Fastest Classic

mustang68

Ok,

Cards on the table here people...

Whats the fastest you've gotten your pride and joy up to?

On a closed road of course

alfarocks

You go first

dubtom

115 mph, 120 on the clock, I reckon it would do it if the conditions where right, no traffic etc, it's the stopping that scares me.

green-blood

thats what the back of other cars is for tom

1275gt

ive no idea, my speedo needle is impotent at the moment :rolleyes::D

reckon if i got close to 100 out of it without having to replace my spine id be happy!!

Blue850

78 MPH which is impressive when you've only got 843cc, and it was on its original crossplys.. it needed both lanes of the dual carriage way to itself:D

mustang68

alfarocks wrote:

You go first

I didn't want to set the bar too high

About 110, and there was some left but everything was shaking too much too see the speedo. The 3 speed auto limits my top speed

dublind

105mph on the way back from Mosney... 66 mustang and stingray corvette... the camaro couldnt keep up for some reason!!!!!!!!

dubtom

Actually I would love to know what mine would 0-60 in, 1/4 mile etc.Only thing is the abuse factor puts me off, I'd feel like I'd have to get it serviced after and wash and wax it, just to say I'm sorry:o

alfarocks

speedo has bounced around the 155-160 Kph mark the odd time.. not too often mind you

1275gt

how cool would a trackday just for classics be?

Kersh

148 and abit according to the clock, which by my reckoning is about 8-12mph too high... so around 135 ish. Tons of front end lift cos of the tail on the back.... very ropey, and never again.

dubtom

Mondello do have them for clubs, BMW etc, they have a special club for expensive cars, ferrari's and the like a couple of times a year. A normal track day is expensive though,I think about 150 euro for a half day.All in all though, it would still be thrashing your car, can't be good for a 30+ year old engine maxed out for a few laps.

mustang68

1275gt wrote:

how cool would a trackday just for classics be?

It would be great, untill you spin off and find out how great a 38 year old lap belt is at keeping you from smacking you head off the chrome bits in the non colapsable stering wheel :eek:

Given a lot of thought to a track day, but I'd be frightened as I have a lot of horses and grunt and not enough stopping power and protection

1275gt

mustang68 wrote:

It would be great, untill you spin off and find out how great a 38 year old lap belt is at keeping you from smacking you head off the chrome bits in the non colapsable stering wheel :eek:

Given a lot of thought to a track day, but I'd be frightened as I have a lot of horses and grunt and not enough stopping power and protection

ah but that would be the beauty of a classics only day. you wouldnt have to rag the arse out of it, just a nice tootle around the track at your own pace :rolleyes:

MercMad

Had my pagoda at 6500 RPM in top gear which equates to 125MPH !

Done it a few times, not on public roads .........obviously.........ahem.......I have a really long driveway ! ! :eek:

dubtom

Just out of interest, how many on here would be interested in a track day at mondello. Wouldn't have to be a thrash and smash day, I've driven at the normal ones and they can be hairy, and I certainly wouldn't be interested in driving my car at the limit, but it would be nice to do a few laps at a pace thats sane, or even to check out the 0-60's.A mate works up there, I could get a price if enough were interested.

mustang68

dubtom wrote:

Wouldn't have to be a thrash and smash day, I've driven at the normal ones and they can be hairy, and I certainly wouldn't be interested in driving my car at the limit....

despite my previous ramblings about safety, the wind has turned, and I would be intrested. (if its not something like 200 euro )

8~)

Indicated 120 in the XJ6, just for short bursts in straight stretches...

commited

102mph with 4 in the car. Private road officer

NEVCC

Had the Capri up at 106 on the M1 north of Drogheda, but lost my bottle and backed off :rolleyes: . Id be interested in the track day, but I need a bit of time to fix a dodgy wheel bearing.

camarobill

dublind wrote:

105mph on the way back from Mosney... 66 mustang and stingray corvette... the camaro couldnt keep up for some reason!!!!!!!!

105 in a straight 6 poor liam in a v8 4 barrel could,nt keep up:D ill have to give him a ring and complain,or maby he has bursted his balls restoring the car over the years and leaves the raceing for the boy racers:cool: hows ur frost plugs:D

junkyard

110 in my Daimler Majestic Major, she's clocked for 130 and is supposed to do 125. 4.6 V8 engine and disc brakes all round so she stops pretty good too. The first couple of times were a bit hairy but I've gotten used to her now but you do need a good wide road.:D

ds20prefecture

in the DS an indicated 170kph on that lovely downhill strecth of the A55 to Holyhead, rushing for the ferry. It's about 3 miles of steep downhill dual carriage way. We blasted by a bunch of bikers from the North - the expressions on the faces were priceless. Certainly don't make a habit of that speed. Stopping or handling isn't the worry, it's reaction times and other people's safety that focusses the mind.

I did 95mph in a 1300 air cooled 3 speed GSA on the M1. An indicated 6000rpm

Top speeds have to be the most pointless metric of classic car ownership.

shagman

88 mph.....not too impressive eh?

But then it was in an unrestored 1.1Ltr Mk1 escort with 5 people in it and 3 surfboards on the roof. Far more like sailing than driving.

Abelloid

Speedo only goes to 90, but I've got it up to the oil light, whatever that is

Spit62500

dubtom wrote:

Just out of interest, how many on here would be interested in a track day at mondello. Wouldn't have to be a thrash and smash day, I've driven at the normal ones and they can be hairy, and I certainly wouldn't be interested in driving my car at the limit, but it would be nice to do a few laps at a pace thats sane, or even to check out the 0-60's.A mate works up there, I could get a price if enough were interested.

I'd be really interested in a classics only track day but I doubt if it'd be affordable to get the track even for a half day.

Daxklynsmith

160 k/h in my 1969 BMW 2800 CS this last December in South Africa where the highways can handle it and the traffic police accept bribes.
Until I remembered the steering and all essential mechanicals were 35 years old and the nut holding the wheel had 55 year old reflexes so we went back down to the normal,almost legal 140 k/h

spidersonmars

A track day would be great. I have done 100 in My P6 not bad considering shes only a 2.2 4. The sounds, smells and the noise would be reason enough to have a classic track day. If it on, count me in.:cool:

Dades

Think I've only ever done about 85mph in the Fiat Spider. There was plenty left in her, but I have no inclination to find out how much.

Would be interested in a 0-60 though some day.
All the best noises come from the 'twins' in 2nd and 3rd anyway.

SouperComputer

guys, if you are doing a track day, it would be MUCH cheaper to do it in Kirkistown in Co. Down.

kenneths

I had my escort do about 115mph and i`d say there was 10mph left in her. i had the bike upto 153mph private road use of course !!!

Con_316

Hit the limiter (that's 155) in a mate's 540i 4.4 in scotland. He was driving. Fastest i've gone on road (closed of course..., well actually a bit of unopened dual carriageway) here in ireland while driving a car i owned myself and trying to find top speed is an indicated 135 ish in a '89 bmw 530i V8 and 110 ish (as in it said 115+) in a capri 2.8.

Funniest high speed driving: would have to be a 50/50 split be 95 on the clock in an '81 transit which was "tuned up" if you could call putting a '94 2.5TD engine in it and Fitting a nissan terrano turbo tuning it up, or roughly 88mph in my uncle's 1974 saab.

Top speeds aren't really what classics are all about nut sometimes it's ointeresting to see what your car can do.

Henry Ford III

I've done about 4 or 5 trackdays in the UK in the MkII RS2000.

Used an airfied each time, and it's pretty safe. I saw 1 car roll and get written off. Happened right in front of me. See pic. Car was a w/o.

They put a tremedous load on your car if you drive quickly, especially the brakes.

It's reckoned 1 track mile is equivalent to about 10 road miles.

I'd happily pay €150 for an open pit lane full day at Mondello. Any more isn't value.

Henry Ford III

btw Had it flat out in top many times on the straights. c115mph?

dubtom

Henry Ford III wrote:

I've done about 4 or 5 trackdays in the UK in the MkII RS2000.

Used an airfied each time, and it's pretty safe. I saw 1 car roll and get written off. Happened right in front of me. See pic. Car was a w/o.

They put a tremedous load on your car if you drive quickly, especially the brakes.

It's reckoned 1 track mile is equivalent to about 10 road miles.

I'd happily pay €150 for an open pit lane full day at Mondello. Any more isn't value.

I saw that pic in a UK mag, wasn't it just a completed resto.
Takling to my mate who works in mindello yesterday, he'll come back to me with a price officially, but he reckoned it's about 8 grand to hire. I really cant see it being much cheaper. The other option would be to go on a normal track day and see if all the classics could be included in a group, cutting down on the chances of a boyracer hitting anyone. The only problem with that is that if someone has a crash and has to be towed in any other group, it cuts down on track time for everyone

Henry Ford III

Yep. It was a 5 or 6 year rebuild.

He's a top bloke, but I think he possibly made an error in swapping tyres. He was running near slicks, and the car lost grip very suddenly and at pretty high speed too.

MercMad

I've done plenty of trackdays at Kirkistown. It a long drive though, especially on the way back when you've burnt your tyres, destroyed your brakes and then topped it off my cracking your sump on a bridge coming into Downpatrick !!

I wouldn't take a classic up there !