What is the fastest speed you have ever driven?

[DancingBear]

Conventional U.S. roads only - the Autobahn, racetracks, dragstrips don't count!

Me - 132 m.p.h. - Nevada - in a 396/425 STOCK Chevy Caprice.

[Don_G]

1. 160 - 180 MPH

In a "slightly" modified 750 Honda.

[DancingBear]

12. Hee, hee

I had a '62 Chevy bored .030 over, balanced and blueprinted that I probably did around 150 or so in, but the speedo got "temporarily" disconnected in favor of a Mickey Thompson steering column mounted tach, so I can't count use it for this thread.

[Angelus]

2. 96 MPH...

and it was on a gravel road in a 1989 Chevy Celebrity Station Wagon!

[solinvictus]

3. 115 Mph

On Interstate 65 between Birmingham and a suburb north of it called Gardendale. I was 17 in a 1974 Ford Maverick with a 302 engine.

[GOPisEvil]

4. About 100 in my old Datsun 210.

:-) I have to approximate the speed because the speedo only went to 85. However, when I let off the gas, the needle stayed at 85 for a little bit.

Oh, what made me slow down? One of the tires came apart. Damned bias-ply tires! :P

Spelling edit

[bigwillq]

5. I hit 100 in my mom's Nissan Altima back in 2001

Later that night I was pulled over by a state trooper for going 80. Got myself a $279.00 speeding ticket.

edit: spelling

[Blue-Jay]

6. About 150 on a motorcycle.

140 in a car.

[trumad]

8. 140

over the 7 mile bridge in the Keys... Mitsubishi Starion Turbo... What a rush.

[DS1]

33. Those Starions were real sleepers

:7

[stevedeshazer]

7. 125 mph

'73 Plymouth Scamp w/ 318 engine. It was downhill.

I worried about a tire blowout the whole time.

[democracyindanger]

9. 130 mph Honda F4i

[PfNJ]

10. 100 in a Mitsubishi.....

just once, to see what it felt like.....
I don't normally speed ;-)

[camero]

11. 126 in a car ,115 in a big truck

In the big truck I was going down The Sisters in Wyoming. Straight drop and alone on the road.

[TheMightyFavog]

13. 120 mph (approximatley)

Wisconsin state Hwy 64, 1988 Ford Taurus 3.1L V6.

[AngryAmish]

51. b/w Mountain and Pound

64 is straight and level. Done some speeding there myself.

[TheMightyFavog]

80. Yep. The State Patrol parks out there all the time, though.

Marinette and Oconto County Sherrif's Dept. sits there, too.

[AngryAmish]

81. I've never seen them.

Thanks for the info. Maybe I'll slow down.

[Tom_Foolery]

14. 105 in a Chevy Blazer in 1978 during a trip to WV. n/t

[SarahB]

15. A 100 in a minivan on I-80 in central Nebraska.

I was visiting relatives about 3 years ago and anyone who's ever driven I-80 across the country knows how dead, strait, and flat it can be in Nebraska. I wasn't even trying to drive this fast. All of the sudden, I looked down, and there I was at 100. Felt like 75 or 80 on the stretch of road.

[DarkPhenyx]

16. 120 on the German Autobahn.

In my 1991 GMC Sonoma with the V-6 Vortec engine.

[tridim]

17. I "borrowed" my dad's Porsche 911

once when he was out of town and got it to about 140. It still had alot more left in it, but I got scared and slowed down. I like acceleration better than speed anyway. BTW, he never found out. :)

[neverborn]

18. around 100

[baldguy]

19. 110

Top speed of my 1976 VW Rabbit.

[Twillig]

20. I did 95 in a mercury Montego

back in my early twenties. That's like the equivalent of 400mph in Schumacher's Ferrari!

I had a Honda prelude from the early eighties. I don't know how fast I got that going. I think the Odometer only went to 80( maybe 90), but I pegged it. My thought was that if my tire blew out, I'd be all over the trees beside the road.

One day I lost it and rolled that honda in a ditch. Wasn't going land-speed fast, but too fast for the curve on a very cold day. Spilled coffee all over myself.

I drive sanely now.

[Reverend_Smitty]

21. 110mph

I had my Cadillac Eldorado up to about that going to the beach with my friends to watch the sunrise. I made a 40 min drive into a 20 min drive. It was great nobody on the highway!!!

I swear no drugs or alcohol were involved, we just like watching the sunrise.

[doc03]

22. 106 1964 Chevy Impala got a ticket from MD State Patrol

[DS1]

23. 145

In my stock Mitsu.

[kimchi]

24. 120 to test drive a Prelude.

I bought it.
:D

[Philostopher]

25. I hit just shy of 130 in a 1987 Toyota FX-16.

Was racing my ex -- he was in an '85 MR2. I told him mine would go faster, but he didn't believe me. I was right. This would have been around 1990, when the FX was still a baby -- had about 70k miles on it. Both had 140 mph speedometers. We both chickened out pretty quickly, though -- that's the only reason he didn't get the MR up that high. We were on Route 52 along the Ohio River, just off I-275 ... it was right after dark on a summer night. I was about 27 years old, and thought I owned the world.

I had my MX-3 GS up to about 95 once a couple of years ago, after a lot of expensive engine work. I'm glad I got to push the pedal to the floor just once, since some jackass rear-ended me and totaled it out at a stoplight about six months later. I would joyfully have throttled him with my bare hands if I'd known the crap his insurance company would put us through to pay us what the car was worth.

Mostly, I don't speed. Now, I'm driving a RAV4, so the point's moot -- it probably would hit 100, but it wouldn't be much fun.

[SmileyBoy]

26. 94 mph on I-29 in Eastern North Dakota. It's a funny story:

I had tickets for the last Bison/Sioux football game in Grand Forks, so I set my alarm for 8am the previous night, so I could get to GF early. Problem was that I forgot to turn the alarm on (uh-ohhhh...).

Woke up at 12:54 pm, kickoff was in 6 minutes. Swore at myself like crazy and high-tailed it to GF in time for halftime.

Luckily, I wasn't pulled over.

[Deb]

27. 125mph

in a '65 GTO. I'd never do it again but dang that was fun.

[Massacure]

28. If you count electric scooters

8 mph. I don't yet have a drivers license. :p

[Delarage]

29. Slightly over 100

In a Chevy Camaro. The best, most sustained burnout I ever produced was in the Corvette my boss let me borrow to go get some supplies for his restaurant when I was 18 (what was he thinking?).

[Hand]

30. Around 95...

On Route 50 in Utah and Nevada in a Toyota Corolla. My wife and I were driving to San Francisco and there's NO traffic on Route 50. We could have gone faster, but we were scaring ourselves. Plus if we'd had an accident, there wouldn't be any chance of assistance.

Great fun, though...

[UnabashedLiberal]

31. 194

I got up to 194 mph. in my 2004 911 gt2 earlier this year, on my friend's racing strip. We also did some modding on it.

[galadrium]

32. 120... in my 1986 corvette

[Eye and Monkey]

34. about 145 in a '73 T-bird with a 460 4-barrell.

That ride would cruise at 120 without breaking a sweat.

[Donkeyboy75]

35. 105 on I-71 in a shit-ass Nissan Sentra.

Young, dumb and full of ***, as an older relative would say. We were racing from Columbus to Cincinnati.

I've been in a Lamborghini that was traveling at about 130. That was cool! Now I think of the gas guzzling, though. :scared:

[bigwillq]

36. Don't knock those Sentras

that's my ride

[Donkeyboy75]

37. Mine was an '86. And it was a piece of shit.

I'm not calling all Sentras shitty. In fact, they are pretty reliable cars in general. But mine was a heap of poo.

[bigwillq]

82. Mine is a 2000 and it has been pretty reliable

It's still in good shape but I kinda kill every car I get. I drive alot for work and my car is like my closest.It's always a mess.

[welshTerrier2]

38. 115 - route 81 in NY heading north

big old chrysler ny'er ... felt like i was going about 65 ...

[DemoTex]

39. If "driven" means "steered" on pavement: 200+ MPH

Coming out of Phoenix on a 110-degree day in a fully-loaded (146,000 pound) Boeing 737-400. We were the proverbial "Heavy-Chevy." In a car? I once did about 120-mph in my 1988 Porsche 911-SC. I did 105 in my 1965 Porsche 356C.

[HEyHEY]

40. 210 KMs per hour

So that's what...like 132 miles per hour. IN my buddies souped up civic..yes believe it or not it was in a Honda Civic....but hey this civic does a 13 something quarter mile.

[BiggJawn]

41. 139 MPH...Certified by the State Police!

Thank goodness he was a buddy of mine!

'67 Chrysler Newport, 383, 2.41 rear axle.

[ArkDem]

47. Hmmmm......

Hard to believe that either the 270 0r 325 horsepower 383 could propel 4800 lbs. that fast! I didn't think the 440 would go that fast either. I have seen them turn times in the 14's at dragstrips.

[BiggJawn]

55. Like a Salt Flat run...

I had a 3-mile head start before I "tripped the traps".
Coming "off the line" that barge was a slug with that axle in it.
I had the 325 HP motor.

[ArkDem]

59. Gotcha.

.

[SanFranciscoDemocrat]

42. Whee!

155 mph indicated on my Suzuki GSX-R 750; it was still accelerating but I got scared and backed off. Going for top speed on a bike really isn't that fun, riding in the twisties is what it's all about for me.

[boxster]

43. 135 mph

In my current car - a (then) bone stock '01 Jetta Wolfsburg 1.8T - on a beautiful, brand-new, smooth-as-glass, deserted, asphalt highway in western South Dakota. With my wife in the car.

Let me tell ya - 135 mph is very fast, even on a deserted highway.

The scary thing is that the 135 mph was before all of the mods I've made to the car since then. It's supposedly capable of around 149 mph now, but I haven't bothered trying.

Edit: on the trip noted above, I drove 2265 miles in 6 days. I wouldn't recommend it, however!

[VelmaD]

44. 120 in a Lincoln Town Car

I was driving out in the country to play the piano for the evening service at a little church out in the middle of nowhere. I was running late and with that car doing 120 felt about the same as doing 55. Talk about smooth. Anyway, I looked down at the speedometer and I was doing 120. I was stunned.

[Commendatori]

45. 140-something (n/t)

[RebelOne]

46. 110 in an old Thunderbird.

I guess it doesn't count, but 125 in the air in a Cessna 152.

[ProfessorGAC]

48. Spoil Sport!

In the U.S., only about 75mph. I'm a weanie about the speed limit, and that 75 was on a highway with a 70mph limit, so i was barely over the limit.

But, on the Autobahn near Frankfurt, and on the Autostrada between Milan and Venice, i hit 235kph, which is about 145mph. In Germany, i had a 5 series BMW, and in Italy i had an Alfa-Romeo T-Spark.

The Professor

[BigMcLargehuge]

49. 140 in a Mazerati Merak sedan

135 in a Jag V12
130 in a Fairlady 260Z Right Hand Drive through the Sumner Tunnel in Boston at 4AM. That was rad!

[bearfan454]

50. 110 mph

Scared the shit out of me.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

52. I did 110 once - I declare it my favorite speed!

Exhillarating!

[Zero Gravitas]

53. 132 mph (as measured by GPS)

in my WRX on the way to the United States Grand Prix (Formula One race) last year. Open deserted freeway early on the Saturday morning.

[GumboYaYa]

54. I went off the road doing over 110 in a '65 Mustang once.

We were racing down a four lane road in the middle of the night. I was over 110 and the front right wheel went off the side of the road. I lost control of the car as it went across the median through a stand of trees and into the oncoming lanes, back across into our original lane, back again into the oncoming lanes and then back to the original lane before getting control. We went through several stands of trees without hitting a single tree. The oncoming traffic was stopped at a light down the way. By some incredible stroke of luck, we did not have one scratch on the car or ourselves. When we finally got the car to stop my buddy and I looked at each other and said never again. That was the last of my street racing days.

[proud patriot]

56. around 70 - 75

:shrug:

[arwalden]

57. 85. It appears that my "granny driver" gene is dominant ...

and my Andretti gene is recessive. It can only get worse, eh?

-- Allen

[Arger68]

58. 144

In my '85 Corvette. I miss that car!!!!!!!:cry:

[Az]

60. 130 mph in my little VW Jetta 1.8T

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[noonwitch]

61. 110 mph on 1-75 in my 92 Probe, when it was new

I went on a road trip with my sister to Florida, and she was annoyed that I was driving so slow (85mph), so I figured I'd show her how fast my car could go. Since we were driving throught the mountains in Kentucky at the time, I didn't really want to take it too much faster than that.
We did make it from Motown to Atlanta in about 11 hours, though.

[never cry wolf]

62. Not sure, 130+ (I buried the speedometer)

Bought a '62 Buick Wildcat for $300 in '75, gave it a $15 tune up at Sears, put on a cherry bomb muffler and off I went.

[underpants]

63. Well the spedometer said 120

We got from Newport News to Charlottesville (usually at least a 2 hour drive) in 60 minutes.

[jus_the_facts]

65. LMAO...that's exactly what I was gonna say.....

.....in my Mazda 626 sports coup...I went from Jackson, Mississippi to Monroe, La. which usually takes about 3 hrs....but I made it in half that!! :evilgrin:

[underpants]

69. GEO Storm

About a week old too. I was home on leave from the Army and hell what could I lose?

[JM]

64. I think around 115

in my 1970 Porsche 914 on a back road in southern Wisconsin. Someone else was pacing me and said we hit that mark before I slowed down due to high speed wobbling.

That thing moved for a flat four 2 liter, then again there wasn't alot of car around it. Sadly it blew up on I-94 a year later.

JM

[TX-RAT]

66. 160+

In the early 70s Plymouth 440's were our patrol cars. They were very fast and very dangerous, didn't handle at all.

[DancingBear]

72. What an understatement

How about the 440 6-packs with tri-power? It was all you could do to keep 'em in a straight line, as long as the linkage didn't fall off. :)

I get a kick out of these new Hemi commercials as well - remember the original?

"So what are you doing this weekend?"

"Adjusting the timing on the Hemi." :)

[TX-RAT]

77. I've still got a 69 Coronet 440 RT

Last time i went through the lights at Wall Raceway it turned a 12.25 118mph on its front tires. It dropped the drive shaft and threw the ass end of the car about 3ft in the air, that made for an interesting finish.

[TX-RAT]

67. First car i ever bought was a 69 Caprice Classic SS

What year was yours? Mine had a 325hp

[DancingBear]

70. '67 Turbo -Jet

I think the 396/425 HP option (which this one had) was not seen in too many non-Vettes that year, but for some reason this one had it. It was just a good 'ol buy it off the lot tan (with dark brown vinyl top) Chevy that my dad bought used from a mechanic friend after my Ford van jumped the timing belt right before I was to go back to college.

I think the "base motor" 396 that year was 375 HP - I'll have to check.

[HalfManHalfBiscuit]

68. 115 in a rental KIA

From LA to Vegas. Downhill. Pretty scary when I felt it lifting.

I've hit 120 in my BMW before the governor kicked in.

[TrogL]

71. 125 mph MG-B

Being chased by a Freeper. Lost him in the dust.

[DS1]

74. Heh, I had some idiot in a Lincoln Navigator try to race me on the NY

State Parkway or Thruway. I let him build up speed next to me until his engine governor kicked in and held him at 90, then proceed to 130 for the next five or six miles. Completely lost sight of the fool.

[BonjourUSA]

87. Delete

[ArkDem]

75. ....

MG Series MGB

Performance
Max. Speed - 103 mph
Acceleration - 0-60mph 12.2 secs
Overall fuel consumption - 22mpg



Production Period
1962/81

Chassis
Unit Construction body, welded steel constuction, front suspension on subframe.

Wheelbase: 7ft 7in
Track Front: 4ft 1.00in
Rear: 4 ft 1.25in

Steering
Cam Gears rack & pinion system.
Turning circle: 32ft
Castor angle: 7 degrees
Camber angle: 1 degree
Kingpin angle: 8 degrees
Toe in: 0.1875in
Grade of oil: SAE 90

Brakes
Disc front, drum rear.
Disk size front: 10.75in
Drum size rear: 10in
Method of operation: Hydraulic, vacuum servo assisted as option to 1973, standard thereafter. Dual system some markets from '67. Cable operated parking brake.

Wheels
Either steel disc bolt-on, or Rudge type wire spoked. Late cars had alloy wheels as option.
For MkI, MkII-on, Wires
Rim size: 4J * 14, 5J * 14, 4.5J * 14
Tyre Size: 5,60 * 14, 165 * 14
Tyre pressure: 21psi front, 24 psi rear
Engine
4 cylinder in line, pushrod ohv
Bore: 80.26mm
Stroke: 88.90mm
Cubic capacity: 1789cc
Power output: Approx 94bho @ 5500rpm. Later cars had power outputs which varied from market to market. The other tuning details of the unit would be confusing in a table of this type. Please refer to the appropriate Workshop Manual.
Oil pressure: Approx. 60psi. Idle at 20psi
Grade of oil: SAE 20/50
Sump Capacity: 7.5 pints

Ignition Timing
Varies with Engine spec., see above.

Distributor points gap: 0.015in
Sparking plugs: N9YC
Gap: 0.025in. After 1975: 0.035in

Carburetter Type
To 1973: Twin SU HS4
>From 1973: Twin SU HIF4
USA Market also had single Zenith 175CD/5T from 1974/76

Jet size, main: SU 0.090in, Zenith: 0.100
Needle recommendation: Various according to carburettor spec

Clutch
Borg & Beck Single dry plate
Material: Ferodo
Number of springs: Single Diaphragm

Gearbox
Four speed manual, synchromesh on top three ratios to 1965, all synchro after. Electrical overdrive optional, standard from 1975. Borg Warner 35 automatic gearbox was also available 1967 to 1973.
Engine Prefix: 18G- 18GA 18GB on
Ratios: 3sp sync, 4sp sync, B-W auto
Overdrive (where fitted): 0.802, 0.820
Top: 1.000, 1.000, 1.00-1.33
Third o/d (where fitted): 1.10, 1.133
Third: 1.374, 1.382
Second: 2.214, 2.2167, 1.45-1.93
First: 3.640, 3.333, 2.39-3.18
Reverse: 4.760, 3.095, 2.09-2.78

Grade of oil: SAE 30, SAE 20/50 TQF
Capacity: 4.5 pints, 4.7 pints, 6 pints. Add approx. 3pints when o/d fitted


Propellor Shaft
Open shaft, needle roller u/j at each end.

Final Drive
Live axle, hypoid bevel gears.
Ratio: Manual 3.909:1, Auto 3.7:1
MPH/1000rpm: Manual top: 17.9, o/d: 22.1, Auto: 18.91
Grade of oil: SAE 90EP
Capacity: 1.5 pints

Cooling System
Pressurised, thermostatic control, pump assisted. Capacity: 12 pints.

Fuel Tank Capacity
Approx. 12 gallons. Tank located at rear of car under boot floor.

Body Styles
Tourer, GT
Numbers built: MkI

1962 4518
1963 23308
1964 26542
1965 24179 524
1966 22675 10241

MkII introduced
1967 15128 11396
1968 17355 8352
1969 18896 12134
1970 23866 12704
1971 22511 12169
1972 26222 13171
1973 19546 10208
1974 19713 9638
1975 19967 4609
1976 25860 3698
1977 24482 4198
1978 21703 5652
1980 10891 3424

Dimensions & Weight
Wheelbase: 7ft 7in
Track - front 4ft 1in
Track - rear 4ft 1.25in
Overall length - 12ft 9.2in
Overall width - 4ft 11.9in
Overall height - 4ft 1.4in
Ground clearance - 4.5in
Turning circle - 32ft
Kerb weight - 18.5cwt
Performance
Max. Speed - 103 mph
Acceleration - 0-60mph 12.2 secs
Overall fuel consumption - 22mpg

[TrogL]

76. I dunno, I was looking at the speedometer...

Max. Speed - 103 mph

...and it was pretty much pinned and we were going downhill at the time.

[Tight_rope]

73. I gladly accepted the ticket for doing 90mph.

In a rent-a-car doing over 100mph on my way to San Antonio. Mom in the passenger seat. Ex-husband and sister in the back seat. I heard the siren and see the lights in my rear-view mirror (I knew it was a speed trap). Mom, says, "Tell him I had to pee!"....LOL The officer comes up to the car and asked me to get out of the car. He took me to the side of the road. Then ask me, "Do you know how fast I clocked you going?" (Knowing to never admit) I say, "No!" The officer says, "I clocked you doing 90mph". I say, "Oh! OK!". He wrote me the ticket. I sent the money in. That was the only speeding ticket that I have ever received. (Speed Queen...doing it every chance I get in the car).

[Spirochete]

78. about 135...

on a Kawasaki.

On edit: On Interstate 5, between Vancouver and Longview.

[St. Jarvitude]

79. Did 90 on I-90 once

Unfortunately, I don't have my license yet and thus have to drive with an adult riding shotgun. I was coming home from Grandma's and everybody was doing 85+, so I "reluctantly" told my dad I'd have to keep up with traffic.

I didn't get much thrill out of it. I guess the real thrill of driving fast comes when other people are driving much, much, much slower than you.

[scarlet_owl]

83. 80. And I didn't like it.

Usually I drive exactly at the speed limit. Driving fast holds no allure for me.

[MrScorpio]

84. 150 - MB 230C German Autobahn

Nothing like the Bahn, baby!

[EstimatedProphet]

85. Probably about 110-120

Those DUers in Columbia-Jefferson City MO will know what I mean when I say I did Hwy 63 between the 2 towns in 20 minutes one night. It's around 35 miles.

[patrick g]

86. here's my .02

133 mph...acura integra . . ..

[BonjourUSA]

88. 245 km/h (153mph) before 1974 when the speed was free in France

now between 145 and 165 km/h (90 - 103 mph) with risk of police control beyond 150 (93 mph) with a risk of police control beyond 150 (93 mph)