driving Fast [re: C5 racing]

[james accordino]

That to me is more insane and scary than even debris
in the roadway.  Last Feb. I ran a Merc. C200 mit
Kompressor right at 155, banging the rev limiter the
whole time.  All I could think of was what if someone
going like 60 or 70 pulled into the left lane.  Very
strange.  BTW, this car was scary quiet and stable, as
long as you kept the windows closed.  Also, NO
American car I've ever driven or ridden in was even
close to this car at speed.

Jim Accordino

--- "Perry, Christoper (EDS)"
<chris.perry at weyerhaeuser.com> wrote:
> I've only been over 130 in two cars in my life.  In
> about 1973 in a 1970
> Pontiac GTO at 130-ish indicated - very "floaty" and
> scary.  The other was
> just last year in a 1991 200 Avant that had been
> massaged by Ned at Intended
> Acceleration.  Got on I-5 and in less than a mile we
> were doing 150.  It was
> not scary until I realized that if someone wasn't
> paying attention and
> pulled in front of us doing 70 (10 over the limit)
> we would be rear-ending
> them at 80mph.
>
> Aside from that, the car was VERY stable and quiet.
> The owner said about
> 330HP with new Turbo, Intake manifold and chip.  I
> think the car could have
> gone faster but we had to exercise the UFO's to make
> the next exit (which
> was only 1.5 miles from the onramp we came from.
>
> Chris Perry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kwattro at aol.com [mailto:Kwattro at aol.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 2:10 PM
> To: t44tq at mindspring.com
> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: driving Fast [re: C5 racing]
>
>
> In a message dated 02-04-03 16:21:28 EST, you write:
>
> << Ken,
>  That totally depends on the car. Some cars are very
> stable at those
>  speeds.
>
>  Taka >>
>
>
> I agree - having run the 944 Turbo S up to 140 (BTW,
> 4th gear in that car -
> it's still got one more :-) ), it's like going 60.
> Except for closure
> rates.
>  Other than that, though.... :-)
>
> Later!
> Carter


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