Mike, Considering you were basically "at 200" (IMO)...I think you can hit 205

Perhaps some day I'll be able to participate; still searching...

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Pete

 

Stock suspension. Car lowered a little. Previous owner took camber out of the rear to get it to hook up better for runs in Mexico. I had drove the car maybe 3 times above 160 and just a handful of times above 100 before the mile event.

In hindsight it was probably not the best idea to jump in a car that was new to me and try to run over 200.

There is an outfit up here - Autos Edge - that has set up a bunch of cup cars and street cars that I am going to take the car to.

Me - never. I will be getting it done though.

The front end of the car does feel light at high speeds. If, a big IF, I ever run the mile again, the alignment and suspension will have to be addressed. My 206 run was the hairest ride of my life.

 

It truly is a miracle that this man did not die and did not even get injured. That was horrific!

 

Now that we know the lambo driver is ok. The next question is will insurance cover this?

OUCH if not

 

If his insurance covers - I want the agents name and phone number so I can switch coverage.

 

Thanks for the vote of confidence Pete! Maybe I could hit 205 if I could get that driver mod! Seriously, the limiter in 6th lives at 203 and change.

 

Well, 200+ is pretty damn good IMO

I'm still just a lurker, searching for the right deal at the right time (pretty much know what I want, just need to get a few things squared away, find 'that' 996TT and pull the trigger )

Congrats again! (the 996TT Avatar is Deepblue's, while I was storing it for him before he came back from the sandbox and started his mods)

 

Damn close. I'm makingthe same power and always wondered what would happen. I bet if you speak with EVOMS about some aero tweaks you got it. Nice run.
Hey maybe 1 more octane or a wax will do it!

 

+1. You cant say you were avoiding a cat with that one.

 

Theres some drag racers that put track day coverage on there cars for big events I immagine the same could be done with a mile event car.

 

Their coverage ought to be everyone on the boards calling them to schedule having a cage installed ASAP.

 

I find most 911s get light front-end at high speeds. I ran my 996 GT2 above 190mph about 100+ times and it's not fun in cross-winds. Also found that the compression joints on the concrete autobahns and bridges can upset the car easily above 160mph. The 997 GT2 was better in that regard. I had the ESP cut in when my 997 GT2 had only 55 miles on the clock after I collected it from the factory and was doing about 165mph through a fast sweeper and a big road joint caused the car to kickup a bit. The 977 GT2 took it in it's stride, the 6GT2 would probably have crashed.

Of the cars that I've ran at these sort of speeds my tuned R34 GTR was mega-stable, with 4 people in it at a GPS 199mph and the most easy comfortable was my Alpina B5, which went 190mph+ in total comfort and luxury.

I only ran my R35 GTR into the 180s but that was very very stable even through max-g fast 180mph sweepers.

 

Great Vid Mike. Weird that you were so close again. What do you think the deal was? I've heard a lot of factors could affect the run like wind, heat and sticky e-brakes. Who knows.

 

You're welcome!

--Eric

 

The thing about a cage is, if you wreck on the street, where 99% of us do most of our driving, and your are not wearing a helmet, then your head will meet steel. That is the main reason I don't put one in my car.