whats the fastest you have gone on ur q?
Re: (totaljett)
dam thats crazy!!! 135mph!!! man i'll not do dat unless i'm in some desert wit straightaways!! haha nice drive safe guys!!
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oldmako
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Re: (q45vh)
115 just last week. She was just gettin' wound up but my front end is not in any kind of shape for speed yet....so I'll have to wait.
What surprised me was how powerfully the car shifted at about 85. I assume this was from 3rd to 4th?? When it dropped into the higher gear the engine had an amazing amount of pull for a 120K car. I quickly got to 115 and there was plenty more available.
The car felt very very steady at that speed, and the wind noise was not at all excessive. The steering was responsive and the car felt great. I can't wait to get my new front end to see the difference.
In Virginia, anything over 80 is considered reckless and subject to an amazingly idiotic fine (I think it's an automatic $1000, but it might be higher).It stinks, because I usually drive on the interstate at off hours with no traffic. I'd love to be able to cruise at 85-90 when the roads are empty, but i cannot afford that ticket.
It's nuts that we drive on a road system designed for high speed back in the 50's. Yet todays cars with disc brakes, radial tires and new suspensions systems are cruising at 65!
I drove in California last month and the avg speed was over 80 on a state highway! I hear that in South Carolina 85 plus is the norm. No wonder that I always see cars from SC hauling azz on I95 in VA.
What surprised me was how powerfully the car shifted at about 85. I assume this was from 3rd to 4th?? When it dropped into the higher gear the engine had an amazing amount of pull for a 120K car. I quickly got to 115 and there was plenty more available.
The car felt very very steady at that speed, and the wind noise was not at all excessive. The steering was responsive and the car felt great. I can't wait to get my new front end to see the difference.
In Virginia, anything over 80 is considered reckless and subject to an amazingly idiotic fine (I think it's an automatic $1000, but it might be higher).It stinks, because I usually drive on the interstate at off hours with no traffic. I'd love to be able to cruise at 85-90 when the roads are empty, but i cannot afford that ticket.
It's nuts that we drive on a road system designed for high speed back in the 50's. Yet todays cars with disc brakes, radial tires and new suspensions systems are cruising at 65!
I drove in California last month and the avg speed was over 80 on a state highway! I hear that in South Carolina 85 plus is the norm. No wonder that I always see cars from SC hauling azz on I95 in VA.
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carfrk666
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Re: (oldmako)
i hit 140, long way from CT to ohio, lots of time to play and lots of ppl who want to race, i dont really go and race with them i just play a lil bit, the Q isnt quite what she used to be, but she most certianly will get up there and go!!!
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NightRiderQ45
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Re: (carfrk666)
I pushed my baby to 120mph coming back to Oklahoma from Alabama. Mine also increased speed quickly and my car now has 168k (all highway mileage...literally). I was afraid that the car would flip over or something going that fast.
Re: (NightRiderQ45)
I used to drive to work every day and back as fast as I could go on Interstate 5 (145+MPH)... Don't really think I hit 150, maybe but at that speed I could pay less attention to the speedo.
But the Q is not a sports car and front suspension seemed to drop a little every time I did that speed and swung like my Lexus on the slightest steering movements. I haven't seen past 110 for some time now.
Funny thing is you don't even have to floor it to reach past 140. Just let it build speed.
At 140MPH your doing around 4500RPMs and every extra 1000RPMs gives you 20MPH. I believe the gear ends somewhere just north of170MPH... anyone agree?
What exactly does the button under the gas pedal do?
But the Q is not a sports car and front suspension seemed to drop a little every time I did that speed and swung like my Lexus on the slightest steering movements. I haven't seen past 110 for some time now.
Funny thing is you don't even have to floor it to reach past 140. Just let it build speed.
At 140MPH your doing around 4500RPMs and every extra 1000RPMs gives you 20MPH. I believe the gear ends somewhere just north of170MPH... anyone agree?
What exactly does the button under the gas pedal do?
Re: (Kiven422)
i think i've retardedly tried to go as fast as i could... have the NICO ECU so i think i reached around 145 w/ the homieZ off 87... can't get tickets... college students are poor so I don't do that crazy wangan stuff anymore... not a great thing to try with Q's which have so much mileage! not too safe ever too... but hey... gotta try it someday! hopefully none of ya'll got hurt try'n!
Re: (qsiguy)
I checked the video and it was a rush to watch. It was more of a rush than the Bugatti Veyron top speed of 253mph video, only because it was on an actual highway. The Bugatti was on a closed track.qsiguy wrote:Yes, once you pass about 115-120 it gets creepy. I can't imagine doing 200+. That's got to be a rush.
You guys here the news story about the Lambo doing 219 here in Phoenix? That stretch of freeway is near where I live.
Here's the video on YouTube. Guess the cops are trying to hunt this guy down but he left town The guys dumb enough to show his face on the video. lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw2EXYHO7mg
Re: whats the fastest you have gone on ur q? (ViruzOne)
Always pick a safe enough place to do a run (clean, dry, familiar, fairly straight, little or no traffic, little or no wind, and maybe even scout for fuzz) It's you azz when something goes wrong not the other guy's so focus on your machine and not your rep. 135 on new rubber is a sleepwalk in my '91 Q45 as it should be, i'm probably near the limiter. My '96 I30 felt the same doing 30 or 125 so ..
Above 150 you better be mechanically tight and drive it like a fighter pilot cause there's no difference. I recommend a brake light shut off also and if you stop you WILL get caught.
l8r
Above 150 you better be mechanically tight and drive it like a fighter pilot cause there's no difference. I recommend a brake light shut off also and if you stop you WILL get caught.
l8r