How fast have you driven your aircooled 911?

[Bill Douglas]

How fast have you driven your aircooled 911?

The fastest I've driven the SC is 235kmh which is something like 146mph. That was hitting the redline in top gear. I didn't take my eyes off the road to look at the speedo, just the rev counter then later looked at what the speed would be from the manual.

[look 171]

140 on my 930. It has a lot more left but I chickened out and didn't feel like going back to jail again

[Jeff Alton]

My last air cooled track car (the green car) hit about 145 on the track.... Fast enough for me...

My current aircooled 69T I have driven to about 90mph lol...

Cheers

[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by look 171

and didn't feel like going back to jail again

Me too. I got locked up one night and didn't like it. All the trash peoples writing on the walls. The lack of freedom. And that was only for a couple of hours until the cops got the full story from the witnesses and realised I was actually the victim

[look 171]

Holy siht Bill, really? Do they gang rape pretty boys like they do here in America?

[cantdrv55]

110 then I got scared

[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by look 171

Holy siht Bill, really? Do they gang rape pretty boys like they do here in America?

I'm gorgeous, but for some reason they completely ignored me

[look 171]

The question is how long was this high speed sustained? I reached 140 and let off immediately. Yep, I was chicken because at that speed, a lot can happen really fast.

[pwd72s]

Last time such a thread appeared here, Grady Clay posted a pic of a 935...he was behind the wheel. He said no speedometer, but the tach indicated somewhere north of 200. Uh, nope...I never came close.

[sc_rufctr]

145 mph in my SC and that was verified using a stand alone GPS speedo.

Once you're over 100 mph nothing really changes until 160 mph or so. Above that and it starts to get really scary.

[A930Rocket]

150 or so on the track in my 930.

140 going straight onto a long bridge in town with no traffic.

[supdaf]

140 in the rain on the interstate. car was solid. i slowed down after my buddy on his bike passed me.

[Bob Kontak]

140 in my SC on a long slight downhill Ohio Turnpike stretch in my SC. Not a car in sight.

Brought a GPS with me the next time. That 140 speedo reading was 123 mph.

[dewolf]

Indicated 275kmh in my 930. So probably 260ish. Never, ever again.

[IROC]

135 right before slamming on the brakes hard for turn 10A at Road Atlanta.

[sc_rufctr]

Originally Posted by dewolf

Indicated 275kmh in my 930. So probably 260ish. Never, ever again.

Jeebus...

[T77911S]

160 in the 930. (GPS) the speedos are never correct.

its funny, i am scared to death on the roads over 100t but on a track i am fine.
more worried about going to jail or a deer jumping out.
i also dont go that fast when other cars are around.

whats funny is on the track it does not seem like i am going fast. 130 feels like 50 or 60.
until you wreck.
hit a tire wall at 130 in race car. put me in the air and came down nose first.


i did get pulled over for doing 100 in a 30.
also passed on a double yellow
the cop let me go.

[scotricker]

This all sounds like the Group W bench. Kid, what you in for?

[GH85Carrera]

It was on the track at Charlotte Super speedway. They told us in the driver's meeting, that after the infield curvy parts, to get onto the banking to be sure to get up there with both right tires at once, then both left tires, the get going. So I ran to redline in 2nd, third, 4th and put it in 5th as the track straightens out for the back straight. My instructor said in a clear voice, "whatever you do, do NOT hit the brakes in the back curve" but my attachments were not large enough to stay hard on the gas so I did lift the throttle in the curve going triple digits.

I glanced at the tachometer, and it was 5,300 RPM or so, the wind noise was tremendous and the engine was screaming.


Full tilt, guessing about 135 or so.


In the pit garage, about to roll out for a session.

[id10t]

I've found myself accidentally cruising at 95... which is unusual 'cause I really don't speed, even in cars that are very capable of doing so.

No track access, etc. but one time out in the middle of nowhere (straight line road for 2 miles ahead, perfect visibility, bordered by recently plowed fields so no deer to jump out, etc) I did get it to 110 and then backed off.

When Dad bought the car in '89 he took it to a DE event at Sebring the following weekend, got clocked at 129 on the track. IIRC top speed in that car per factory docs is 134ish ('84 w/ M491 option - bigger heavier body, etc. but normal engine, the slowest of the '84-89 cars but only by a few mph)

Gotta say... much more fun to hit a interstate onramp w/ a 270 degree curve in the 356, go in at 30, come out at 50 and with a smile on my face.... and without breaking the speed limit It is much more fun to drive a slow car fast than it is to drive a fast car slow.