[V8] Top speed of a '90 V8Q

[Ron Wainwright]

Ed, Porsche Big Reds, Rs2 caliper brackets, early S8
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under $1G..$$ well spent!

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--- Ed Kellock <ekellock at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just out of curiosity, what brakes was that car
> equipped with at the time?
> 
> Ed
> 
> On 3/8/07, Ron Wainwright <ron_01056 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > I had my ol Pearl 90 v8 close to 150mph. but I had
> a 5
> > series BMW behind me ;-)
> > I was exiting one HW to get onto the local HW that
> > brings me to my ex to get home. While exiting the
> one
> > HW there is a nice sweeping corner that's rated at
> > 50mph..I like doing it at 80mph'ish..but I'm
> rounding
> > the corner & from the pass side rear view mirror I
> see
> > some Exons comming fast! So after straightning out
> > from the sweeping curve I peep these bright lights
> > comming fast. So I change to Sport mode..figured
> > something was going to happen ;->
> > So I start to gain some speed & the BMW is behind
> me
> > now & were doing 100mph. I still had plenty of
> pedel
> > left, so
> > the guy gets to the middle lane & I see him look
> over
> > & I floored it! Dumped all kinds of crap out the
> rear
> > of the Stebro..but the Stebro ROARED, & off we
> went.
> > Prolly for about 4 miles it's 3 lanes, then for
> the
> > additional 5 miles it goes to 2 lanes after an
> uphill
> > sweeping left. But we were side by side doing 130,
> & I
> > still had some pedel left & finally got the edge
> on
> > him doing 145'ish. I glanced down at the speedo &
> it
> > was getting 10 the far reaches of the speedo..the
> > RPM's were crazy.
> > But I tell you the high rate of speed I was going
> was
> > very smooth! I felt in controll the whole time.
> > These V8's are simpley great!
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