High Speed Runs

[gcg7861]

Hi everyone,

Anybody know where i could take my car to do a top speed tests in the sydney area, under a legal and controlled environment?

Thanks

[cerci]

would also like to know but apart from eastern creeks 1/4 i dont know?

i crossed the line at 180km at wsid 1/4 and would love to keep going just to see how fast she goes!

[JAS-25T]

Eastern Creek Raceway (not dragway) probably has the longest straight around, you'd have to on a trackday there.

[gcg7861]

Eastern Creek Raceway (not dragway) probably has the longest straight around, you'd have to on a trackday there.

Hmmm, yea it would be good, but i don't think you'd hit top speed or hold it. But unfortunately i haven't had my car long, so i will head there ASAP...

Nobodies know of some abandoned small airfield??? ...

I'm not much of a track.drift.drag person --- buut i luv seeing those big top speed figures :-D

[gt-ahhh!]

Nobodies know of some abandoned small airfield??? ...

HAHAHAHA i doubt that would be legal somehow! trespassing maybe. not to mention the gate you would have to break open to get in there haha.

would be cool but.

[Snowman]

I can tell you right now a "small" airfield still wouldn't be good enough.

I mean take Phillip Island raceway for example. It has a 900m straight which you enter doing around 200km/hr and finish doing around 200km/hr - so really you have a good 7-800m to try and get from 200 to as fast as you can. Now my car has around 350awkw's and it will only get to around 255 on a normal day. 274 is the best I have seen with a strong tail wind.

Most airfields (such as mangalore in Vic for example where they do speed runs) will give you a maximum disatance where you can go from standing to braking of around 1200m (Its a 1600m runway). Even there we wouldn't get close to maxing out since it will take the 1st 400m just to get to 200 and from there the distance is around the same as Phillip Island. IMO - you are going to need a good 3+km's and the only place I know where you can legally do this in Australia is the salt flats in S.A. where they do it every year around April.

[gcg7861]

I can tell you right now a "small" airfield still wouldn't be good enough.

I mean take Phillip Island raceway for example. It has a 900m straight which you enter doing around 200km/hr and finish doing around 200km/hr - so really you have a good 7-800m to try and get from 200 to as fast as you can. Now my car has around 350awkw's and it will only get to around 255 on a normal day. 274 is the best I have seen with a strong tail wind.

Most airfields (such as mangalore in Vic for example where they do speed runs) will give you a maximum disatance where you can go from standing to braking of around 1200m (Its a 1600m runway). Even there we wouldn't get close to maxing out since it will take the 1st 400m just to get to 200 and from there the distance is around the same as Phillip Island. IMO - you are going to need a good 3+km's and the only place I know where you can legally do this in Australia is the salt flats in S.A. where they do it every year around April.

Awesome . Thanks alot :-D

[Duncan]

I agree an airport won't do it, I did an 800m run at goulburn airport and it was still a fair bit slower than the straight at eastern creek. and it turn eastern creek is nowhere near car's top speed you need plenty of space.

Is all of NT speed limited these days? When I lived up there it wasn't so you could genuinely do whatever speed you wanted, my commute was 100klm each way and it took about 30 min each day:D

[a20089]

Now my car has around 350awkw's and it will only get to around 255 on a normal day. 274 is the best I have seen with a strong tail wind.

That's making me feel better, my car maxes out around 240km/h from 266awkw (Power FC speed) and I thought it was a bit slow for the power.

You can find the occational property with a long sealed driveway but it's not generally in very good condition.

[noone]

N.T. top speed now 130 on highway

Seems so f##kn slow when driving 200km's to work!

And Hidden Valley Raceway up here has the longest straight in the supercar series at 1.1km i think

and i used to go quicker on the open highway

Lake Gardiner in S.A speed trials on the salt flat is probly your only real option

Edited November 13, 2007 by noone

[TommO]

N.T. top speed now 130 on highway

Seems so f##kn slow when driving 200km's to work!

Do the cops actually inforce it well? Pretty silly speed really

[noone]

Cops are about but not alot depending on exactly where on the highway you r

lotta highway up here

even before the recent stupid changes if ya got caught at 300 or something they could an probly would do ya for reckless driving or something like that.

And one roo,pig,donkey,buffalo whatever at that speed......

I think ya could work out the result!

I sometimes see all the above critters on one trip to work!!

So it does happen

[Duncan]

yeah thats exaclty why I stuck to cruising at 200, too many eagles and parente on the road let alone the local falcodores. Plus cruising at 200 you only get about 200klm to a tank lol