Thread: Tales of High Speed

Alright, some of my feats of speed.

65 Mustang Fastback, 4-speed, 3.89 detroit locker. Pinned the needle at 140MPH, engine screaming and everything inside shaking.

71 Nova SS - auto (bleh) 120MPH let off because it was beginning to feel unstable.

2001 Saleen S281 - 5 speed, Hit 160 on a two lane highway off by myself, no other vehicles around.

65 Shelby GT-350R - Friends car, 5-speed, was doing 140+ on a mountain road (anyone in Cali that knows of the road up to Mt Baldy, that would be the road) It was amazing, only way I could tell what speed we were at was by watching the lanyards on the hood pins. Below 100MPH, they stay laying out towards to the side of the car, at 100ish they are standing straight up and down, and around 140 they pin themselves to the inside on the hood. I've also been in that thing up to 160 out on the freeway late at night.

2007 Shelby GT-500 - Friends dad bought it, tossed me the keys, hopped in and said lets go for a drive. I didn't get to max out in it, but I sure tore through gears getting on the freeway.

Originally Posted by smokinstang65

Alright, some of my feats of speed.

65 Mustang Fastback, 4-speed, 3.89 detroit locker. Pinned the needle at 140MPH, engine screaming and everything inside shaking.

71 Nova SS - auto (bleh) 120MPH let off because it was beginning to feel unstable.

2001 Saleen S281 - 5 speed, Hit 160 on a two lane highway off by myself, no other vehicles around.

65 Shelby GT-350R - Friends car, 5-speed, was doing 140+ on a mountain road (anyone in Cali that knows of the road up to Mt Baldy, that would be the road) It was amazing, only way I could tell what speed we were at was by watching the lanyards on the hood pins. Below 100MPH, they stay laying out towards to the side of the car, at 100ish they are standing straight up and down, and around 140 they pin themselves to the inside on the hood. I've also been in that thing up to 160 out on the freeway late at night.

2007 Shelby GT-500 - Friends dad bought it, tossed me the keys, hopped in and said lets go for a drive. I didn't get to max out in it, but I sure tore through gears getting on the freeway.

I'm so jealous of you right now just so you know. Is the Saleen yours?

THere have been so many but the most recent was 167 in a friends uncles Maserati. THose straight a ways to vegas can be fun, but dangerous.

The saleen belongs to my parents. Unfortunately since I've been in college the past 7 years and my dad's ability to get into cars that low to the ground has declined, it has more or less sat around. It needs a good tune up and the brakes done on it. If I have time during this summer while I'm home I'll do it. That and there's this god-awful annoying problem with the alarm that causes the horn to honk twice like you set the alarm, but at random times. In So Cal, that can get you shot on the freeway lol.

And hell yeah those straight-aways to vegas can be fun. I got caught in a traffic jam heading to vegas at 9PM one night. Hopped on the 15 north at the 210 and hit traffic at damn near a standstill. Eventually I worked my way up to Glen Hellen Park, got off the 15 and hopped on old Route 66. That's when I noticed that they had a wide load going up the freeway at about 25 MPH and the cops had blocked all lanes of traffic northbound for it. Apparently nobody else knew about Route 66 so I immediately put the hammer down and shot up ahead of the roadblock and for the next hour and a half I saw no more than 2 cars at a time in the northbound lanes on the way to Vegas. It was insane.

I'm afraid I can't give any really good stories of speed on bikes or in my car, I try to keep it under 100...
But if you've ever experienced it, nothing can compare to going 120 Mph assisted by nothing but gravity.
Free fall is the most exhilarating thing I've ever experienced... If you ever get the chance to go sky diving, don't pass it up.
I had to give it up 3 years ago when I blew my knee out in a car accident (I was wiped out on the freeway by an unlicensed, uninsured, non-english speaking motorist in a brand new minivan. Go figure.)
anyway, 3 years later, and I still miss it. but I would have to recertify, and that means static line jumps which really suck.

Originally Posted by smokinstang65

The saleen belongs to my parents. Unfortunately since I've been in college the past 7 years and my dad's ability to get into cars that low to the ground has declined, it has more or less sat around. It needs a good tune up and the brakes done on it. If I have time during this summer while I'm home I'll do it. That and there's this god-awful annoying problem with the alarm that causes the horn to honk twice like you set the alarm, but at random times. In So Cal, that can get you shot on the freeway lol.

That's a damn shame- I hate it when people just can't use their nice vehicles anymore and they sit around. That is until they decide to sell them cheap

I fell in love with a Jetta today. It's just an 02, but the thing FLEW! I'm really looking hard at the new TDI coming out and think I might save my money for it. I'd kill over for the new Camaro, but I need fuel efficiency right now

140+ MPH on dirt. God trophy trucks are cool.

Hah, you should see the condition of my 65. It's disgraceful. I about murdered my sister when i got pictures of her dog standing on the roof of it in my backyard. Tires cracked, engine shot (though that DEFINITELY wasn't from sitting around ), $200 wood rimmed steering wheel cracked, interior cracked. Ya know, as a kid I always wondered how people let cars like that get that way, now I'm that SOB that allowed his car to get that way LOL. Oh well.
Though, on a positive note, I have a 67 Chrysler Imperial that was willed to me, 440 with 425HP stock. I need to get THAT puppy running too.

The TDI's are awesome cars. Very easily tuned, and great on gas mileage. Thank God the new one will finally pass California smog laws.

It happens though. Growing up, my dad always had something we were working on but were never able to finish. My saddest was an old 60's Jag with a V12. It could've been something nice, but we just didn't have the time or money to make it that way. Ended up getting rid of everything but the block

Originally Posted by alpinmack

My earliest brush with real speed came when I was 13.

90 mph, 2 inches from the ice, on my back, pulling 4 gees. Yeah, I was on the junior Olympic Luge Team. I even got to meet the real Jamaican Bobsled team.

This is as close as I get to that these days: