Max top speed

catgroom · Post by **catgroom** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 5:00 pm

Well,last week I took her up to 125-130 ish and was @5000 rpm.

This in in a 1994 Turbo AUTO!!!!!!!!!.It has the 170 bhp rpruen mod.It had plenty of pull left to go,you could feel that for sure!

turnac · Post by **turnac** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 6:28 pm

This seems to be the neverending story

So I shall add a few words of my own to it..again.. when driving around Europe with two people on board, boot fully packed and back seats also full, I did manage to reach the to speed of ~212 km/h which is ~122 mph..not bad for a 2.0 with standard stuff that needs loads of improvement recently...
Wonder how fast it would go with only me inside

catgroom · Post by **catgroom** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 8:11 pm

Jurek,

If you get your hood re-painted it will save you considerable wind-resistance and fuel costs!!!!!!!

There are some Opel Corsa drivers in England that really do beleive that!!!

chris1roll · Post by **chris1roll** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 9:42 am

let me know if any of yall have any timber decay or damp problems and i'll come round and give u a quick lesson so as to try and rectify some credibility!!

Well, my parents 17th century farmhouse is more damp and decay than actual wood!! even the bricks rot! lovely place, jsut so much to sort it all out.....

muddyfox470 · Post by **muddyfox470** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:56 pm

I didn't want to start a new thread so thought I might as well post here:

I didn't go 110mph and it wasn't still accelerating

My goodness the car is awesome

Problem is I know it will cause me pain and anguish at some point...

It's just the fact you're at 70, and you press on the accelerator and it just wants to take off, same at cough90cough.

In my mums 405 1.9GRD phwoar you were lucky to reach 70!

Definitely need to fit some new windscreen wipers with spoilers (I have bought them - just not fitted) as they don't half make a noise above 60...

Finally for all those involved doesn't this make you feel old?
http://volvo480.dragons.org.uk/forum/vi ... ht=fastest

(love the post count)

Cheers

Ian

(The things that scares me is that I'm not one of these boy racer types... the car just brings the worst out of me)

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 8:13 am

wow, old old post alerts.

it's funny reading the 2003 post from when I gave a shit.

I had around 800 posts

time changes people

Big Brother · Post by **Big Brother** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 9:15 am

why was it locked? Didn't seem to be kicking off

Brasco · Post by **Brasco** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:49 pm

This was genuinely on the Autobahns... and was frightening. The 480's brakes aren't up to this kind of speed, you need a long long gap to slow down.

I remember when Turnac wrote his car off... was sad, another top member gone.

haz@nocturnal_development · Post by **haz@nocturnal_development** » Sun May 13, 2007 3:31 pm

132mph (gps) on the limiter, round brunters track on 15's.
larger wheel will increase the speed so hopin for more on the 17's.
new ecu will increse the rev limit so that should up it too.
if the gearbox does break then i'll be fittin a diff found in other reno's which should allow 176mph top end, just unsure how much it'll affect acceleration and if i'll have enough power to get there lol.
skyline move over, 5 comin thru

zeus · Post by **zeus** » Thu May 17, 2007 1:36 pm

125 mph

98kellrs · Post by **98kellrs** » Thu May 17, 2007 7:15 pm

124mph on the speedo, closer to 120mph actual i'm guessing. Not bad for a 16 year old ES!

Roll on the turbo!

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Thu May 17, 2007 9:44 pm

I made up 148mph today.

How about that!

crispy-d · Post by **crispy-d** » Fri May 18, 2007 6:14 pm

Whoa! How'd you manage that?!

And was that GPS or on the clock (obviously one with extra bits painted on after 140)

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Fri May 18, 2007 7:02 pm

Just like I said.

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Fri May 18, 2007 7:03 pm

martinholmesuk wrote:I made up 148mph today

hmmmmm.....really?
and did the flux capacitor work too this time?

rob

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Fri May 18, 2007 7:04 pm

I think it blew it's fuse.

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Fri May 18, 2007 7:06 pm

martinholmesuk wrote:I think it blew it's fuse.

ah! that explains why you ONLY got 148mph, and not more.

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Fri May 18, 2007 7:10 pm

It still had more power to give. Maybe I could make up more next week.

watch this space folks.

crispy-d · Post by **crispy-d** » Fri May 18, 2007 7:13 pm

paulsgarden · Post by **paulsgarden** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 5:56 pm

i hit 135mph at the weekend with a golf trying to keep up. Got the old heart rate up.

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Max top speed

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Roof!!!!!