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Re: TOP SPEED?

Postby Blue_Bullet » Thu 08.10.2009, 22:26

A girl in need for speed!

Lucky you I always have GF's that nag me for that and tell me to slow down :(
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Re: TOP SPEED?

Postby HJ2 » Fri 09.10.2009, 08:36

It all comes down to your driving style :-)

I once had a passenger who was visibly scared to step in to my Toyota MR2 (read: any sport scar) She started a conversation that lasted quite long about how high speed frightens her (anything over 100 km/h) and that drivers of sports cars where dangerous. After the 2 hour drive i told her that we drove around 160-ish for almost the complete 2 hour trip. I noticed how she relaxed after 15 minutes or so, then i gently accelerated to 160. She never knew! (slow accelerating, anticipating the traffic far ahead, no harsh braking and no abrupt lane changing e.c.) I never heard her say anything negative about sports cars or their drivers ever again. :D
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Re: TOP SPEED?

Postby Blue_Bullet » Tue 27.10.2009, 01:16

tigerdog wrote:There's nothing else quite like project Sh4rk. :)



how fast did Shark go?
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Re: TOP SPEED?

Postby theelanman » Tue 27.10.2009, 02:21

IIRC there a you tube vid......and it goes all the way round......in kph tho.....
probably about 150mph ish.......need to see the vid again but it was fast......
the 400+bhp was the thing that did it.......got his 0-60 times down quite a bit :)
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Re: TOP SPEED?

Postby theelanman » Tue 27.10.2009, 02:26

found it....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36fwIe5q ... re=related

:-D :-D :-D :-D

265kph....about 165mph...ish
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Re: TOP SPEED?

Postby chris.t » Tue 27.10.2009, 12:21

135 on speedo, 125 on satnav on an autobahn on the way to the ring. Fair to say there was more left but that was fast enuf for me on a public road. On a track i got to 120 on the speedo which would probably equate to about 110 actual
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Re: TOP SPEED?

Postby Blue_Bullet » Wed 04.11.2009, 20:40

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2pPZdpo0R0&NR=1

is that you in the yellow elan getting overtaken by everyone?
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Re: TOP SPEED?

Postby GeoffSmith » Sun 15.11.2009, 00:59

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Re: TOP SPEED?

Postby HJ2 » Sun 15.11.2009, 12:08

Now what's that thing you have NOW in your AVATAR Geoff?
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Re: TOP SPEED?

Postby Blue_Bullet » Sun 13.12.2009, 03:43

How did shark get the steam hissing out the vents from the front? or is That Nos???
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Re: TOP SPEED?

Postby theelanman » Sun 13.12.2009, 03:47

Blue_Bullet wrote:How did shark get the steam hissing out the vents from the front? or is That Nos???


NOS...... :-D
costas had it piped round with a couple of nossels just positioned by the lights........cool party piece :-D
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Re: TOP SPEED?

Postby Blue_Bullet » Fri 18.12.2009, 03:02

So was it Nos or just hairspray???

Thinking of doing mine with party popper streams coming out lol.
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Re: TOP SPEED?

Postby VagueShot » Fri 18.12.2009, 08:54

This topic made me post on my blog, the story of an incident with a stolen Escort Cosworth driven by a crap driver.

http://anonw.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/a ... -cosworth/

I saw probably about 135 on the speedo, so that was probably about 125 mph. Recently I have seen 120 to 125 on some German autobahns and in other places, where it isn't so legal.
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Re: TOP SPEED?

Postby AndyH » Fri 18.12.2009, 16:26

I equalled the manufacturer's claim of 137mph - GPS indicated. Speedo was at about 155 though - bit of discrepancy there! Mountain chip...although there really were no more revs left regardless of the power. I wonder how fast they would go with different gearing!
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Re: TOP SPEED?

Postby theelanman » Fri 18.12.2009, 17:18

AndyH wrote:I wonder how fast they would go with different gearing!


mmmmm 6 speed box................



bob.........you ready for another project??...... :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D
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Re: TOP SPEED?

Postby dapinky » Fri 18.12.2009, 18:53

theelanman wrote:mmmmm 6 speed box................



bob.........you ready for another project??...... :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D



I've been thinking about this for a while now.....

Vauxhall F28 Gearbox (6 speed, cable change, cable clutch) looks good on paper (ratios are variable, depending on which Vauxhall it came from, but on most, the 5th & 6th are overdriven ratios.

I havent had a chance to do any measuring, but am hopeful that as Isuzu and Vauxhall are GM products, there may be some sort of chance of success.
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Re: TOP SPEED?

Postby Blue_Bullet » Fri 18.12.2009, 19:32

Cool
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Re: TOP SPEED?

Postby trimar42 » Sun 27.12.2009, 17:35

Hi
with a standard car
compteur bloqué à 260 km/h
sur autoroute en france,
légère descente
je ne sais pas la vitesse réelle

mais ca va un peu trop vite !!!
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Re: TOP SPEED?

Postby steve matthews » Sun 27.12.2009, 17:45

120 mph. on dyno 4th gear :-D

When I had a complete car. :cry:
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Re: TOP SPEED?

Postby Alan_C » Mon 28.12.2009, 19:15

Not so sure I want my Elan to be cabable of more than 137 MPH, it's frightening enough at 125 (GPS indicated, in Germany). Thought the hood was going to come off, it had lifted at the rear 4 or 5 cms or so, plus was feeling a bit twitchy, and braking hard at that speed was not good (standard calipers), the back end was skittish and as Clarkson would say, I was almost touching cloth! Upgrade brakes on order.
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