It's a nice piece of flat land with about a 5 mile strech where you can do top speed runs...more info here:

http://aeve.com/digitaldesert/ddaa/em01.html

(it's in california btw)

It was really fun and my favorite pic was this =)

 

Nice

 

that's it?

just kidding. That's pretty fast.

 

What did you top out at? I see the picture is at around 160-162mph but did you get to go any faster?

 

its topped out at 160...it wouldn't let me go any faster

 

I have never tried to top end mine but I have taken 4th gear all the way through until around 143mph. Then I slowed down once in 5th because I was on my way to work and any faster would have been too much for public streets.

 

that would be a great rx7 meet.. instead of hanging out in parking lots.. topping out your car.

 

damn......i really have to go there.......tops for me is around 145-150


and that is crazy enough......imagine 160

 

I know you have a touring, but do you have front/rear spoilers? If not, how stable did going that fast feel?

 

I think top speeds are reduced a little on lake beds as compared to runs on pavement due to the
softer salt surface.

 

it was extremely stable...I don't have a front or rear spoiler. however, I have JIC Sf1 coilovers, which makes a hugh difference in stability.

 

here are some more photos:

http://photos.yahoo.com/legendr34

 

here are some of my fav pics:

 

wow... that's very cool. do you just go out there and go at it, or do you have to register somewhere or what? Are there lots of random people out there doing the same thing?

sounds like fun. may be worth a short trip.

 

You just go, its free and you don't have to register for anything

 

Looks fun, but damn, I don't know if I could bear to get my car that dirty

 

Dude that is so sweet!!!! I can't believe you guys were the only ones out there. I would be otu there every day of the week. Instead of 1/4, you can have 5 miles races!!!!

 

cant find any directions. how far is it from l.a?

 

that is what i am talking about!!

good pic. with your mods, i would expect that you would not have been limited to 160....

louis

 

its where hwy 138 is...around summit mountain...its about 1.5 hrs away from LA

 

thanks =), hmm, i would think so also, but I guess not......

 

Yeah, your cars will get dirty as hell, it was hard to clean...

 

I've found my speedometer to be a little optimistic. In this land of painful speed limits, I time mile markers on the highway while doing 60mph. That way I can do a little arithmatic and discover how far over the speed limit I'm really going when I cease obstructing traffic. If it takes longer than a minute to go the mile, the speedometer is reading a higher number than the speed actually is. Who knows what the calibration is in the realm of 160mph, though.
Radar guns work to. While in college I had one for a while. Neat toy.

 

Lou Young's car was off by only a few MPH at around 170 on pavement with a radar gun. I would think the FD speedo is reasonably accurate, like +/- 5MPH.

Wade

 

That's what I was thinking. He's pushing factory top speeds What is the height in that area??