How Fast Have you Gone?

[Parrotheader]

~115 in my 92 Nissan Sentra (not too healthy for it so I quickly backed off.)
~128 in my mom's 92 Camry (very scary handling at that speeds)
~110 in my wife's 97 Accord (surprising smooth except for the engine noise.)

 

[AncientPC]

135mph - driver in my '99 Prelude Base

 

[Blundar]

135mph in my 88 prelude 2.0 Si RIP
about 110 in my 85 CRX before the engine swap who knows now...
about 100 in my 89 Jetta GLi
about 115 in my 87 Prelude 2.0si
about 85 in my 90 honda civic hatch
about 95 in my 87 civic hatch

 

[Servanya]

119 on my '97 ninja 500 (when it was new)
138ish on a gsxr 750
95-97 in my 2001 ford ranger (damn governers!)

 

[Bigdude]

<< Not to be a tool or anything, but how do you know you did 185?

Your bike specs from another thread:



<< 2000 Suzuki Bandit 1200, it has a Holshot header and exhaust, gsxr cams, holeshot ignition advancer, K&N pod filters with with holeshot stage 2 jet kit, the bike was $7000 and the mods about $1500, I have a big bore kit in the shop ready to put it in. Don't know what the topspeed is, the speedo goes to 170mph, and it will go well past that >>



Reviews gave the Bandit 12 a dyno rating of about 110-115 hp and a top speed of about 145mph....and while you have undoubtedly given your bike a good kick in the pants hp-wise with the mods you made, I can't believe you added enough to get a bike that un-aerodynamic to go that fast. The Hayabusa makes a little over 150hp at the rear wheel, is extremely aerodynamic (for a bike anyway) and has a top speed of 189mph...only 4 more that you're claiming.

Obviously everyone on this thread is exaggerating a bit, but 185 on a Bandit is just about impossible without some serious mods. You'd need to be pulling over 160hp at the rear wheel to overcome the aerodynamics and get it up into 'Busa territory.

Fausto >>



You are correct, it was about 185mph on the speedo, which actual would be about 170mph give or take a couple mph.

 

[Sepen]

122 in a 70 Dodge Challenger, my cousin driving around midnight in Raleigh NC. At least 25 years ago you young whipper snappers!

 

[mesonw]

137mph / 130mph -- 1992 Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0i (downhill / flat)
123mph -- restricted (for now!!) 1992 Mitsubishi GTO TwinTurbo

Anyone mentioning 180kph... that's 112.5mph -- which is also the Japanese speed limit. I compared my speedo on the GTO to a friend driving alongside me in my Cavalier. The GTO was reading 10% less due to incorrect recalibration or tyre radius. Thus when it hits the 112 speedo-restriction limit, it's actually doing roughly 123mph.

 

[Thegonagle]

All speeds are in MPH as indicated by the car's speedometer:

110-115 in a 73 Charger with a 318 and auto. Scary old POS. HS friend's car, he was driving.

Top speed of an 87 Civic sedan (~75 HP, 5 spd.) is about 97-99. Friend driving his mother's car. We were a bit disappointed.

120 in an 89 Accord LXi (~125 HP, 5 speed). It had a little left, but I started thinking rationally :Q and got scared because it was so dark out (rural interstate, no moon, couldn't see, etc.), so I slowed down. My car, going solo.

Top speed of an 89 Civic LX (92 HP, 5 spd.) is about 105-108. My car, solo.

Top speed of a 92 Civic LX (102 HP, 5 spd.) is about 110-115. My car, solo.

Forgot: I had a new Altima 3.5 (240 HP, 5 spd.) up to about 115-120 recently. That's a sedan with a serious engine. I don't know how fast it could go, but I wasn't feeling dumb enough to find out. Solo, not my car.

 

[nicowju]

130 in my 1999 Callaway Range Rover

 

[Lithium381]

Geez, you guys are lucky to have such high preformance vehicles, i can SOMETIMES get up to 65 downhill.......heh, oh well

 

[KokomoGST]

~125MPH in my Mitsu Eclipse GST (I accidentally did 100+ in 4th gear =p)
~110MPH in my Neon Sport (definitely had more in it but the tires aren't exactly rated for much more)

~110MPH as driver in another's Infiniti G20... that thing is NOT stable at high speed!

I've prolly hit 60 a few times on skis... =p

 

[Thegonagle]

<< I've prolly hit 60 a few times on skis... =p >>


W3rd!!!

 

[Brutuskend]

I've crashed on water ski's going over 70. It hurts..................and you skip a LOOONG ways.

 

[Thegonagle]

<< I've crashed on water ski's going over 70. It hurts..................and you skip a LOOONG ways. >>


OOf! That's a powerful boat, BTW.

 

[Brutuskend]

It was in a turn and I was going all out to the outside of the turn. Instead of a U turn, the boat did a donut. I finally couldn't hold onto the rope any longer and went down HARD. Luckly I was close enough to shore (after I finally stopped skipping and tumbling) that I could dog paddle to shore.

I didn't ski anymore that day!!

 

[Salvador]

182 mph radar indicated on a modified Kaw ZX-11.

Over 160 mph several times on various bikes.

Over 100 mph several times on one wheel on various bikes.

You should ask if it's speedo indicated or actual. Big difference at those speeds.. The 182 mph run was showing close to 200 mph on the speedo.

Sal

 

[RobSan]

Four Wheels = 173, Corvette Z06

Two Wheels = 200+, RG500 Suzuki *

* No Speedo, Race Bike, but gearing confirms

 

[gogeeta13]

165mph in a BMW Z3-M

that is on the street. My uncle has a firebird race car, he took me in it on the track, we went 215mph, pretty sweet, for a pontiac..

 

[cdan]

80 in a 50 zone with an early 90s Hyundai in Driver's Ed. The teacher made me slow down because I went into a tunnel and there was a turn coming up.

 

[silverpig]

<<182 mph radar indicated on a modified Kaw ZX-11.>>

Heh, cop radar?

 

[TopGun]

120mph, '92 Jeep cherokee.

70mph on my trek 5200 road bike, yes that is human powered, no engine. Course I had a little gravity assist from the 20% grade downhill. Taking the switchbacks in the mountains at 70mph on a two wheel 20lb machine is scary as hell :Q

 

[Thegonagle]

<< 120mph, '92 Jeep cherokee. >>



Damn, I forgot I drove one of those (My aunt's '91) solo about 112 MPH when I was only 15! Boy was that dumb!

 

[element2k5]

well i dunno does my gf count???
if it does... 30 min...

 

[JediHacker]

83 MOM's 97 F-350 Desle

 

[yakko]

138 in a 97 Eclipse
117 in my 92 Jetta
120 in my 77 Scirocco
112 in a 96 Miata

These are all with me driving. Only the 2 VWs were my own cars.