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Tom1200
Tom1200 Dork
7/28/20 10:09 a.m.

Here are the rules:

All the vehicles must be currently running (your 17 project cars do not count as they have a 0 mph top speed)

All vehicle must be at least part owned and residing with you (spouse's car and LeMons cars)

 Be capable of transporting one human being (your kids electric toy car counts but your 35 RC cars do not)

 Must be wheel driven and powered by an Internal/external combustion engine and/or electric motor (your gas powered unicycle counts but your Piper Cherokee does not)

In the event of a tie it will be how much of the combined top speed you've actually used.

Mine. 62 Honda 90, 73 Datsun 1200, 87 Novakar F500, 90 Ford E250, 2005 Imprezza 2.5 RS, 2010 BRM Kart, 2010 Santa Fe, 2011 Beta 520RS, 2011 Outback.  Combined top speed 922 MPH. Actual use 750 mph.

bobzilla
bobzilla MegaDork
7/28/20 10:14 a.m.

Her Sierra 98

Her Forte 124

My truck 120-ish (brick shaped aero sucks)

Tubey 127 

Dixie Chopper 7

total:  476mph

Average top speed 95 (not bad considering 7mph for the mower)

Vigo (Forum Supporter)
Vigo (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
7/28/20 10:32 a.m.

This thread reminds me that i have built several cars whose top speed was faster than I personally would have been willing to explore. Not that they were that fast, but they didn't seem safe enough to try. I've never gone faster than 145 in anything. 

A lot of my cars that aren't turbo are so slow that I could pretty much just multiply number of cars by 100mph and get a pretty close number. lol I have had very few cars that wouldn't eventually hit 100mph.cheeky

Javelin (Forum Supporter)
Javelin (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/28/20 10:38 a.m.

2000 Porsche Boxster S - 161

2011 Audi A4 2.0T - Factory limited to 130

2013 Ford Flex EcoBoost - Factory limited to 122

 

Total is 413, average is 137.7, used is 325. All three have seen triple digits on a closed course.

nocones
nocones GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
7/28/20 10:52 a.m.

2013 Toro Zero Turn - 7 mph

1954 Willy's pickup - I've had it to 85.   That's enough.

2008 Fleetwood Tioga Ranger - Seen 75, Vmax is likely ~85

2018 Elantra GT Sport - 130 (100 max I've done)

1978 MG Midget - GPS indicated 122 is highest I've had it.  I'm not sure there is much left. It may crawl it's way to 130 eventually.

2017 Santa Fe - 125 Est per Google's.

2002 WRX  - 145 per C&D.

 

707 if my math is correct.  

Someone who owns sport bikes is going to come wreck this for us. 

 

z31maniac
z31maniac MegaDork
7/28/20 11:11 a.m.

Google says 

2006 Miata - 130 mph
2018 Mazda 3 - 132 mph

262

But I'm not inclined to take either near those speeds.

DeadSkunk  (Warren)
DeadSkunk (Warren) PowerDork
7/28/20 11:19 a.m.

Miata 120, MINI 135, Scion xB 100 (??), GMC Canyon 110 (??) = 465

iansane (Forum Supporter)
iansane (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand Reader
7/28/20 11:32 a.m.

1984 325e - 135

1991 318 - 88, I think cutting half the car away and adding A/T tires really drops the "what feels safe" top speed

1991 trans am - 185, again cutting away half the car really drops the top speed. Or my cojones aren't big enough.

2001 s4 - 145

2003 StypeR - 155

1970 c50 - 70, It was making some real unnerving noises at freeway speed...

1991 audi 90 - 95, I only had one good WOT stint before I popped the HG. I don't think flooring it on a turbo swapped car of unknown origin is a good idea. Haven't had a good chance to check top speed since the new head.

Total=873

I was really hoping to crack 1k. I guess I need to buy another car.

Edit; I realized one didn't run.

Tom1200
Tom1200 Dork
7/28/20 11:39 a.m.

iansane your 318 doesn't count as it's not currently running........873mph, you're now 127 away from the magic 1000. 

irish44j (Forum Supporter)
irish44j (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
7/28/20 11:49 a.m.

My cars are all relatively slow.....

1985 e30 w/M50 swap - 145mph (estimated based on gearing and added power) - it has been around 120 before without strain. 

1988 Porsche 924S - 140mph (137 on paper but tires are slightly taller than stock) - it has been around 100 before easily

1989 Dodge Raider - 97mph (possibly more since it's on taller tires, but no chance i'm ever gonna try to get close to that...). Never had it over about 75. 

2005 Sequoia - 115mph (limited, I'm quite sure it can go faster) - it has gone about 95mph before

2013 CX-9 - 130mph - Never been over around 80, since my wife would kill me.

2018 GTI - 130mph - been around 100 before

 

Total: 757 (total actual driven speeds: 570 or so)

Average: 126mph (seems to me average is a better fleet measure than "total" since some people just have a ton of slow cars that add up ;)

irish44j (Forum Supporter)
irish44j (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
7/28/20 11:52 a.m.
nocones said:

2013 Toro Zero Turn - 7 mph

1954 Willy's pickup - I've had it to 85.   That's enough.

2008 Fleetwood Tioga Ranger - Seen 75, Vmax is likely ~85

2018 Elantra GT Sport - 130 (100 max I've done)

1978 MG Midget - GPS indicated 122 is highest I've had it.  I'm not sure there is much left. It may crawl it's way to 130 eventually.

2017 Santa Fe - 125 Est per Google's.

2002 WRX  - 145 per C&D.

 

707 if my math is correct.  

Someone who owns sport bikes is going to come wreck this for us. 

 

Nonack has like 8 cars and 10 bikes....so I'm guessing he'd crush this one haha...

iansane (Forum Supporter)
iansane (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand Reader
7/28/20 11:52 a.m.
Tom1200 said:

iansane your 318 doesn't count as it's not currently running........873mph, you're now 127 away from the magic 1000. 

Edit; Ha, at first I thought you meant the 91. Point taken!

DirtyBird222
DirtyBird222 UberDork
7/28/20 12:08 p.m.

2005 S2000: 149mph (maxed out at Daytona) 
1999 BMW M3: 155.3mph (highway driving at 100 once)

1994 Honda Accord Champcar: Pegged it out in 5th gear at Daytona so I'm gonna say close to 140mph

2020 Honda Civic Si Sedan: 137mph (100 in LA 405 morning commute) 

2001 Toyota Sequoia: 108mph (95 going downhill in the rockies) 

2019 Subaru Crosstrek: 123mph (it says drag limited but imma go with the CVT would probably spontaneously combust if it the anemic 2.0 got anywhere near this speed). (90 mph on highway driving) 

Combined: 812.3

Actually used: 674 or roughly 83% 

 

codrus (Forum Supporter)
codrus (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand UberDork
7/28/20 12:12 p.m.

Hm.

1999 Miata, with the 3.636 & 6-speed it's got a mechanical top speed of 167.  340 rwhp says it might go there, but I have no idea.  Fastest I've actually gone is an indicated 135 before the brake zone.

2004 BMW M3.  5-speed conversion and new rear end means it's mechanically only got a 150 mph top speed now, fastest I've gone is 125 (GPS data logged) before brake zone.

1993 RX-7.  Mechanically it's geared to 200 mph, but there's no way it's got enough power for that.  Internet says 150 is top speed, fastest I've actually gone is around 110 before braking.

2016 Audi S6, might be electronically limited to 155, but other people on the Internet say it'll do 190.  Dunno.  Fastest I've actually gone is probably the same 110 or so.

2007 Silverado 3/4 diesel, supposedly limited to 99 mph, fastest I've ever gone is probably 85.

2016 Mazda CX-9, internet says 135, fastest I've gone is probably 90.

(All top speeds obviously done on race tracks or other roads where that speed is actually legal!)

So 856 or 891 depending on the Audi's limiter.  655 actual.

Ironic that the fastest I've ever driven a car is a Miata... :)

KyAllroad (Jeremy) (Forum Supporter)
KyAllroad (Jeremy) (Forum Supporter) UltimaDork
7/28/20 12:21 p.m.

Passat is governed to 130 and has seen that many times.

Jag is probably 130, it got a bit wheezy around 120 but might have more it I tried.

Suburban is probably 110 but I quit at 95 because I could see the gas gauge going down.

Zoomboni should be capable of 125 with it's gearing.  I may have seen 50 sunday.

Turbo Miata is gear limited to 125, saw 120 the other day and was pulling hard but the poor engine was revving hard.

So 620 total with a used amount of 515 or 83% of my potential.

 

**All top speed runs have taken place in completely legal settings.....in Germany.

Cactus
Cactus HalfDork
7/28/20 12:47 p.m.

According to my speedometer, my car can only go 85, officer.

 

 

I honestly have no idea what the top speed is on any of my cars/bikes, and I've never hit it on anything that wasn't a pit bike. Not that the pitbikes have speedometers anyway. And anything for which the speed was actually attainable, I've modified it so who knows where the goalposts are?

buzzboy
buzzboy Dork
7/28/20 1:00 p.m.

Limited speeds or mathematical top speeds?

Mathematical top speeds are
 

Jeep 187 (hahahaha) I've been 92

BMW 183 (closer to reality) I've been 109

Mercedes 109 (actually reachable) I've been 85

So theoretical top speeds are 479 between 3 cars. Not too bad.

pinchvalve (Forum Supporter)
pinchvalve (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/28/20 1:05 p.m.

Man, that's tough. The Kia Sedona is not a car that many outlets test for top speed. I found this link that lists 11,514.5 mph, so I assume that is correct.

The V-Star 950 is listed at 90mph. I have cracked 100 on it, but I guess the speedo is off so 90 it is.

The Buick Encore is not a popular LSR choice, so maybe 110?

The Fiesta ST is listed at 139, but mine is modified, so I will guess it is more like 190 now based on what the kids say an intake will do.

So yeah, 11,904.5 mph if you believe the internet, around 460 mph if you are smarter than that.  

 

dps214
dps214 HalfDork
7/28/20 1:06 p.m.

With only two cars I can't compete on total, but my average per vehicle is north of 150... Achieved average somewhere around 140.

It would take the rest of the day to figure that out. 

Figuring a top speed of 70 gets me to 840 mph.

Figuring a top speed of 100 gets me to 1200. 

The truth is probably somewhere between those two numbers. 

 

 

barefootskater
barefootskater UltraDork
7/28/20 1:52 p.m.

Lima powered stang, might do 90, I've had it to 80

honda xr200. Might do 55, I've maybe gone 40

mazda 5. Governed out around 110 like my old focus, I'm sure. I've had it to 90. 
 

the rest don't work.

Theoretical top speed: 255

realized top speed: 210. Sad. 

tr8todd
tr8todd SuperDork
7/28/20 1:59 p.m.

I can't accurately play this game.  Too many cars.  10 TR8s 9 of which are modified, 3 of which I have personally been over 150 mph in.  A BMW 2002 race car maybe 125 top speed, a MGB race car maybe 120 top speed, a TR8 with a LS3 that better hit 200 when I finally get it to one of those flying mile competitions, or I will be pissed. My F350 tops out at 98mph... with a trailer and a race car on it because its limited.  A modified TR7 so maybe 115 in that.  Kids drive a Saab 9-3T, and a Solara convertible... who really cares.

wspohn
wspohn Dork
7/28/20 3:00 p.m.

Jensen 135

MGA coupe 110

Rebodied MG 130

Solstice 155

BMW 170

MGA race car 135

Total = 834

Would have been more if I hadn't sold the Jensen CV8 - 145, and Lamborghini - 165.

californiamilleghia
californiamilleghia Dork
7/28/20 3:05 p.m.

Do you want us to average the top speed if the car was running ?   "Potential top speed"

or the real top speed , which on most of my cars is "Zero"

most of my cars had a top speed of 60 MPH when sitting on the trailer being dragged home !

Tom1200
Tom1200 Dork
7/28/20 3:14 p.m.

@tr8todd if all 10 TR8s are running you have you've got about 1400 Mph + 245 for the MGB & 2002, 1645 total so far. Then throw in your LSR TR8, which even if it's a failure should do 175, that added to your F350 get you to 1668 mph. Add in the Saab (150?),  the Solara (100)and your easily at 1900 mph so clearly you are the front runner at this point..........got 10 riding mower and you could break 2000 mph.

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