been 155-160 on two wheels...much different
Posted on 05/03/2022 6:46:41 PM PDT by simpson96
I hear ya. Fastest I’ve ever pushed my T-Bird was 105 on I-95, and only for maybe a second and a half. It had plenty left but I didn’t.
And as a pre-88 it didn’t have a speed limiter, but that doesn’t mean my brain doesn’t.
been 155-160 on two wheels...much different
All these years I never knew Larry.
“ditched HIS stolen Mercedes SUV???”
How is the stolen Mercedes HIS?
Mine’s 26 y.o.
Replaced the alternator...
I was a passenger in a 1970 Chevelle SS 396/375HP, Cowl Induction, TH-400 AT that had “some” modifications under the hood and Bilstein Shocks, I don’t remember the Tire/wheel combo but iirc it was BFG Radials on Stock SS rims.
We were chasing someone down Hwy 290 out of Austin, TX and We were blowing down the road with the speedometer needle on the backside of the Zero pin and still had Throttle left to use. We figured that We were going 160+ when We caught up with them.
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I’ve only been faster in an Aircraft.
He should have been tracked with a helicopter at a distance to the side and rear or his own GPS and intercepted when he left the highway. He would not likely have kept that speed if he did not perceive chase cars. If they identify the high end newer car and/or driver from the license plate then they can get his GPS coordinates from the feds quickly and track him thusly. Modern cars have GPS locaters constantly transmitting in them and someone with such a vehicle surely has a smart phone that also provides a GPS signal. The car GPS is one of a couple of reasons that I will never own a car newer than about 1985. Better to use the money for a new car to get an old car and have it restored.
The most I have ever done was about 105 on my Yamaha trying to see how fast a Navy Ground Effects vehicle really was that was paralleling me on the water. The Navy allowed as how those things were capable of 75 mph. At 105 the thing was still leaving me. At 105 I shut it down because I was approaching the far end of a long bridge and a traffic light.
I am downsized to a Suzuki 654 single. I don’t do any road travel any more so The Suki is nice.
I had a ‘64 Corvair Spyder. The speedometer said 140mph. And I don’t know.
Forgot about that one. Thanks.
Back in the 70’s I went to high school with a guy who drove a new Monte Carlo. The speedos were round. He claims he wound the needle past the 120 top speed shown and started back up the other side... Never was sure about that story, but that car was FAST.
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