That's a good break in for a new car.
I have to brake (break) 200 mph
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Van@RevanRacing
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This car............1029 RWHP and 930 RWTQ. 204.9 MPH into a 10 knot headwind. Texas Mile October 2011
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This car.............1012 RWHP and 973 RWTQ 207.7 MPH with no wind. Texas Mile March 2012
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It's going to take a lot more space, sub 60 degree temperatures and a tail wind to put a 2013 over 200 MPH.
Good luck dude - and please don't turn yourself into a road pizza, or your new Shelby into scrap metal. I agree with the others here, do not do this on public roads. I have run some vehicles quite fast as well - in Germany - still dangerous even though somewhat legal there. Remember that 200 MPH is faster that many aircraft!
With 660 horses there's no reason to go over 175-180 on a public road. And that's only if you do the run at a time when no one else is on the road for you to possibly kill and there are no on-ramps, side-roads, or entrances for random people to pull out in front of you. Above that and you're covering too much ground too fast and accelerating too slowly to make it a very brief run (which is what it should be unless you have a deathwish).
If I crossed paths with Lidar at 3am on a deserted highway going 150+ I wouldn't stop. No cop-car is gonna catch anything with a 150mph head start. You'd be gone before his slushbox even got out of 1st. Unless it's an urban area in which case why would you take the chance?
If I crossed paths with Lidar at 3am on a deserted highway going 150+ I wouldn't stop. No cop-car is gonna catch anything with a 150mph head start. You'd be gone before his slushbox even got out of 1st. Unless it's an urban area in which case why would you take the chance?
THIS....:lol:
Rofl :rockon:
Plenty of room here in the desert...
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Twas a brief jaunt, not going to say the speed, and only after resuming hwy speed and a few miles did lights appear. 2 in the car, both very young with the guy riding shotgun very composed, actually quite amused, and the driver very rattled. On return from GF's and had her 'scent' on me. When they went back to discuss what to do, I could hear the 'copilot' guy laughing his ass off, and the other one took about 10 minutes to de-escalate. I could hear the poor rattled one saying that I wanna take him in for wreckless but he smells like p*ssy at which point the sidekick howled all the more. I'm not going to evade. Had my fill of that back in the day. Lockdown ain't a place I care to be nowadays. They're probably still serviing baloney sandwiches and cool-aid if you're interested. There were no cars at all that I could see, and looooong straightways with concrete pavement which I find super inviting. Not going to go into any more details but I could live with how it turned out and that's why I asked the question last month about the MyKey feature and whether you could set it sort of as an upper limit cruise control at 99 'cause in my state, over 100 is a whole 'nother level of consequences. If need be, and the temptation is too strong, I have to pull over and use the second key which at least gives me a little time to reconsider some ill-advised impulse. I don't see a repetition of that. That's why I say, not on the freakin' highway dude, no matter if you're out in east bumfugg or not...but at some point you can lead the horse to water, but you may not be able to make him drink.
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I am going to take it very serious. Thats way I made a post. Ive been 180+ many of times. Even on motorcycles. Ive been around racing my whole life. Im going to make changes to the car safety wise and power. Probably needs lowering to keep the air out from under it. I dont want to use public roads and a standing mile wont be enough for my car. Just brain storming here
^^^^I've been over 160 on a few different bikes and let me tell you its a whole lot more intense on a bike compared to a car. Be safe.
Ive gone over 200mph once in my life(750whp supra) and I dont care to do it again. When the white reflectors are going by about every .25ish second's you know your hauling ass.
Not gonna happen on public roads unless you've got mega rwhp and it's super brief. Just not worth it. You'll have to find a huge track.
Its got to be some where in this country. Where? I think there are some events that shut down roads out west (desert)
293 feet per second is way to fast for public roads, especially at night.
Thank you for posting these.
Van@RevanRacing
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Believe me, going 200+ in a Shelby at the Texas Mile in 2 different GT500's was my pleasure.
We're going back in October 2012 with a Kenne Bell 4.2 under the hood and a couple more mods. Shooting for 210+
Van
I just read an article about LPE running a heavily modded ZL1 at Continental Tire's Uvalde Proving Grounds in Texas and hitting 202 (what the Shelby hits stock, LOL). Maybe you could get a group of owners together who want to break 200 and have them rent the facility?
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Maybe with race-driver instructors and tech inspections to keep people from killing themselves.
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Maybe with race-driver instructors and tech inspections to keep people from killing themselves.
I'll be tempted personally, but "ticket-fear" has kept my '99 under 95 on public roads 100% of the time for 7+ years.
Shouldn't be too much harder in a GT500.
Shouldn't be too much harder in a GT500.
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