How fast have you gone in your FD?

And what is the fastest speed that you can sustain for a long drive and not do damage to your car?

 

i've been 157.2mph

 

Did about 145-150 max.

Did about 127 on my cruise today according to my blitz meter which is off about 1.5mph due to my wheel/tire size.

Its easy to hit boost in this cold weather.

Car felt stable though, been a while since i passed the 120 mark but it didnt seem that fast. lol

 

Ive had mine ~160 or so indicated by the speedo. Take that for what you will, not sure the accuracy at that speed. At the time it was ~300whp give or take (113mph trap speed). Probably had a few mph left in it, but not much.. at least not enough for me to want to keep my foot in it for that long.

 

178 as indicated by the speedo. This was many years ago when I was much less wise. It was on the long stretch of road going through the Nevada desert on the way to Vegas. There is absolutely nothing around for miles. Just desert. I decided to back off before I broke something and got stranded. I don't recommend it!

 

Aside from not being the smartest thing do to, the car actually felt pretty solid at those speeds.

 

140

 

176 mph indicated.

 

i did 174mph in my porsche... not sure if i wana see if the rx7 hits that but meh we will see what happens when its finished...

 

not me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C5gsNxe87U

also not me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPGMtLaRXEw

 

Burried the speedo needle in afgmoto1978's FD

no aero other than 99 Spec lip & RE A street defuser

it was stable, but I was nervous.

 

170 mph a few times (indicated on speedo), once with stock twins and once with BNR Stage 3s.

Car felt very stable at those speeds, and it got up to 170 much much faster with the BNRs

 

172 MPH, it didn't look like the car was going to go any much more so I backed off... Pretty scary at those speeds..

 

140 MPH - track only.

The FD was willing to go faster, but without much in the way of protection other than seats, harness and helmet, I didn't feel to comfortable going faster than that.

With 350 RWHP just getting to 140 that quickly was fun.

 

165ish for me, had a couple miles of straight road w/o cops or cameras near my house in England. Anything over 140 made the rear lift a bit, no good in turns...

 

I made a pass with my GPS on board that recorded 187.6mph....speedo was buried......revs were at or just above 8000...(wasnt really looking...lol).VERY scary slowing down...brakes were gone instantly....very dangerous(and stupid)...never again.

 

Around 170 - Car felt solid & could go faster. This was on a fairly short dual carriage way in the country side.

 

I got mine up to 88 mph and then went back in time to 1955 to help my parents get together. It requires plutonium to do this and can be very dangerous.

I invite anyone to come with me; however, I cannot vouch for your safety.

 

"but Doc their isnt enough road to get us up to 88 miles an hour"

 

 

155 on the speedo for me....car felt stable, not floaty like some cars i've been over 120 in.

Tim

 

11500 in 3rd gear, but only a genuine 160odd (not speedo speed, speedo would prob' be 175 or so by then) top speed.

And wasnt me driving either time, passenger

 

162 once in the highway
140 in the straight section of Indianapolis Raceway Park

these were years ago when the car was stock. after modding haven't taken it higher than 120, weird huh!?

 

Wow. most of you guys are braver than me.

I've only done 140 so far. (I've only had it for a couple months though)

What is the fastest speed that I should maintain for a long trip?

Am I going to do damage to my engine if I go 130 for a couple of hours?

 

I would be more concerned about damaging your wallet. Possibles are court costs & fines, towing & impound bills, possible jail time & maybe later down the road if you get to keep your license...high insurance rates if anyone will insure you after that. It really isn`t worth it.