Do you have Tom Brady balls? Or, how fast have you had your Porsche?

[Geno Carrera]

It wasn't mine, but I drove a '72 911S 140 mph on a deserted stretch of I-5 in Northern California. It belonged to our family doctor who was in the passenger seat, and encouraged me to drive as fast as I was comfortable. The car seemed to sink down an inch or two at about 110 mph, and it really didn't seem that fast at 140, mainly due to the fact that it wasn't jumping around over the expansion joints and road bumps.. The car handled the surface as if it was on rails. He said he had had it above 160. Let's hear your "Bonneville with asphalt" experiences. The winner will be declared the proud owner of an elephantastic scrotum.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by Geno Carrera

It wasn't mine, but I drove a '72 911S 140 mph on a deserted stretch of I-5 in Northern California.....

No tail so my 911 becomes a bit unstable at a buck 20....I did have my old Supra Turbo up to 140 in the middle of the Okeefenokee Swamp years ago...man was that car PLANTED to the road when I realized I did NOT have Brady balls

[dewolf]

Had my 951S that had been slightly modified to an indicated 290kmh and my 930 to an indicated 280kmh. Scary stuff.

[javadog]

I hate to be a buzzkill but a '71 911 S wouldn't clear 160. Or 150. It might have gotten near 140 on a really good day. Might have been a little speedo error in that one, or the good doctor was just full of ****.

JR

[mattdavis11]

120, it felt like the front right was skipping over the uneven pavement as I hammered through the sweeping right hand turn. I now have Tom Brady balls, but they were once those of Adam Vinatieri

[Jim Richards]

I doubt the speed claim, as well. But, a '72 911S is a lovely car to drive on the open highway (as well as the twisties).

[1975porsche]

Last night 110 mph on way to the lake house. (1975 911s)

[DaveE]

Had my SC a tad over 140 (factoring in typical speedo error was probably upper 130s). Had the Box just over 135.

Got a ticket and suspension in my S4 for 120 mph, ugh.

[fred cook]

And far away! Many years ago, I had a Capri RS2600 clone that was quite fast. There was a stretch of empty interstate where the boys went to see what their cars would do on the top end. One night, I had the Capri up to 7500 rpms in 4th gear which calculated out to 145 mph. At that speed, it really needed a front spoiler/splitter as the front end got very light! The car had some more on the throttle, but that was my limit! After rebuilding the 3.0 in my SC into a 3.3SS, I took it up to about 130 with lots of pedal left. Somehow, the thought of losing control of a vehicle at that speed just doesn't appeal much to me anymore. Besides, it's more fun to go fast from zero to stoplight anyway!

[ckelly78z]

I've been about 130 in my Datsun Z flat out in 5th gear. A buddy of mine had a 1971 455 Trans Am with a set of road gear in it (maybe 2.73). and we did 165 in that on a curvy two lane road. Those telephone poles sure are whizzing by in a hurry at that speed. My current 85.5 Porsche 944 with the Wilks chip and Magnaflow exhaust pulls hard to 6500 RPM in 4 gears, and I am shifting into 5th about 105 MPH.....not sure how fast it will actually go.

[A930Rocket]

Got up to 145 in my 930 going up one of the big bridges here in Charleston. Had to quit early because I didn't know what was on the other side.

Had it to 160 on the track. That was flying, especially when you had to slow down quickly for a turn.

[Oh Haha]

I may have had my SC up to 140(GPS unit indicated) but then again I may not have...

My old Camaro went 120 in the 1/4 mile.

[sand_man]

Not nearly as fast as was achieved in this "hall of fame" thread:

165 Mph 73 2.4s ???

[GH85Carrera]

On the TRACK at Charlotte Superspeedway is fun. I had one hour of track time total. After a fun infield you get up on the banking carefully, 2 tires on the passenger side, then two tires on the drivers side, and run it thru 3rd to redline, 4th redline and then 5th and stand on it. The next curve is a long way off but approaching fast. The track looks like is is one lane wide and I really did not look at the speedo but I do know I was well into the 5,000 RPM range in 5th. The engine is SCREAMING and the wind noise is loud. Then the instructor says whatever you do, don't hit the brakes as you are staring at a large curve. I will admit I lifted off the throttle, made the back curve, stand on the brakes drop to 70 and hit the infield again.

IT was a blast and I did pass a real factory GT2 on track that day. (OK, the owners wife was driving it at the time but the fact remains I passed a GT2!)

[wildthing]

I am invoking my 5th Amendment right.

Let's just say I mash the pedal to the metal on a short stretch of 101 less than a mile before my exit, and brake enough to exit.

[Don Ro]

Warning: Thread stripper!
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"Bonneville with asphalt" experiences. >>> Does 85+ (top end) on an old BMW R50 on Hwy 99 near Fresno, CA qualify?
My buddy's Beemer...back in '64...he was standing up through his VW sunroof, his g/f driving.
We were in the military at the time...young and full of "dumb guts"!
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[HardDrive]

I touched 160 a couple times in my 997S out in the wilds of Montana. Hitting 120 in that car was nothing. It would get to 150 pretty fast, but then you started to suck air. That last 30mph up to 180+ was going to take a while. It was a bit squirrely at high speed if you had a cross wind, especially if was coming from the 10:30/1:30 position.

[GWN7]

I had my Black 914 up to 125. It get's a bit light feeling after that. My son says it goes much faster.

[Green6]

Fastest, most scariest feeling I've ever had in a car was in the late '70's, doing about 100 mph [well past the 90 mph max on the speedometer] in my 1970 VW Bug in neutral, down the Grapevine. Too scared to use the brakes, and too fast to put it back in gear. Young and dumb.

[dtool242]

Floored my 928 to where the kick-down engages (an automatic) on I-55, I let up when it shifted into 4th at 125 MPH.