| Author | Message | ||
| todd montandon (Sllade)
Junior Member Username: Sllade Post Number: 82 Registered: 7-2003 |
oh well let me say welcome to the west cost home of the bright beautiful and plastic | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 5379 Registered: 8-2002 |
Slade, i live on Long Island - NY... i'm just coming out to visit...  | ||
| todd montandon (Sllade)
Junior Member Username: Sllade Post Number: 81 Registered: 7-2003 |
des where in ca do you live? | ||
| todd montandon (Sllade)
Junior Member Username: Sllade Post Number: 80 Registered: 7-2003 |
my 91 did 150 but it was squirley as hell very scary the front end started to lift up on it scared the hell out of me. we were pumping about 400 ponies out of her had alot of stuff done on it pistons rocker arms exhaust cams ect. bought it that way from a guy out here was the most awesome purple you have ever seen had to sell it to buy my house | ||
| todd montandon (Sllade)
Junior Member Username: Sllade Post Number: 79 Registered: 7-2003 |
maybe the speedo was off who knows but it was definetly smokin.about 135 youi could actually feel it suck to the ground | ||
| Taek-Ho Kwon (Stickanddice)
Intermediate Member Username: Stickanddice Post Number: 1431 Registered: 11-2002 |
Corvettes also have a E/M button on the right of the dash. Maybe it was reading kph? Just kidding. Having spoken to some Corvette nuts who race their cars, 176 is not out of the question with relatively minor mods on a car. As for the convertible, I have no clue. Just don't do it top down! Your hair might catch on fire! Cheers | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 5378 Registered: 8-2002 |
Todd, that's the first you've mentioned of a throttle body - not that i know what those are, but i'm not gonna sit here and call you a liar - that's not my intention... i just find it hard to believe... Doubly so, due to its topless nature... | ||
| todd montandon (Sllade)
Junior Member Username: Sllade Post Number: 77 Registered: 7-2003 |
ask uour source if he had a custom made throttle body made for spec for myself and my buddy who had a zo6 they wanted to test them and we were lucky enough to be the ones my buddy writes for all the tech magz he gets to drive all the new stuff and write about it he is always doing the seca stuff. what a job lucky bastard | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 5376 Registered: 8-2002 |
An email...? You can email me at [email protected] - that private message thing in my profile doesn't work... | ||
| todd montandon (Sllade)
Junior Member Username: Sllade Post Number: 76 Registered: 7-2003 |
i went to members list and clicked on your pro but nothing happens? | ||
| todd montandon (Sllade)
Junior Member Username: Sllade Post Number: 75 Registered: 7-2003 |
des how do i send you a message do i click on your name or what | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 5375 Registered: 8-2002 |
Slade, granted my source wasn't there, but my source knows a thing or two about cars - especially driving them, fast... i'm not doubting that you saw 176 on the speedometer, i'm just questioning the verisimilitude of the reading... | ||
| todd montandon (Sllade)
Junior Member Username: Sllade Post Number: 71 Registered: 7-2003 |
tell your boy unless he was there he don't know sh-t. all i know is thast iwas going so fast sh-t looked like it was going by in sloo moo. i was involved with the cc down here and let me tell you its very doable | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 5363 Registered: 8-2002 |
LOL, Todd... i spoke with a friend and my friend tells me that 176 in a 2002 Corvette is very highly unlikely; that speedometers on a lot of cars are notoriously inaccurate at high speeds and the fct that it was a convertible only adds to the decreasing possibility, as they're "less aerodynamically clean"... | ||
| todd montandon (Sllade)
Junior Member Username: Sllade Post Number: 68 Registered: 7-2003 |
i did have the k/n air filter had absoultely no problems with it. I had a magna flow cat bac all stainless it was about 1300.00 installed by a buddy of mine done here Ed hanson. and i will rephrase my ladies statement as not to offend if you want to be a big dog then don't run when others growl lol | ||
| Taek-Ho Kwon (Stickanddice)
Intermediate Member Username: Stickanddice Post Number: 1415 Registered: 11-2002 |
Todd, What air cleaner did you put? I have to get one for my vette and I'm in the dark. Heard horror stories on K&Ns. Then I also heard that they are largely unfounded and the problems occured because of poor use/maintenance of the filters. A buddy of mine suggested a Donaldson Blackwing, or something to that effect. Cheers | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 5357 Registered: 8-2002 |
Hey, Todd, i don't want to get involved in the 176mph debate, but i know plenty of women don't blink at 176mph anda few who've even driven at that speed... Referring to a guy as a lady these days cn be equally construed as a compliment... | ||
| Bruce Wellington (Bws88tr)
Intermediate Member Username: Bws88tr Post Number: 2322 Registered: 4-2002 |
HMMMMMMM I DETECT A LITTLE SARCASISM HERE... | ||
| todd montandon (Sllade)
Junior Member Username: Sllade Post Number: 66 Registered: 7-2003 |
oh yeah had a air cleaner system too | ||
| todd montandon (Sllade)
Junior Member Username: Sllade Post Number: 65 Registered: 7-2003 |
ladies if your afraid of speed pull your skirts down and pick up your purse. it was very late on highway94 noone around. I know i was doing 176 cause thats what my heads up display read. no drugs involved don't do them thats what give me the ability to do this semi sanely. I had a catback system put on it that was the only upgrade i did besides chrome wheels the thing would flat hall as- | ||
| Ben Cannon (Artherd)
Member Username: Artherd Post Number: 539 Registered: 6-2002 |
Taek- that was a fun run with Faisal, though I think you guys might have forgotten I was behind you some of the time (your cars have about 2x the power!). I actually saw 125 indicated at one point, and you two were pulling on me... er, not that any of us were ever there... Later I got that 'your speed is' radar sign up to 67. I love those things I'll save 160+ for the back straights though. TRs sure are incredible cars. Along with the 308 and later the 355, they pretty much ignited and permantly infused in me the love of Ferraris Trevor- I share a weekness for E38s | ||
| Trevor Ely (Bmwm3n528)
New member Username: Bmwm3n528 Post Number: 47 Registered: 4-2003 |
nice group, whos e38 sport?? pretty sharp...even among all those gorgeous italians... | ||
| Richard Ward (Lomotpk)
New member Username: Lomotpk Post Number: 11 Registered: 5-2003 |
Jim E, Your post reminded me of obne of my all time favorite P.J. O'Roarke essays; "How to Drive Fast on Drugs while Getting Your Wing-Wang Squeezed and Not Spill Your Drink" And absolute classic along with "Ferrari Refutes the Decline of the West" from his book 'Republican Party Reptile'. | ||
| Taek-Ho Kwon (Stickanddice)
Intermediate Member Username: Stickanddice Post Number: 1398 Registered: 11-2002 |
I have a Vette. Never taken it over 155 but at 120 it isn't scary, far from it. Bay Area guys know what I'm talking about when I say 280South!! Same road I followed Faisal (TVRFreak) on his TVR at speed easily over 100. Even though that time it was with the Porsche Turbo, 100-130 jaunts on that stretch of blacktop is commonplace. As for 170+? Yikes. Not unless I'm at a track! But my Vette is running at around 2000RPM when I cruise at around 90mph in 6th gear. I think 6th is just an overdrive type gear though. Cheers | ||
| Mitch Alsup (Mitch_alsup)
Member Username: Mitch_alsup Post Number: 862 Registered: 4-2002 |
Regular Corvettes are top speed limited at 172 MPH redline in 5th gear. Its done (talked about) all the time over on the Vette boards. But with any mods at all, 176 MPH is possible and quite probable. As to whether it is scarry or not, I don't know about C5s, but I had my C4 GS up to 166 many times. It was all over the road, and required a very delicate touch, but 166 was easy. | ||
| Jim E (Jimpo1)
Intermediate Member Username: Jimpo1 Post Number: 2051 Registered: 7-2001 |
Last night, I had my Yukon XL up to 164mph. I then casually turned to my semi-nude passenger, Britney Spears, and asked her to shake me another martini. As she was mixing the cocktail, I noticed my Metallica CD had ended, so I began fumbling in the floorboard looking for some Pat Boone tunes. Good thing that truck is so stable at speed! Then I woke up. | ||
| Frank Parker (Parkerfe)
Advanced Member Username: Parkerfe Post Number: 2675 Registered: 9-2001 |
If Vette speedos are like Ferrari ones, 176mph indicated is a true 41mph. LOL | ||
| Dave (Dave)
Member Username: Dave Post Number: 538 Registered: 4-2001 |
A 2002 vette convertable with a 350 horse LS1, and fuel limiting at 6200 rpm doing 176??? The same year Z06 with 405 horse will only do 171mph. | ||
| Bruce Wellington (Bws88tr)
Intermediate Member Username: Bws88tr Post Number: 2315 Registered: 4-2002 |
LOL..MARTIN...HE SHOULD INCREASE HIS MEDS...MY TR DOESNT EVEN GO 176 MORNING MARTIN. BRUCE | ||
| Martin - Cavallino Motors (Miami348ts)
Senior Member Username: Miami348ts Post Number: 5088 Registered: 5-2001 |
if you go 176 in a regular stock Vette you are either insane, have a deathwish or had too many beers on your boat and saw double on the speedo. I had a Vette in German on the Autobahn up to 120Miles per hour and was scared as hell! That car was made for the US. drag starts on the traffic lights and 55MPH. | ||
| Dave Penhale (Dapper)
Member Username: Dapper Post Number: 731 Registered: 4-2002 |
I know speedos are often optimistic but thats rediculous | ||
| Bruce Wellington (Bws88tr)
Intermediate Member Username: Bws88tr Post Number: 2313 Registered: 4-2002 |
OK DOUG..THAT SOLVES IT THEN 176 IN A REG VETTE..NO WAY..SORRY// | ||
| Doug meredith (Dougm)
Member Username: Dougm Post Number: 344 Registered: 2-2001 |
No Z06 convertibles are made. | ||
| Bruce Wellington (Bws88tr)
Intermediate Member Username: Bws88tr Post Number: 2311 Registered: 4-2002 |
176 IN A VETTE????? WAS IT A ZO6??? | ||
| Al Johnson (Bigal)
Junior Member Username: Bigal Post Number: 117 Registered: 3-2002 |
176? | ||
| todd montandon (Sllade)
Junior Member Username: Sllade Post Number: 54 Registered: 7-2003 |
i love my fcar but i had a 2002 corvette convertible i was coming home from my boat about 2am and had it up to 176mph before i shut it down damn fast | ||
| Kelly Hayes (Khayes)
New member Username: Khayes Post Number: 22 Registered: 4-2003 |
I have owned my 86 Testarossa for only 3 weeks now. A friend asked me if I had opened it up yet to see what it would do. My initial response was "No". Later, I mentioned that I had it up to about 100 before I realized it and had only gone through a couple of gear changes. My friend said "I thought you said you hadn't opened it up yet". My reply was, "I haven't, that was only 6/10ths". 100 comes up before you realize it and it is very effortless, it feels like you are just pulling out into traffic and running up to 65. These cars are unbelievable! | ||
| Martin - Cavallino Motors (Miami348ts)
Senior Member Username: Miami348ts Post Number: 5081 Registered: 5-2001 |
Jim, now this is how you get infected. Ferrari-AIDS is terminal. | ||
| Jim E (Jimpo1)
Intermediate Member Username: Jimpo1 Post Number: 2046 Registered: 7-2001 |
The part Jim S isn't telling you is that his 120mph blast was in a 40 zone. | ||
| Jim Schad (Jim_schad)
Intermediate Member Username: Jim_schad Post Number: 1544 Registered: 7-2002 |
Thanks Greg for letting me drive the TR! Man that thing has some legs on it. Followed JimE around his secret back street drive. Long, curvy roads with zero traffic. Got up to 120mph at one point when I passed Jim doing 80mph. I think I was just coming out of 3rd gear!!!! Then Jim had a blue Durango chase him down. The guy went right by me. I think he was so excited he saw Jim's 328 that he didn't realize he drove right by another Ferrari. Here is the local thread. http://www.ferrarichat.com/discus/messages/6532/277042.html?1057761013  |