V8 in a Miata? Meh. I see your V8 Miata and raise you with a Viper V12 in a Honda S2000 ...
And Triumph also built a TR-8 with a Rover V8 engine.
Posted on 09/29/2016 8:01:51 AM PDT by smokingfrog
Downhill ... with a very strong tailwind?
MOPAR = Most Parts Are Rusty
My “best” was 117 in a 35 zone while driving a ‘67 Camaro SS. I knew I was toast as I rounded a corner and saw the trooper. He didn’t have to chase me as I pulled over and was waiting for him to catch up.
Without a word he beckoned me to approach the squadcar.
He pointed at the radar readout flashing “117” and simply said, “That’s not what time it is”.
He wrote me up for 19 over because 20 over would have been a reckless driving charge.
V8 in a Miata? Meh. I see your V8 Miata and raise you with a Viper V12 in a Honda S2000 ...
And Triumph also built a TR-8 with a Rover V8 engine.
You definitely would not want have a meet-up with Mr. Moose at that speed!
I’ve gone that fast in a Charger, but a Neon??
I don’t believe it.
Grand Cherokees attempting to keep up with a 300M? The bad guys (?) had no chance.
Now, if he took it on the straightaway between Newport and Bangor (the most boring 17 mile stretch of road, ever), or frankly, anywhere north of Orono .... only things that would see him speeding are the moose.
In thinking about it, I'd not want to hit a moose in a Neon going 150. There'd not be much left of me, the Neon, or the moose.
If he did the whole length of Route 95 in Maine at 145 mph instead of 70 mph...he’d save 2 hrs 15 min
145mph - 303 miles - @2hrs 5min
70mph - 303 miles - @4hrs 20min
hmmm ;)
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People have been putting v8’some into small cars for over70 years!
Maybe he was on his way to a Trump rally.
Eighteen year old man. Were he black
and this happened in the hood, he would
have been described as a teenager.
My sister had a 1971 Austin-Jensen which was a car the size of an MGB with a hopped up Chrysler 440 six pack that was turbo charged.
She let me drive it once. I took it to 165 mph in THIRD gear. The are was supposed to go 212 in 4th assuming everything was working right. We went out on Christmas day right as they Texas Department of Transportation (Highway Patrol) was changing shifts.
After we got back to my parents house she never let me drive car again
I kept losing them and slowing down to 90 and they’d catch up. I did that four times and finally left the freeway. It was making me nervous.
What started it was that they were playing games with speed. I’d be in the right land and they would pass me, but as we got to a semi they would slow down. I’d gun it and pass them (and the semi) but after a few semis, they BOTH got in front of me and blocked both lanes and dropped to about 50.
Without slowing down, I immediately passed them on the shoulder and made sure I was always in front of them after that. And that is when the chase started.
What was weird was my losing them and slowing down to 90 or 95 and they would catch up every time. They were really ticked. I hate when people play games like that.
I used to fantasize about driving a porsche carerra from Seattle to Spokane on I-90 at 150. Deer could be a problem, of course.
And most people don’t realize how the slightest miscalculation at the steering wheel can put you sideways - until you start rolling, for a mile or so. ;-)
The biggest problem is wheelbase. I demonstrate to people what happens to a car on a hard surface with a short wheelbase by rolling a hotwheels car across a lenolium/vinyl floor. It simply can’t stay in a straight line because of the bumps.
There was a car created a few years back that was “technically” designed to go over 300 mph. It looked kinda like that old subaru sports car, except it was about six feet longer in the wheel base.
Most cars just get squirrelly over 100 mph. And the shorter the wheelbase, the worse it is.
Post of the day!
Can you say “shoehorn”? LOL
Those guys were thin-skinned losers undoubtedly suffering from horsepower envy. Possibly quite unstable. It was wise of you to lose them.
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