New owner (and loving it). Question for you. Having read in many posts about the thrill of 9000, and now having the first service, at what speed , and in what gear are you when you hit 9? Haven't been over 6 yet, but when I look at the speedo - holy shiezenhauzen, I am already over the speed limit!

 

Wow that is impressive!

 

Hmm ... I hit 115-120, but that may be the way I change gears.

 

Beeeeeeeeep

1st, 2nd, 3rd

Must redline!

 

Of course, I'm a very responsible driver on public roads, you know that!

 

You are better than me I think ... don't you think?

 

Don't redline in 3rd, it is in the licence suspension zone!

 

At 9000rpm:
- 1st = 62kph
- 2nd = 103kph
- 3rd = 142kph
- 4th = 197kph
- 5th = 234kph
- 6th = 277kph

 

Hypothetically speaking of course, lol.

Unless you have a bloody big cliff...

 

100kmh tail wind may do too...

 

Only 277? i got 312 stock!!!!

 

You did? How'd you test that?

 

Its called a road and a speedometer?? u know the black stuff with the white lines..

 

Are you making admissions to excessive speeding?

 

I know casedogg that was kinda my point, haha whats so excessive about that Drewman I was on the autobahn while doing it... I wish.

 

Since when is 312kph excessive? HAHAHA

For the record, I doubt the speedo in the dash would be accurate above 240 ...

 

And I doubt a stock car has exceeded 240.

 

Umm *cough* yeah.

I believe it could get over 240 easily unless Mazda have put some sort of speed restriction on the vehicle as the car is rather slippery stock.

 

I think what Mazda put in a restriction call wind resistance and low power NA rotary.

 

Wind resistance isn't the problem on a crisp still day, it's the 1.293kg/m^3 of air density at 0C that would be the issue.

 

That may well be. My point was that I'm yet to see any credible evidence of a stock car exceeding that kind of number in the real world.

Car & Driver did report 150mph (241 kmh) but most others fall into the high 130's, low 140's mph - i.e. under 240 kmh.

 

which is why you need one of these!

 

Don't know if it is stock or modded but this one gets 244 kph, I think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqfzTN5kQ98

Still a far cry from 312 though, think you would have to be going down hill with the wind behind you in a cyclone or something to achieve that one!!