With the talk of going 200mph...

[Stuart Adams]

At least at 200mph if you crashed you wouldn't feel anything!!!

[Sales@Dutchboys]

Car sounds killer.

[va72mlibu]

Before deploying to Iraq, my best friend rented a Murcielago for 4 days. We did one high-speed blast on the Autobahn at about 3 am. He drove and I watched the speedo. We touched 330 KPH (205 mph) according to the speedo. Definitely dumb, but we rationalized that it was no more dangerous (and a lot more fun) than the year we were getting ready to spend in combat. I would never want to do that again in a road car.

The rest of the time we spent tooling around on twisty back roads or at the club picking up girls.

[J2SpeedandCustom]

This is 200mph! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzNAYnQblRA

The 2jz will decimate all....

Tommy's car is 3500+lbs, and makes in the neighborhood of 1200rwhp. He didn't go WOT until 4th gear and it was right inbetween the 1/4 and 1/2 mile mark. The only reason is he didn't want the motor at WOT for the whole mile, and the Supra wouldn't have much traction under 100mph anyway with that much power.

[rwhite692]

Originally Posted by Stuart Adams

At least at 200mph if you crashed you wouldn't feel anything!!!

Gosh, I can't even imagine the carnage...especially without any safety equipment...

[3kidsnotime]

You would have better chance jumping out of a airplane at 30,000 ft without a chute....at least you would only be going around 120mph

[rocketman]

i destoryed my pro mod doing 200,and you dont really feel a thing it happens so fast,you cant do anything.

but if the driver wouldn't have kept try to save it,it wouldn't have crashed but i'm aracer,and aint lift'n till the lights or it crashed

[chicane]

That looks and sounds about right.... well.... within 2-3% anyway.

Some years back at the SSC there were two Ferrari Tesa's that broke the 190mph barrier in stock form with much less power. Unfortunately, Larry Bartschi delam'ed a left front at around 180mph and subsequently, found out just how well the stock seatbelts didnt work.... his wife Jean was thrown some 80+ meters from the car and was killed instantly. It hit home real hard, but the race went on.

In my experience, 175mph is right about where everything changes. Your field of view narrows from the blur and the loss of your pheripheral vision makes things slow down, per-say, but you dont automatically perceive the loss. I dunno.... its hard to explain, but the sounds and visual effects from 175 and on is surreal. You also need to slow your own reactions down a tad as well.... as over corrections are your worst nightmare.

During my stint at Guldstrand, we certified every GS-80 chassis before it went to the client. We used to drive down to the west end of the 90 freeway while JJ (from TRACO) and Moody (of Holman and Moody) would sit on their crotchrockets on the side of the freeway with the RADAR and tag us as we went by. It never really bothered me and I never really thought much of it. We were always in full gear and had plenty of time in the seat at 'speed' on the tracks and lakes of SoCal and it just didnt sink in to any one of us.... until one day.... we got back to the shop and JJ dropped the gun into my lap. 193mph. That was enough for me on a public thoroughfare. After that.... it was done on private property.

Have you ever tried to dodge small animals on the open range highways of Nevada ?? Its pretty.... scarry to say the least. It doesnt really sit on your mind until you see the front end of a chassis that hit a 3 pound 6inch tall little bunny at speed.... and the $4k worth of damage it created.

On a side note, there is a little facet of F-body (and crotchrocket) clowns here in Vegas that have some pretty interesting videos of open road stuff here locally (lvfbody.com). I still shake my head looking at an "un prepared" chassis with some cat that isnt wearing full gear and has probably ZERO experience.... or has about ZERO time at speeds sustained over 150mph.

Anyway.... balls-ie video. I guess they always miss the little bunnies ??

[nitrorocket]

200 mph is fast. I have buddies that go over 180 mph in the quarter mile! From a standing stop in less then 8 seconds they are going over 180 mph. With a gear change they could do 200 in about 9-10 seconds from a standing stop.
I would have to say the more power you have, the safer it gets. You spend far less time at dangerous speeds. For instance. My Chevelle will do say 150 mph in about 10 seconds if I want. My Audi A6 took me over a mile to hit 130 mph. To me this was much more dangerous. I was traveling very fast for a very long time.

I saw a video of a new vette that went 200 mph, I think it took him about 3 miles, most of the time was spent at speeds over 150 mph.

All I am pointing out is that I feel it is much safer to go 200 mph is a VERY powerful car rather then a low powered car that could potentially take up to 10 times longer to get there.

Make sense? I typed this very quickly!! About 200 mph!

[zbugger]

I hate to say it, but I'm dumb enough to try it. I giggle at 130. I find it enjoyable. And I know the difference is enormous, but so is the difference between 100 and 120. Hell, I know people who say they aren't afraid of speed, yet won't do over 90. They think 75 is fast. I've gone a speed limited 135 and I got bored. I went 130+ in my own Camaro, but the speedo only went to 130 and I know I was going faster. Did that with a broken shock, too. Oh yeah, and 110mph rate tires. So, yeah, us dumbasses are out there. I'd love to try and go faster.