Down a looooong empty road at an army training base a week or so ago...

145mph ish with the T

 

i was going to try it with my 25 i got to 90 but the hole time i was thinking about hgf so i took my foot off the pedal lol

 

ummm.... yes

 

Brap brap. Things start to get hairy when your passing lorries like they're standing still. Few turbo boys have hit the limiter in 5th. Which depending on your box and tyre profile equates to 145 - 169ish.

Only thing I'd start to get worried about at that speed is the front lifting. 200's not exactly got the best front end for downforce...

 

1.4 mgzr 117mph, early morning not much cars on motorway so thought i'd see what it'd do.

 

So about 90 then?

 

its great having an uncle in the army for things like this heh

empty runways FTW!

but yeah, i bottled it at 145 due to not so smooth road, and i wasnt that close to limiter ether scary stuff...

 

I think it was more going to be your tyres giving way before your engine, heh heh.

 

I've hit 97 on a slight downhill in my Rover 200 bubble. I think this is the max speed that it is supposed to do and it was at around 6k rpm in 4th.

However, I'm sure the speedo doesn't depict how fast I was actually going... probably more like 89mph to be honest.

Had to slow up after I realised I was closing in on a Coppa in front of me

Private road ofcourse

 

i hate speed! i once touched 90 in my ZS and bottled out, the fastest i ever go is 80mph i was once sat in a subaru that was doing 155 though, i almost pooped myself

all on private roads...... obviously

 

Somebody who was not me went for a drive round the M25 early one morning, they told me that my R25 1.4 does 113 (indicated) I Then marched them down to the police station where I made them apologise for what they had done.

 

Most I've had out of mine was 116 according to my phone speedo, my speedo said 123 but I have low profile 15" wheels on and so speedo is optimistic. Car didn't like it though. Wobbled and shaked a bit.

That was downhill i'd like to add.

 

zr160 indicated 135mph absolutely no problem. Down our local disused ww2 canadian bomber airfield didnt get to the limiter but was close.

 

Vi indicated 127 on an airfield, not much pull left at that speed though. probably 115-119 real speed. not had it anywhere private since box change to see how the close ratio BRM box does at speed yet, might see a few more mph out of it as it revs higher on that box.

wouldn't even attempt to go flat out on a road, too much risk of something going wrong, not just with the car but with other people too, not to mention it's highly illegal, and I value my licence a lot. since doing track driving, not seen the point in pushing hard on roads anyway, much more fun on track and not worrying.

 

Taken by a friend on a trip to the Nurburgring about 5 years ago

speedo needle had hit the stop

 

my Rover 25 1.4 on 16" wheels was showing bout 115 on speedo and my sat-nav was Warning me i was over 100mph so they defo go over 100 but i dont think the speedos are bang on... i was close to rev limit but the car didnt feel like it had any pull left in it tbh

 

My old 1.6 tomcat showed up 135 on the clocks just before my coolant bottle basically exploded.

Not sure how far out the speedo was but I'm sure the top end on coupe's are better anyway due to better aerodynamics (my theory anyway :lol: )



Edit: just to clarify this was done past the local nursery at 3pm on a monday afternoon.

 

in my old mettie 1.1 i got 100mph no joke down the m5, and the most i did in my bubble was 110mph for 3 miles from blackpool 3 yrs ago but slowed down as quite a few highway patrol vehicles were going the oppersite way....

 

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and the most i did in my bubble was 110mph for 3 miles from blackpool 3 yrs ago but slowed down as quite a few highway patrol vehicles were going the oppersite way....

That'll be because there is a motorway police hq just off the m6 near preston!

 

Tbh.

 

You've got the long and short of it aye.