poll: top personal speed

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Jun 10, 2009 | 10:56 AM
  #31  
Quote: I thought that Mustang would go at least 430!!
505 mph actually! The 375 is in knots, so it's more like 430 mph.
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Jun 10, 2009 | 11:06 AM
  #32  
349 kph or 217 mph, on GPS.

cops shot me with the radar gun. couldn't give me a ticket because while the radar got the speed, the automatic camera just got a picture of empty road (requirement here is a photo to issue a ticket based on radar)
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Jun 10, 2009 | 12:35 PM
  #33  
Quote: 505 mph actually! The 375 is in knots, so it's more like 430 mph.
My favorite plane ever! Awesome.
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Jun 10, 2009 | 12:59 PM
  #34  
I'm probably one of the slowest here, 202mph on GPS in a Bentley Conti GT Speed.
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Jun 10, 2009 | 01:11 PM
  #35  
Quote: 505 mph actually! The 375 is in knots, so it's more like 430 mph.
It must have an upgraded or different engine than the RR Merlin...?
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Jun 10, 2009 | 02:14 PM
  #36  
216.89 MPH. Keith Black Camaro. Car and Driver "Gathering of Eagles" August 1987, Transportation Research Center, Bellefontaine, Ohio. 750 Hp, 8.9 Liter Big Block Chevy V8 in 1986 Camaro.
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Jun 10, 2009 | 02:22 PM
  #37  
Quote: It must have an upgraded or different engine than the RR Merlin...?
Nope, stock -7 Merlin. Can't get that kind of speed in level flight, only going downhill. The guys racing at Reno get 450+ at times, but those motors are flying grenades and can't make that kind of power for more than a handful of laps.
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Jun 10, 2009 | 08:15 PM
  #38  
.81 mach in Lear about 600mph .
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Jun 10, 2009 | 08:53 PM
  #39  
Quote: 349 kph or 217 mph, on GPS.

cops shot me with the radar gun. couldn't give me a ticket because while the radar got the speed, the automatic camera just got a picture of empty road (requirement here is a photo to issue a ticket based on radar)
OMG! that is just too funny!
Oh and before I forget my highest speed is around 145mph with myself driving in a Mazda GTX turbo.
170mph as a passenger in a Mitsi GTO twin turbo.
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Jun 11, 2009 | 12:48 AM
  #40  
Quote: OMG! that is just too funny!
funnier still, the highway patrol/tollroad officials wanted a picture with the car, so i had to oblige...

(other non-uniformed guys in the pic are friends who were along for the drive-- GT2, Turbo, Murcie, etc)

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Jun 11, 2009 | 07:54 AM
  #41  
I think I need to move to the Philippines.
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Jun 12, 2009 | 02:48 AM
  #42  
911 GT2 4th gear - 200km/h (heavy traffic ahead )
Toyota Supra bpu+++ - 310km/h
Mitsubishi EVO Upgraded + (4.111 Ratio) - 285km/h
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Jun 12, 2009 | 08:39 AM
  #43  
180 mph in Ruf BTR in Germany 1995
190.743 mph at TX Mile, oct 2007 (current car)
195 mph + (on driftbox) fall of 2008 (current car)
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Jun 14, 2009 | 07:03 PM
  #44  
165mph today, though that's probably as fast as can be done for me till I get an airstrip... At that point 200mph will be the goal.
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Jun 14, 2009 | 09:28 PM
  #45  
171 in my S4. Going fast wasn't as fun as I thought.
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