Fastest recorded speed?

[Ryan]

OK, there are some fast VR-4's owned by various people on this site. Unfortunately my humble white PFL is not one of them.

I would be interested to see what maximum recorded speed everyone's done - don't have to post proof or anything, I'm just curious to see how fast these cars *can* go.

[SGHOM]

http://www.clubvr4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9811&highlight=bruntingthorpe

[santa222]

ive been 220kph in my v6-24v non turbo :) and she was still goin, unfortinitly i ran out of road thou so don't no her top speed

[Wodjno]

169mph (272kph) on Speedo :inquisiti

Edit: With my Speedo at 160mph. My GPS speed reads 154mph..

[Rikki]

According to my speedo, I have hit 149mph (240kph). Never been checked by gps.
Oh and thats in the V6 Sport.
/rally

[Ryan]

There are some fast cars here!

[Nick Mann]

Absolutely no idea. Never had enough tarmac and the right surroundings to have a go.

I know that when it changes from 4th to 5th (at about 130mph) the acceleration slows down. I guess you would need a fair distance after that to get to 160/170.

[Subaru ETA]

mine still has the speed cut but ive wound hit it at about 4500rpm so still had **** loads to go

[Wodjno]

I guess you would need a fair distance after that to get to 160/170.

Yup...

[Oblivion]

My speedo only reads up to 180km/h and I've gone a fair bit past that. I'd guess at least around 200km/h at the end of 4th gear, probably getting an Apexi RSM soon for more accurate speeds.

So I'm guessing by WODJNO's and Rikkis's posts some VR4's have speedos that read up to 280?

[bradc]

Their speedos are in miles, so they go up to 160 or 180mph.

Mine is a proper 260kmh speedo though :)

[santa222]

mines 260kph speedo 2 :)

[Fully]

190km before it started to cough and splatter.

[valmes]

240 kph by Apexi RSM. 180++++++++ by speedo

[Paul Beazer]

Havent dared go as fast a Rikki in my sport. My nerves always fold at 021mph!

[Kieran]

My porter Cable's fastest speed is '6'. I always bottle out of running it at that speed - Usually 4 or 5 is fast enough for my polishing needs!:happy:

[bradc]

santa - you obviously have a nz new car then, I bought that sort of speedo from Ralliart, and it works fine :)

[santa222]

didn't know that lol, cheers for the info

[bradc]

chuck up a pic of your dash :)

[santa222]

ta da

[bradc]

thats a lot of km's! looks like it is a manual too - very rare

[santa222]

good to hear :)an yeah it is a manual, high k's due to an ex company car, i paid 4k for it about 2yrs ago now, but hopefully the new vr4 engine will be going in next week :)

[Paul Beazer]

My porter Cable's fastest speed is '6'. I always bottle out of running it at that speed - Usually 4 or 5 is fast enough for my polishing needs!:happy:
Is there any subject that doesnt indirectly link you back to polishing?

[WildCards]

Speedo read 149 leptons in the old mans wagon on the way home from Nick's one time, Dad reckons he's seen between 150 & 155 leptons, although I think that maybe oneupmanship.

[bigsed]

With all this talk of top speeds perhaps we should look at a runway day next year, anyone up for this?? :)

[Oblivion]

I'd be keen but the UK is a bit far to travel :P

[Ryan]

I'd be keen but the UK is a bit far to travel :P

What are the chances of being to organise one in NZ? I'd be keen to take my car on the track / runway

[bradc]

I think auckland airport is long enough? they might not like us very much though.

[santa222]

bring it to CHCH an id be keen, id even pay

[Oblivion]

I was talking to a guy from FBI Performance and they were thinking of doing one, could be a good event I think if they do it. Has there been much top speed events in the past in NZ?

[dsnz]

Would Wigram Airstrip be big enough in Chch? Havnt seen it since I was real little.

[Physician]

This was in mine (on a German Autobahn of course). It's not so much the mph which is interesting but the RPM ...

http://www.clubvr4.com/forum/uploaded/850/1147223369.jpg

[d i c k i e s]

I was talking to a guy from FBI Performance and they were thinking of doing one, could be a good event I think if they do it. Has there been much top speed events in the past in NZ?

theres been alot of talk of this sort of thing before (track day). in the end people were still in the process of modding thier cars, some couldnt come cos of work and family commitments and finacial issues etc etc..

think there was a few people wanting to just turn up and watch.
think if i remember correctly, people running down the track had to have helment, fireproof suit? and fire extinguisher... and current WOF?

[Wodjno]

This was in mine (on a German Autobahn of course). It's not so much the mph which is interesting but the RPM ...

http://www.clubvr4.com/forum/uploaded/850/1147223369.jpg

Which shows as i've always said.. That Auto's are geared to approx 190mph(on the speedo) at our Max RPM (Realistically 180mph)

If i recall correctly, my RPM was showing somewhere between 6000/6500rpm when i recorded my highest speed..

[stu1888]

seen 150 mph in the leggie tho she dont get abused the same as the saab areos did lol/rally

[bradc]

Rich - that warning light that is there, is that not the seatbelt light???

A stock manual will get to 230kmh in 5th at 6000rpm, and 268kmh at 7000rpm. A stock auto car will get to 267kmh at 6000rpm and 312kmh at 7000rpm. Considering how small our turbos are and that the max power is always around 5500-6000rpm, the auto's will be faster at the top end.

[d i c k i e s]

i always thought the autos were quicker, just not that quick. (standard of course!)

[Physician]

Rich - that warning light that is there, is that not the seatbelt light???
.

Yep, correct Brad .......... damn thing is useless at 140+ mph anyway! :undecided

[Ryan]

Rich - that warning light that is there, is that not the seatbelt light???

A stock manual will get to 230kmh in 5th at 6000rpm, and 268kmh at 7000rpm. A stock auto car will get to 267kmh at 6000rpm and 312kmh at 7000rpm. Considering how small our turbos are and that the max power is always around 5500-6000rpm, the auto's will be faster at the top end.

So if I snip that little wire I can get theoretically get 267km/h?

[Subaru ETA]

no you can not.....unless you can find the longest god damn straight in nz!!! and when you do find it, tell me where it is :D

[Ryan]

That's why I included the word "theoretically" /pan

Heh, my tyres are only rated for 240km/h so I'd probably end up smearing myself and my car all over the surrounds...

[bradc]

coming down from the bombay hills to ramarama, you've got a 6-8% slope to start off with, then 5km of perfectly straight road from there :)

The 850CSi does 300kmh btw :)

[Subaru ETA]

is that from experience brad? :p

[bradc]

haha not yet.

imagine that cop!

[DefeXion]

I was gonna mention that place. It's really empty early in the morning and has been tempting :)

[Physician]

coming down from the bombay hills to ramarama, you've got a 6-8% slope to start off with, then 5km of perfectly straight road from there :)

The 850CSi does 300kmh btw :)

You know Brad .......... I'm not too sure that's a long enough drag to reach the VR4's 150 mph let alone the 'Beast's' 186 mph (300kph) :inquisiti

[bradc]

I reckon it would be fine :)

[Ryan]

Do let us know how you get on Brad (include pics!) :2thumbsup

[Goku]

Wigram wouldn't allow the use of the air field for that kind of event, they said no after the last time there was one out there :(

There are a few long straights down here that you can get up to just a hair over 240kmh

[jpnvr4]

well bone stock I did about 170kph.... and somewhere after 140 ... the car just seems 2 drag .. I have a stock spoiler 4 crying out loud.. and I still get all that drag ... (thinking out loud)..... what do I need 4 moe power apart from an ecu...?

[Oblivion]

coming down from the bombay hills to ramarama, you've got a 6-8% slope to start off with, then 5km of perfectly straight road from there :)

The 850CSi does 300kmh btw :)

Isnt that where the Top Secret GTR done 300km/h in the rain while he was here a couple years ago? /rally
I'm always tempted to go off the clock there every time I drive up to Auckland! I saw 3 crashes all on that same stretch at the same time last time though, how people manage to crash there I dont know. /pan

[djb160]

I was on my way to auckland from whangas in my cousins legacy and there was a really long big hill at one point, so going up it with four of us in the car it still managed 240ish, I was impressed.

[d i c k i e s]

what kinda leagcy? ol skool or new?

[djb160]

Couple of generations old, three would be my guess. Yep 3rd gen. Had some mods not sure of all of them

[d i c k i e s]

the older models seem to go harder than the new ones!

[Munta]

the stock speed limiter in our cars i find is very easy to hit... that maybe sad but ive hit a few times... only need a about 2-3km of straight road if already cruising at 100kph... but then even from standstill i still find it easy.. now to just find the wire in the back of the ecu and give it the cut :P

[bradc]

At Pukekohe on the weekend I was hitting 225kmh every lap, I think the back straight is only about 1.2km long and I was coming onto it at about 80kmh or so.

[d i c k i e s]

225kmh.. is pretty good. is that top speed for your car brad, or was there not enough road!

[SFC]

no you can not.....unless you can find the longest god damn straight in nz!!! and when you do find it, tell me where it is :D

You guys must have an equivalent to Pendine Sands (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendine_Sands) right?

Just make sure your undersealing is up to spec first. :inquisiti

[Wodjno]

{You guys must have an equivalent to Pendine Sands right? }

A long stretch of sand once used for high speed runs, that's now off limits and is Peppered with Bombs!

I think you would need more than a decent underseal for protection :D

[bradc]

Whenz, it was accelerating well man! I was only at 6000rpm in 5th, I'd be able to keep going to 7000rpm easy!

[MarkSanne]

Several months ago on the Autobahn I hit just over 250kph. The car (engine) was nowhere near finished at that speed, but I sure was! On the GPS it was just a few kph slower (246kph if I remember correct). Few weeks later the misses hit 240kph with me as a passenger, and I must say, that felt actually just a bit more comfortable than me behind the wheel! I'd recon it can get up to 280/285kph max but I don't think I've got the balls for that.

[bradc]

just go for it :) Make sure your tyres are 300kmh rated and you'll be fine

[Ryan]

just go for it :) Make sure your tyres are 300kmh rated and you'll be fine

Very true - mine are rated for 240 which is fine because I hit speed cut way before then :(

[MarkSanne]

My tires are Toyo PROXES T1-R 225/45 ZR17 so that shouldn't be a limit, but as much as I like to go fast, THAT fast is just... adrenalin-fast. I'm sure there are cars which drive up to 300kmh at which 250kmh still feels comfy and safe, but in my car the wind noise, the harsh -lowered- suspension make sure you know, hear and feel that you're going fast.

Okay, so who's next!?

[FNFAST VR4]

I've had mine up to 239 before according to my pivot - speed cut remover box thing under the dash. It was climbing pretty slowly at that point, and then I slowed down as there was a truck....

[__ET__]

So those of you with with the 180 speedo and have cut the wire what does the needle do after 180, how far does it keep going?
Will it get to a point and just stop the needle but keep going or will it keep going around till it hits the little pin near 0?

[bradc]

It gets up to about where 190 would be then stops

[sladde]

I am quite sure it's going further than that but have to confirm after I'am sober again. :5shots:
My work mate drove my car faster than I ever have so what I could see from passenger side visor was just over odometers last numbers.

I have gone just littlebit over that 180mark in my private test track. /rally

Where is the factory rev limit? I tried to find where mine is and just couldn't look more before changing gear after 7800rpms. /pan /pan /pan

[bradc]

It is at about 7500rpm normally, but your car has all those goodies in it so it may have been raised. There is no point with the stock turbos though, they are too small.

[sladde]

I am just uploading video of my last night test in private test track.

It's going in youtube 0-180kmh if someone will try to clock few numbers from it and that was my first try with really shoot it in. I have tried few times to take it off in lights but newer this far I just have to get it someday in dragstrip to learn.

Lots of excuses but but but.... /pan /pan /pan /pan

[Ryan]

I am just uploading video of my last night test in private test track.

It's going in youtube 0-180kmh if someone will try to clock few numbers from it and that was my first try with really shoot it in. I have tried few times to take it off in lights but newer this far I just have to get it someday in dragstrip to learn.

Lots of excuses but but but.... /pan /pan /pan /pan

Might want to post the link in the driver stories section of the forum if you haven't already done so ;)

[sladde]

Might want to post the link in the driver stories section of the forum if you haven't already done so ;)

Might do that also but are you meaning that it's members area and would be better to leave it there?

[Ryan]

Might do that also but are you meaning that it's members area and would be better to leave it there?

/yes

[sladde]

So driver stories its gonna go. You newer know....

[Johny]

i always run out of road at 160 lol

[sladde]

It was PRIVATE test Track I mentioned...

[Longbow77]

Someone mentioned filming an Autobahn run on another thread so today I thought 'why not'. Apologies for the wife's shakey camera skills! 246kph verified by GPS which I think is a genuine 153mph.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-jp9VjuWS4

[BEG4ME]

Woohoo. First view. Haha. Only just ticked over 246. Good stuff. Go the Manual PFLs!

[thfelipeth]

at 2am on a saturday night from sylvia park to somewhere between highbrook exit and pap i hit the limiter very quickly.. and thats when it had the ****ty engine and was auto.. did it 2 days in a row. wide as road..

[BEG4ME]

Travelling from Auckland to here (Whitianga), i just remembered about the hauraki plains. Not sure of actual straight road length but it is fairly suitable as a test ground, except cop presence during day. 2 am might be the go though.

[Colin Wiltshire]

With all this talk of top speeds perhaps we should look at a runway day next year, anyone up for this?? :)

Oh yes, been wanting this for a long time

[Colin Wiltshire]

Any plans to find an airport runway that will let us do this?

[Humpty's Revenge]

Could always have a word with Dunsfold? Top gears home!

[Ghost_2008]

Could always have a word with Dunsfold? Top gears home!

I'd be up for that, I hit 145 mph before (on test track) but I would be getting concerned about tyres above that.......... short spirt might not hurt though...... although the Kumho's on at the mo are W rated so shoulb good for 170ish mph......

[Oblivion]

Any plans to find an airport runway that will let us do this?

Ditto but for NZ? Club track day! :P

[Davezj]

I have had 147 in 5th at about 5500 engine had run out of puff at this point (no more ooumph!). speed climing very slowly at that point and it was and auto box.
as stated above all carried out on a private test track/runway.
stock car no mods for perfomance.
however i do think the speed reads progressivly higher than it should be as the actual speed increases.
before i disabled the speed limiter the speedo would read 120mph but we all know it is supposed to limit to 112mph.
tyre were up to job and freshly balanced.
i love runways, no other cars and only yourself to blame if your engine goes bang.

[chris g]

Car did 150 on motorway through Austria according to Garmin GPS on way back from A1-Ring...

Did not read the rev counter at that moment...

[Colin Wiltshire]

Heard that Plymouth airport is closing along with Filton, So poss of using these?

[gadboy007]

I hit 150mph in mine then run out of road! Didnt realise I could go round a roundabout at 85mph!!

[Nick Mann]

before i disabled the speed limiter the speedo would read 120mph but we all know it is supposed to limit to 112mph.

I thought that people who had disassembled the factory ecu said the speed cut was at 195kph, rather than the quoted 180. If so, the speed cut is at just over 120mph.

Although even if that is the case, the ecu and speedo only know how fast the wheels are turning, so assuming you are running stock tyres and there is some safety margin built in to the speedo reading, your actual speed should always be a %age less than the speedo reading.

[Wodjno]

I thought that people who had disassembled the factory ecu said the speed cut was at 195kph, rather than the quoted 180. If so, the speed cut is at just over 120mph.

Although even if that is the case, the ecu and speedo only know how fast the wheels are turning, so assuming you are running stock tyres and there is some safety margin built in to the speedo reading, your actual speed should always be a %age less than the speedo reading.

My current VR cuts at 120mph indicated on the speedo and so did 1 of the other 1's i owned.. All the others were delimited.

[Ryan]

santa - you obviously have a nz new car then, I bought that sort of speedo from Ralliart, and it works fine :)

Thread from the dead but... I have a NZ new car too but, no 260k speedo :(

[Badger_01]

Have you tested out how fast it can go yet Ryan?

If not you could try down the straight bit of pipiwai road or kokopu road :P

[Erni902]

Changed from 4th to 5th at 135mph then ran on to 158mph (as displayed on 2x GPS) speedo read like one hundred and sixty something. Very long stretch of road but she made it! Im thinking that maybe she had more to go but didnt really look at the revs at this point as the road conditions meant I needed to ease off!

[Ryan]

Have you tested out how fast it can go yet Ryan?

If not you could try down the straight bit of pipiwai road or kokopu road :P

Whilst both inviting stretches of road, Kokopu road is especially bumpy at high speed and not particularly safe IMO.

[Badger_01]

Ah yes thats right, it's been awhile since I last was on that bot of road, forgot how bumpy it was.

[nzvrfour]

took my stock legnum out tonight at the mount munganui industrial area and hit 175 i was impressed it was my first time really opening up my legnum

[SEAN-NZ]

i can put mine on the speed limiter on the expressway, between harbour bridge and the first roundabout, that was when the car wasnt sick

[nzvrfour]

have u done much to ur car love to c it some time meet another club member

[SEAN-NZ]

almost dead stock, lowered, rims, bov, running rather badly at the moment

[nzvrfour]

whats wrong with it

[SEAN-NZ]

power problem, the thread for it, http://www.clubvr4.com/forum/showthread.php?64703-power-loss-under-boost/page2 the first page was a different issue that was solved

[Gooby]

A Legnum with 6A13TT my speed limiter cut in at 191kph measured by GPS App. Speedo is maxxed at 180 kph...

[carfanatic]

Easily managed 130mph (209 KPH). Then popped it into 5th.

[Grid]

Easily managed 130mph (209 KPH). Then popped it into 5th.

Did it feel like it ran out of puff at that point?

[Davezj]

In factory auto spec 0.55-0.65 bar I would expect to get about 150 mph indicated on speedo in 5th @ 5500 rpm at which point the turbos can't supply enough air to go any quicker.
Not that I would do that, I just know this is what happens.


Sent from my space-aged gizmo

[carfanatic]

It was certainly at it's rev limit if that's what you mean. i ran out of road to go any quicker or I would have taken it to the max in 5th. Another day perhaps.