Top speed so far??

[monza66mo]

East bound on I-44, I was going 88 when I saw the trooper going west. He lit me up with the lights and I noticed there is 3-strand cable guard rail in the median between us. I realized he would have to make up a lot of real estate to come over the to the east bound lanes so I punched it. I can't say for sure how fast I got up to because I wasn't looking at the speedo. When I saw the next exit fast approaching, I looked at the speedo and saw 145 as I let off the gas. I got off the highway, went over the overpass and pulled into a gas station. When I opened my door, I hear the siren in the distance. I assumed it was the trooper now making his way east at a fast rate. I wonder if he's still out there looking for me.

[Lessk]

172 is not a hard speed to hit....I don't understand the disbelief. In Germany my father had a Ford Sierra, which was a 4 cylinder, and it would do 173 on the Autobahn.

And he still got his doors blown off by a white lamborghini countach like he was doing 100 one day.

I suspect the Camaro could easly do that same if it wern't for the speed limiter.

[Doc]

Originally Posted by Lessk

172 is not a hard speed to hit....I don't understand the disbelief. In Germany my father had a Ford Sierra, which was a 4 cylinder, and it would do 173 on the Autobahn.

And he still got his doors blown off by a white lamborghini countach like he was doing 100 one day.

I suspect the Camaro could easly do that same if it wern't for the speed limiter.

Well actually it is somewhat hard to hit those speeds; especially for street cars. It takes a lot of torque and horsepower to push a regular production car through the air at 172 mph. Are you sure you're talking about mph and not kph? Even if your father had a Cosworth Ford Sierra the rated top speed on those was 149 mph.

Unless he got passed by a rare special Countach, most of them topped out in the 170-190 range. No street legal Countach that I know of in those days was capable of 200+; they just weren't stable enough at higher speeds. Once you get up in those speed ranges car stability becomes a serious factor so thinking it's easy to hit those speeds is not really true.

If you're relying on "stories" you heard, it sounds like some stretching might have been done for the sake of telling an entertaining story.

[1320junkie]

The Z06’s LS7 7.0L engine delivers 505 horsepower (377 kW) in a 3,132-pound (1,421 kg) package – a combination that delivers 0-60 performance of 3.7 seconds in first gear, quarter-mile times of 11.7 seconds at 125 mph and a top speed of 198 mph (as recorded on Germany’s Autobahn). It also provides maximum lateral acceleration of 1.04 g and 60-0 braking in 111.3 feet; it also circuited Germany ’s famed N ü rburgring in a time of 7:43. Along with astounding performance, Corvette Z06 also returns surprising fuel economy of 26 mpg on the highway and avoids the gas guzzler tax common on the world’s supercars. and this is stock...stock sucks..lol

[S8ER01Z]

Originally Posted by Doc

I'm sorry, I don't know what you did to make that video; composite it with software or something but there's no way that was anything faster than about 80 mph. I KNOW what speed looks like and that wasn't it. Nobody in their right mind is going to do 172 on public roads with traffic like that at night anyways.

Ok check THIS video out; this is a Porsche 917 doing one lap at LeMans. And take note when he opens up on the Mulsanne straight...THAT is the real deal. Those kinds of speeds produces that tunnel-vision effect where things are going by so fast on the sides you can only see clearly in front.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...73336824248734

Now after watching the 917 run, go back and look at your video of supposedly going the same speeds as the Porsche. In your video the signs on the side of the road going by look no different than they do when I'm on the freeway going to work and you're supposedly doing 170 mph??

Sorry dude... I'm flying the flag on this one.

In his defense the RPM in 5th gear matches up exactly with what it should. (no gearing tricks). Punch in the SRT8 info into any gear calculator and it will line up with the video. I fully believe a stock SRT8 can breach 170 (Remember a 300rwhp C5 Corvette is good for a little over 175mph stock) so a modded one should be able too as well. The only thing I was saying is 190 doesn't look possible given the acceleration speed at the end though I fully believe he could have made it near 180mph.

[Pope Designs]

What is the top speed that can be reached with no tune? The highest I see is 155. I am getting my tune next Friday and can't wait.

Bryan

[maddymac07]

133 in 4th gear on bad road this car flies and says go faster

[Blacksunshine]

140 in 5th. More there, ran out of road! 2SS

[camaro1324]

What is the current record...doesnt have to be stock.

If you dont know...what is the fastest you have seen from a 2010 Camaro.

[TJ91]

155 but that was because of the limiter, im sure they have gone much faster

[canadian ss]

Mach 4. Oh you should of seen it, my dream was soo vivid that when I awoke, I thought to my self that the amount of gas you had to burn to reach that speed would be crazy!

[SSE 4 2SS]

186 documented via pic of GPS by one of our members is the highest I've seen, I apologize if the name is wrong but I think it was MTCWBY

[TommyTSquared]

We will probably have some higher 'official' number at the upcoming Texas Mile.

Oh, if anyone wants their car to get up past that but doesn't want to go that fast... lemme know, I'll bring my helmet

[Hoverman]

Look up 0 to 200 in 29 sec. Its a lingengelter car!