how fast can you go on stock potenza tires and parking procedure
10-29-2006, 08:26 PM
#30
i am calling bs on this whole top speed thing... it is drag limited.. and yes i can tell you what the top speed with my mods are.... and the rpms and gear it was in....
i can also tell you when the front end got light and when it settled down... with stock shocks and lower springs and d specs..
silverwolf.. your comment about the redline is just stupid...
btw, did you get an rx8 as of 10/18. not so much.
beers
i can also tell you when the front end got light and when it settled down... with stock shocks and lower springs and d specs..
silverwolf.. your comment about the redline is just stupid...
btw, did you get an rx8 as of 10/18. not so much.
beers
Last edited by swoope; 10-29-2006 at 08:44 PM.
10-29-2006, 08:44 PM
#31
Ah come on he was joking. 
Mine is NA and I have had it up to 150 up hill on a corner..
A recent coat of wax helps with the drag and pulling the mirrors in.
It is possible in 5th, 6th without mods will not make it there tops around 148 mph.
The rpms in 5th are at redline at that speed.
Mine is NA and I have had it up to 150 up hill on a corner..
A recent coat of wax helps with the drag and pulling the mirrors in.
It is possible in 5th, 6th without mods will not make it there tops around 148 mph.
The rpms in 5th are at redline at that speed.
Originally Posted by swoope
i am calling bs on this whole top speed thing... it is drag limited.. and yes i can tell you what the top speed with my mods are.... and the rpms and gear it was in....
i can also tell you when the front end got light and when it settled down... with stock shocks and lower springs and d specs..
silverwolf.. your comment about the redline is just stupid...
beers
i can also tell you when the front end got light and when it settled down... with stock shocks and lower springs and d specs..
silverwolf.. your comment about the redline is just stupid...
beers
Last edited by BoosTED; 10-30-2006 at 04:22 AM.
10-29-2006, 08:48 PM
#32
Originally Posted by 4 years to Supercharge
Ah come on swoope he was joking.
Mine is NA and I have had it up to 150 up hill on a corner..
A recent coat of wax helps with the drag and pulling the mirrors in.
It is possible in 5th, 6th without mods will not make it there tops around 148 mph.
The rpms in 5th are at redline at that speed.
Mine is NA and I have had it up to 150 up hill on a corner..
A recent coat of wax helps with the drag and pulling the mirrors in.
It is possible in 5th, 6th without mods will not make it there tops around 148 mph.
The rpms in 5th are at redline at that speed.
how many years to supercharge now?
beers
10-29-2006, 08:49 PM
#33
swoope man i gotta say i dont think that was called for... I know your a fan of the be nice rules. what happend? nothing wrong with a little comment. lighten up a bit.
10-29-2006, 09:03 PM
#34
Originally Posted by silverwolf
swoope man i gotta say i dont think that was called for... I know your a fan of the be nice rules. what happend? nothing wrong with a little comment. lighten up a bit.
you dont know me.... i am being nice....
and ca18detsilvia is the guy you should listen to...
beers
10-29-2006, 09:26 PM
#37
Registered
Swoope, I believe the rpms were around 9500 or so. Straight, open, empty road. Clear skies, no wind, early march. 70 degrees. Isn't fuel cut out at 9700? Right when I hit 145-146 everything got suddenly louder and I lost my nerve and backed it down. Can you get 6th gear that fast? I read somewhere the 6th will cut out over 6750 rpms or something. Power mods were rb intake w/ ram air and exhaust.
10-29-2006, 09:30 PM
#38
no thats not to say i have it. its always the little things that get in the way of the big picture. go figure its just as the history books said.
and what
QUOTE:
i am a helpful guy. in moderation.. i give good pm and not so good with people hanging them selves
dont get it...^^
and what
QUOTE:
i am a helpful guy. in moderation.. i give good pm and not so good with people hanging them selves
dont get it...^^
10-29-2006, 09:34 PM
#40
Originally Posted by silverwolf
no thats not to say i have it. its always the little things that get in the way of the big picture. go figure its just as the history books said.
and what
QUOTE:
i am a helpful guy. in moderation.. i give good pm and not so good with people hanging them selves
dont get it...^^
and what
QUOTE:
i am a helpful guy. in moderation.. i give good pm and not so good with people hanging them selves
dont get it...^^
beers
10-29-2006, 09:48 PM
#41
The Professor
The fastest I have ever gone is in 5th gear at the rev limiter, on a small downhill slope, probably could have gone faster if I would have shifted to 6th seeing as it was downhill, and maybe if I hadn't had another person in the car. But I was at 156 mph without the pullies and flywheel.
I can hit 150 pretty easily now on flat ground, but the trouble is finding a long enough secluded stretch to go faster than that.
I can hit 150 pretty easily now on flat ground, but the trouble is finding a long enough secluded stretch to go faster than that.
10-30-2006, 04:26 AM
#43
Originally Posted by swoope
see you know the answers... but they dont.... the only hope they had was a 30 knot tail wind..
how many years to supercharge now?
beers
how many years to supercharge now?
beers
Driving east will get a faster speed.
Last edited by BoosTED; 11-02-2006 at 12:11 AM.
11-02-2006, 12:05 AM
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Even though I don't think this thread should be where I post my first message...lol. I've hit 125 mph on stock Potenza's that were almost completely bald. Looking back on it, it wasn't the smartest thing I've done, but I had to open it up sometime right??
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