cars were set up for top end they handled great at top speeds.
Wow! Good 'Vette stories. We had a '64, too; had it up to 136 according to the speedometer - was on a nice straight desert highway, going for the limit when I noticed it start to "hunt" a bit, side to side. Then, hit a low spot in the road and felt the suspension droop out then compress real hard, and it started vibrating and acting like it wanted to lift the frontend; that was all I could take. :eek: :whacked::LOL:
120 street racing a harley in a 68 gto. harley won.
Recently, I was riding my 01 Indian Chief, and came off the line next to a ricer ( car ). He thought he was racing me. The engine sounded pretty nasty, and I wouldn't doubt he fogged it. He did out-excellerate me, and pretty good too. BUT.. the thing is... I wasn't trying.
Moral of the story is: never race a motorcycle in a car. It's not a fair match.
seem like the thing to do at the time. I could not resist:LOL:
You would think that with a sleek looking body like those cars had that they would be aerodynamic. Not so... The drag coefficient on a 60's corvette is about like a UPS truck until it gets to about 120 mph. Then its like more like a Cessna. Good thing they didn't put fins on them or they might have lifted off. I've heard that the early sixties model impalas had the same problem trying to lift the front end. I guess they let too much air under the car.Quote:
Originally Posted by Troglodyte
I know,......The poor motorcycles dont stand a chance:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by firebird77clone
would that be pre-gun fire or post gun fire?:LOL:
actual speed or just what the po-po had on the official radar gun?
Ok this is getting way too dangerous ,.I am callin the law!!!!!!:LOL:
A couple days ago I drove 57-58 all the way to my destination. Had a county Sheriff behind me. :whacked: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by shawnlee28
No offense my friend, but I'm the one who is going to be driving if and when I get the chance:LOL:
156 then the fuel cut hit.
115 mph in BMW M-3 on I-5 between San Diego and LA in the mid 80's. That was fast enough and not get caught.
I've been around "a buck and a half" twice.
First time was a early 60s Pontiac 2 door. A kid from Ohio came to Florida with this car. Had a full NASCAR Pontiac engine built by Ray Nickels Speed in Ohio in it. He is a legendary builder of Pontiac engines for many NASCAR teams then. He had me drive it because he had one too many after picking up a $50 drag with a big engine Vett. It was pulling a 2:70s something rear put in just for the Fl trip. I nailed it at a rolling 15MPH and it torque-steered me off the road, the hood went perhaps 10degrees of lift from body and frame twist. The car just wasn't set up to pull that 2:70 even from a rollout! I got her back on black stuff and during this mis-adventure, gave up around 3 lengths to the vett. I pulled 2nd at 6 grand around 85, caught the vett at the top of 2nd, finished him in 3rd and asked permission to pull 4th. He said go for it and the power poles were going by like a picket fence!
Second fastest was my own Vett on the Cocoa Beach Causeway in the 60s when it was just built, just a ribbon of blacktop through the water. I buried a Pontiac Bonneville in 3rd. I had a 327/340 with a 2:70 or 3:08 rear. I remenber it pulled 5800RPM at the top.
I'm 70 now and a lot more mature now. But last night I left the Cruise, took the back way home and ran off a couple of 1/8s just for the fun of it, in my 57 Chevy. Just a little smoke at the launch, and a satisfying churp going into 2nd. Not bad 327/300 with a 4:11 posi. Love to hear those secondarys sing!
Over the desert, MACH 1.1, F-4 Phantom, had room for more,but low fuel state said knock off and go home.
On 4 wheels or 2??? LOL
ON 4 wheels, in a TAFC I have been 223 MPH. I was getting my IHRA liscence so I could fill in for our regular driver. Man what a rush!!!!
On 2 wheels, well the speedo cable snapped while I was testing the new carb setup. I think that I was about 160 MPH at the time. Laid completely out on the bike trying to hold the front end down somewhere remotely close to the earth!!! LMAO