What is your TOP SPEED?
01-14-02, 04:31 PM
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i gotta withdraw my previous entry of 140 mph
cause i hit 150 mph......well maybe not. i have 16/245/50's in the back so that would alter my speedo by 5 or so mph i guess. so lets say 145 mph.
well i dunno if im right with this speedo crap, anyone know how much does bigger tires on stock TII rims throw off your speedo?????????
well i dunno if im right with this speedo crap, anyone know how much does bigger tires on stock TII rims throw off your speedo?????????
01-20-02, 02:33 AM
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Originally posted by RICE RACING
Today I have ONLY done 155 MPH on a short piece of raod on the way to my work.
With my limiter pegged at 8200rpm and 500bhp power level I have done 189 MPH on 5 seperate occasions.
First gen with 13BT, set up for road racing, road reg legal.
Today I have ONLY done 155 MPH on a short piece of raod on the way to my work.
With my limiter pegged at 8200rpm and 500bhp power level I have done 189 MPH on 5 seperate occasions.
First gen with 13BT, set up for road racing, road reg legal.
01-21-02, 06:06 AM
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From memory (usually right, but could be wrong), the top speeds for stock turbo RX-7s are:
88 TII 147 MPH
93 FD 159 MPH
I've only had my car up to 140 on the track (front straight at Willow Springs). It feels pretty reasonable at that speed, as I have to squeeze the brakes hard at that point and I am not worried about going out of control or anything. I am too chicken to go for a really high speed run on the street. It would be fun to rent a runway or do the Silver State Classic or something and open it up.
Don't take this as evidence that crashing at high speeds won't kill you, but there was a "big list" member who had his AST pop at 150 MPH and he spun and ended up in a fence without hurting himself or the car all that much. I guess the morals of this story is that this guy was a lucky bastard and that any problem at these speeds are likely to be big problems.
We've also lost some great people to high speed runs in the RX-7 community.
-Max
88 TII 147 MPH
93 FD 159 MPH
I've only had my car up to 140 on the track (front straight at Willow Springs). It feels pretty reasonable at that speed, as I have to squeeze the brakes hard at that point and I am not worried about going out of control or anything. I am too chicken to go for a really high speed run on the street. It would be fun to rent a runway or do the Silver State Classic or something and open it up.
Don't take this as evidence that crashing at high speeds won't kill you, but there was a "big list" member who had his AST pop at 150 MPH and he spun and ended up in a fence without hurting himself or the car all that much. I guess the morals of this story is that this guy was a lucky bastard and that any problem at these speeds are likely to be big problems.
We've also lost some great people to high speed runs in the RX-7 community.
-Max
01-22-02, 05:29 PM
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i got to 160 with my AUTO!!!....yah i was TRYING to race a ferrari 360 modena..guess what i lost
anyways..steve khan has got his car upto 180, but stopped because he heard his veilside body kit start to crack
anyways..steve khan has got his car upto 180, but stopped because he heard his veilside body kit start to crack
01-24-02, 03:29 AM
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Originally posted by Crash
157 in my R1 to show some little **** in an eclipse whats up the rearend felt like it was starting to lift up and someone turn in up the road it feels wierd passing people at 95 while slowing down. and on my Ducati i hit 154
and I thought my helmut was going to snap my neck and the front end was starting to bounce. Don't have the bike any more some ****** in an F250 pulled out in front of me at about 70mpg totaly **** up the bike bent the frame in about four places and flipped three or four times.
157 in my R1 to show some little **** in an eclipse whats up the rearend felt like it was starting to lift up and someone turn in up the road it feels wierd passing people at 95 while slowing down. and on my Ducati i hit 154
and I thought my helmut was going to snap my neck and the front end was starting to bounce. Don't have the bike any more some ****** in an F250 pulled out in front of me at about 70mpg totaly **** up the bike bent the frame in about four places and flipped three or four times.
02-04-02, 11:02 PM
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Originally posted by sunnyxwala
i got to 160 with my AUTO!!!....yah i was TRYING to race a ferrari 360 modena..guess what i lost
anyways..steve khan has got his car upto 180, but stopped because he heard his veilside body kit start to crack
i got to 160 with my AUTO!!!....yah i was TRYING to race a ferrari 360 modena..guess what i lost
anyways..steve khan has got his car upto 180, but stopped because he heard his veilside body kit start to crack
)Wow this post is still going)
02-15-02, 05:50 AM
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Originally posted by fxxku
155mph on my R1 with both windows down on san mateo bridge with a drunk white chick sit right next to me.... couldn't go faster cause the stock ecu back then....
155mph on my R1 with both windows down on san mateo bridge with a drunk white chick sit right next to me.... couldn't go faster cause the stock ecu back then....
I bet it was great
for aerodynamics Like a ghetto airbrake
02-15-02, 06:41 AM
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Dude... at 110mph with the windows open in my '80 on the back straight at Nelson, the rear carpet whipped forward and smacked me in the back of the head and tried to tangle my arms/shoulders!
Ever since that day my rear carpet has been safely rolled up and tucked behind the back seats
Also in that car, with the sunroof out, at over ~85mph the little wind deflector flap loses its battle with the headwind and it flips down and smacks my hat Funnily enough you can feel the difference the little 3"x24" flap makes in wind resistance, the car seems to surge forward after the flap smacks down. It doesn't go back up again until you nearly stop Also it's true that if you drive over 60mph in the rain, you don't need a roof! You do need side windows though
Ever since that day my rear carpet has been safely rolled up and tucked behind the back seats
Also in that car, with the sunroof out, at over ~85mph the little wind deflector flap loses its battle with the headwind and it flips down and smacks my hat
Funnily enough you can feel the difference the little 3"x24" flap makes in wind resistance, the car seems to surge forward after the flap smacks down. It doesn't go back up again until you nearly stop Also it's true that if you drive over 60mph in the rain, you don't need a roof! You do need side windows though
02-15-02, 01:25 PM
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Did 130 on an NC highway againt a Firebird that was taunting me since the ramp. Would have gone faster but my exit was coming up. Oh yeah, kinda got scared too about getting license revoked cause I didn't have my radar detector that night.
02-15-02, 08:54 PM
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I hit 155 in my 88 TII. No one on the highway. when i gutted the converter, somehow the wastegate line snapped and boost went up to 19psi before it blew up
HKS intake
HKS BOV
HKS downpipe
HKS FCD
GREDDY POWER EXTREME EXHAUST
APEXi Boost controller(not totally hooked up)
NO CONVERTER
HKS intake
HKS BOV
HKS downpipe
HKS FCD
GREDDY POWER EXTREME EXHAUST
APEXi Boost controller(not totally hooked up)
NO CONVERTER
02-20-02, 03:10 PM
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My personal land speed records:
1993 RX-7, MBM, Touring (old car): 130mph, Hwy.5 going to Cache Creek. (bone stock at time of record)
1993 RX-7, SSM, Base (new car): 135mph, Hwy.280, double decker fwy. heading north towards PacBell Park. Also 140mph, stretch of Hwy.5 heading south towards LA. (bone stock at time of record)
1994 Ford Tempo (backup car): 120mph, same stretch of Hwy.5 somewhere in CA's Central Valley.
1993 RX-7, MBM, Touring (old car): 130mph, Hwy.5 going to Cache Creek. (bone stock at time of record)
1993 RX-7, SSM, Base (new car): 135mph, Hwy.280, double decker fwy. heading north towards PacBell Park. Also 140mph, stretch of Hwy.5 heading south towards LA. (bone stock at time of record)
1994 Ford Tempo (backup car): 120mph, same stretch of Hwy.5 somewhere in CA's Central Valley.
though, lol!
02-23-02, 04:55 PM
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I've hit the 205 Km/H in my old 1985 gsl running with 6K RPM
I've never had my 1981 12 A RX7 Turbo I (Elford) to the max , but I only ran it this far to 170 Km/H with only running 4K RPM! The speedometer is adjusted so it can point to the 240 Km/H but I'm not sure if this is done because it a first gen. 12 A Turbo.
Anyway I will find out this summer when I will be off to Austria to the European Mazda Festival (to kill off some 13B Turbo II's who never heard of a 12 A Turbo (which weighs only 1050 Kg's but has 185 Bhp))
Will be fun! :-)))
(there where only 500 12a RX-7's fitted with a Turbo, done in the UK with Mazda warrenty!)
I've never had my 1981 12 A RX7 Turbo I (Elford) to the max , but I only ran it this far to 170 Km/H with only running 4K RPM! The speedometer is adjusted so it can point to the 240 Km/H but I'm not sure if this is done because it a first gen. 12 A Turbo.
Anyway I will find out this summer when I will be off to Austria to the European Mazda Festival (to kill off some 13B Turbo II's who never heard of a 12 A Turbo (which weighs only 1050 Kg's but has 185 Bhp))
Will be fun! :-)))
(there where only 500 12a RX-7's fitted with a Turbo, done in the UK with Mazda warrenty!)
