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all on private roads of course.

lexus ls430 - 240km (hit the speed limiter)

lexus is300 - 200km (hit redline in last gear :-()

nissan silvia s15 - 210km (with not much legs left)

proton satria gti - 205km (redline in last gear)

and my proudest moment

toyota starlet 1.3l - 190ishkm/h (down a big big hill right off the speedo, that was damn scary, i had speed wobbles)

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NismoGirl, did you fix the problem with the car after changing the piping back to norm?

Yeah.. we just put the old pipe back on. It ran like sh*t for about 30 minutes after that but we took it for a squirt around the local streets..

I am taking the car down to the mechanics tomorrow to get it taken off properly. And to get numerous other things fixed.

So if its not running right.. its then not my fault :)

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210km/h indicated in a soft top capri turbo BLOODY noisy as one would imagine due to the wind noise, mirrors vibrating etc but wasn't fully wound out think was doing 6000rpm rev limiter @6800 o and obviously this was on a private racetrack cause we all know that it is illegal to do that on the main roads! mates zcar has hit 246km/h not fully wound out due to having to get on the brakes when he caught up to a truck on a hill!

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sealed off section of road, in the gtr 5th gear roun 8000rpm needle was facing in six o'clock position i cant be sure what that would actually be but round 245 or so! Everything after that felt so damn slow:uh-huh:

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210+ in a suzuki swift GTi, was tracking all over the road pretty badly. I guess the guy who owned it before me and dropped the height by cutting the springs wasn't going for the whole 200+ idea. Dam Qik can confirm this, as he overtook me, I think he was doing around 250 or so. Anyway looked hell cool as he went past

I got my skyline up to 190 45mins after picking it up. Can't wait to cut that pesky little wire, or at least put in a toggle switch.

I don't know about you other guys, but **** "private" roads this was on a public road at 3am in the morning. Good old Bruce Highway.

Haven't done a quarter mile yet, got a few bugs to iron out before I give it a eal good hammering

Tim

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Official top speed is 260km/h the needle just touched the pin at 0 and I worked out that this is about 260km/h.

Fastest 1/4 13.7

Closest miss....Slowing from 220km/h on a "Private" Country road and my rear tyre blew at 180km/h. Didn't notice till much slower and I tried to take a medium corner and the back end felt like jelly. It was at this point that I found that I could get a jack under my car cause it was too low.

Later at the tyre shop the guy looked at it and asked how fast I was going....I just smiled and he informed me that the crap tyres (his words) were only rated to 160km/h. I nearly died.

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TYRE SPEED SYMBOL TYRE SPEED RATING

S 180 km/h or 112 mph

T 190 km/h or 118 mph

U 200 km/h or 125 mph

H 210 km/h or 130 mph

V 240 km/h or 149 mph

W (ZR) 270 km/h or 168 mph

Y (ZR) 300 km/h or 186 mph

ZR Above 240 km/h or 149 mph

Note this is off Kumo, but is pretty much standard across the board

*whoops, same info as that link, sorry*

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I have done 210 (half my heart rate) in my falcon with the first part down a hill to get the speed up, They feel like boats at 100. Not much fun at 210. They also dont brake too good, a whole lotta brake fade from 160+.

Also done 200 in the same car up the Hume on a lazy sunday.

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