Fastest Car/Truck you have Owned

[JAFO]

4 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

 

yuck small tire and lots of pork.

 

 

 

Yes small tire cars were a ton of work. And trust me when I say they are a handful to drive at speeds. My dad used to video the car and he would cringe as he would watch it go down the track with my daughter and they used to say "hurry to the traps and pull the chute". Many guys became intimately close with barriers coupled with some that just flat drove across the centerline. We all had some close calls.. Mine got much better after I added a better 4 link system

[Don Mega]

11 minutes ago, JAFO said:

 

Yes small tire cars were a ton of work. And trust me when I say they are a handful to drive at speeds. My dad used to video the car and he would cringe as he would watch it go down the track with my daughter and they used to say "hurry to the traps and pull the chute". Many guys became intimately close with barriers coupled with some that just flat drove across the centerline. We all had some close calls.. Mine got much better after I added a better 4 link system

10.5 is a popular class now and those guys seem to have it sorted, fastest time is in the 5's aint it ?

Edited November 26, 2016 by Don Mega

[Rdrokit]

17 minutes ago, JAFO said:

 

Yes small tire cars were a ton of work. And trust me when I say they are a handful to drive at speeds. My dad used to video the car and he would cringe as he would watch it go down the track with my daughter and they used to say "hurry to the traps and pull the chute". Many guys became intimately close with barriers coupled with some that just flat drove across the centerline. We all had some close calls.. Mine got much better after I added a better 4 link system

A good 4 link can do wonders. This is the one I had on my Stude. Comp Engineering 4 link and a Dana 60.

 

[JAFO]

I haven't checked in a long time. I know the 10.5W street outlaw class is 6's somewhere. Drag Radial is mid to high 7's. Its amazing when I think back 13 years or so when this was really new cutting edge race technology. Now Its pretty standard fair. 

[JAFO]

Few more pics from the past

 

 

Black and white deal a friend took when I took a bye run at Tuscon Az race track.

 

 

Good flat ass wheels up drag race. 69 Camaro vs 67 Nova. BBC with a lot of N20 and a SBC with a lot of Turbo.

 

 

This is when I knew It had gone to far. We had to add a wicker on the rear trunk lid as the car was just too damn unstable clocking 190+. My Nova was a "flying brick". Now everyone has new Camaro's and Mustangs and all are aerodynamic. 

[sgtsabai]

Probably more like yours but was it ever in magazine? And the name on the windshield rings a bell, oh that might be the ringing in my ears...lol. I haven't checked lately, don't want to cry, anybody know the latest HP ratings for the SS Camaro and Mustang? From the HP ratings last time I checked on Camaros compared to mine it seems one would have to put a roll cage in it just to run.

 

 

[Rdrokit]

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13 minutes ago, sgtsabai said:

Probably more like yours but was it ever in magazine? And the name on the windshield rings a bell, oh that might be the ringing in my ears...lol. I haven't checked lately, don't want to cry, anybody know the latest HP ratings for the SS Camaro and Mustang? From the HP ratings last time I checked on Camaros compared to mine it seems one would have to put a roll cage in it just to run.

 

 

New Camaro SS - 450hp

New 2017 Camaro ZL1 - 650hp

New 2017 Mustang Shelby GTE- 663hp

Of course Mopar has 707hp. I heard the 2018 Mustang will have over 700hp. Muscle cars are back!

Edited November 26, 2016 by Rdrokit

[sgtsabai]

Like I said, put a legal roll bar in it before heading for the strip. Now I'm crying. Time for another Singha Lite, must cry in my beer.  Long live the Muscle Car! Oh, and these cars will actually go around a corner and stop. BTW, saw a 2015, I believe, SS Camaro cruse down Soi Sampan in Udon some months back. Everybody thought some kind of kit car...lol. Didn't get a chance to check the plates, but probably Lao. I haven't seen it since, either here or in Lao. I did see a '62 Impala covertable, good condition, in Vientiane once and several 65/66 etc. Mustangs still around.

[Garry]

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[Garry]

So this is not stock engine?


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[Rdrokit]

33 minutes ago, sgtsabai said:

Like I said, put a legal roll bar in it before heading for the strip. Now I'm crying. Time for another Singha Lite, must cry in my beer.  Long live the Muscle Car! Oh, and these cars will actually go around a corner and stop. BTW, saw a 2015, I believe, SS Camaro cruse down Soi Sampan in Udon some months back. Everybody thought some kind of kit car...lol. Didn't get a chance to check the plates, but probably Lao. I haven't seen it since, either here or in Lao. I did see a '62 Impala covertable, good condition, in Vientiane once and several 65/66 etc. Mustangs still around.

I belong to the Thai American Car Club out of Bangkok. All early American iron. Here is a link to some pics of their yearly car show. I have been sick so I haven't attended a meeting in awhile. Hope the link works.

https://get.google.com/albumarchive/109000363149494914708/album/AF1QipOtbmLdhmOA_8djgxmulaQjRy1MsZFQme_EivaC

 

You can buy a 2016 Camaro ZL1 in Bangkok if you have about 6 million baht. There is a used 2009 SS for 3 million.

http://www.one2car.com/chevrolet/camaro/

 

Edited November 26, 2016 by Rdrokit

[melvinmelvin]

5 hours ago, Don Mega said:

 

Yet does nothing for top end speed.

 

arai krap?

 

significant increase in RPM and hp/torque does not affect top end speed?

maybe so, but thats news for me

 

[sgtsabai]

Great pics, although I hate low-rider type vehicles, a sin to do that. How did those vehicles get here and the parts, engines etc? I knew that the Camaro's, Vette's etc. were available, ouch didn't need to see the price...lol. Get well brother.

 

Melvin, rear end gearing, rear end gearing. The quicker the 1/4, the slower the top end speed on the long track. Old 409 I had ran 110 in the 1/4 and not much more than that on the highway. 4:11 rear end.

[Don Mega]

6 hours ago, melvinmelvin said:

 

arai krap?

 

significant increase in RPM and hp/torque does not affect top end speed?

maybe so, but thats news for me

 

How much more RPM, 500/1000 ?

[RachaRob]

The fastest I went in my GTR was 275 Klm. Supposed to do over 300 but I ran out of road.

[transam]

15 hours ago, Rdrokit said:

Must have done some head work since you bought yours as they are now up to 435hp. That's a lot of HP from a SB. I can remember when the bench mark use to be one HP per cubic inch, lol

 

http://www.chevrolet.com/performance/crate-engines/sp383.html

Ours had the factory Alloy "fast burn" heads..

[mrwebb8825]

Would be a toss up between my 76 Triumph Interpol motorcycle and my 69 Z28. Both could hold the road at 160mph and were damn near equal in the quarter mile. (around 6.9 seconds and 7.2 seconds respectively) 

[transam]

On 11/27/2016 at 3:42 AM, Don Mega said:

How much more RPM, 500/1000 ?

Rally tuned 1275 Cooper S could rev to 8,000 rpm but had very low final drive, something like 4.3, where as factory was 3.44...

[Don Mega]

2 minutes ago, transam said:

Rally tuned 1275 Cooper S could rev to 8,000 rpm but had very low final drive, something like 4.3, where as factory was 3.44...

 

did melvinmelvin have a rally tuned 1275 cooper ?

[transam]

4 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

 

did melvinmelvin have a rally tuned 1275 cooper ?

Dunno, but definitely didn't have a five main bearing crank. Though he did have a five journal crank like everyone else..

[Rdrokit]

1 hour ago, mrwebb8825 said:

Would be a toss up between my 76 Triumph Interpol motorcycle and my 69 Z28. Both could hold the road at 160mph and were damn near equal in the quarter mile. (around 6.9 seconds and 7.2 seconds respectively) 

I thought the Interpol was a Norton and those sound like 1/8 mile times

[melvinmelvin]

9 hours ago, transam said:

Dunno, but definitely didn't have a five main bearing crank. Though he did have a five journal crank like everyone else..

 

as  said way up above, did not have 5 bearings, 5 bearing rebuild kits for blocks were advertised in the magazines

 

did I have a 1275? yes - several and 998s and 970s, the 970s being the funniest ones

 

rally tuned? whats that? are rally tuned engines different from tuned engines?

but my engines were heavily tuned, as it was cheap to do it and they delivered great fun

 

as to increase in rpm, without trying to remember exactly I'd guess roughly around 2500 +

 

 

[JacChang]

Chrysler 300M

Bought it used 3,000USD near the 190,000km odometer.

Driven it up to 200km/hr no vibration, smooth as idle. The speedometer limit on the instrument cluster was 200km/hr. I remember once going to the autoshow and going up to the Chrysler booth and asking, why do your cars have such low top speed on the instrument cluster. He replied, "Unlike other cars, we're not just for show, we actually get there."

[balo]

The fastest car I owned was a Honda CRX Si 1986 model .  Back then I got the stares everywhere I went because it was a rare model .  It felt like I was driving a racing car, just loved it. 

 

I remember I went to Germany to test drive it on the autobahn , I could feel the vibrations at around 180 km/h .  200 km/h  and still ok to drive but I was a bit scared. 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 29, 2016 by balo

[losworld]

Saab turbo that topped out around 235,  BMW 3 series about 220, Mustang 5.0 convertible good grunt and a Gremlin X modded in high school topped out around 220 kmh (you knew when the shifter began to rattle like a grinder and the front end began lifting lol)...

[transam]

3 minutes ago, losworld said:

Saab turbo that topped out around 235,  BMW 3 series about 220, Mustang 5.0 convertible good grunt and a Gremlin X modded in high school topped out around 220 kmh (you knew when the shifter began to rattle like a grinder and the front end began lifting lol)...

I have been in a Saab 99 turboS at 140mph, took about 10 minutes though...

[losworld]

1 minute ago, transam said:

I have been in a Saab 99 turboS at 140mph, took about 10 minutes though...

sounds about right lol

[Don Mega]

20 hours ago, melvinmelvin said:

 

as  said way up above, did not have 5 bearings, 5 bearing rebuild kits for blocks were advertised in the magazines

 

did I have a 1275? yes - several and 998s and 970s, the 970s being the funniest ones

 

rally tuned? whats that? are rally tuned engines different from tuned engines?

but my engines were heavily tuned, as it was cheap to do it and they delivered great fun

 

as to increase in rpm, without trying to remember exactly I'd guess roughly around 2500 +

 

 

 

 

Wow,  you had a 1275 turning to 8500 rpm. must a had some serious valve train in it.

 

Got any more specs of it ?

Edited November 29, 2016 by Don Mega

[transam]

My chum was an Irish rally driver and co pilot way back then with BL mini Cooper S's.....Yes, rally cars are different to road cars, a rally mini needs a very high F/Drive to use the very low HP....He has never heard of a mini Cooper S reaching speeds of 130mph...

[sbcbuilder]

On 11/26/2016 at 8:17 PM, Rdrokit said:

I belong to the Thai American Car Club out of Bangkok. All early American iron. Here is a link to some pics of their yearly car show. I have been sick so I haven't attended a meeting in awhile. Hope the link works.

https://get.google.com/albumarchive/109000363149494914708/album/AF1QipOtbmLdhmOA_8djgxmulaQjRy1MsZFQme_EivaC

 

You can buy a 2016 Camaro ZL1 in Bangkok if you have about 6 million baht. There is a used 2009 SS for 3 million.

http://www.one2car.com/chevrolet/camaro/

 

 

 

your link works fine - there are some nice rides there - I wanted to bring my 69 Camaro Z/28 Penske replica over here but they wanted insane customs duties, if any body is interested I can get BRAND NEW 67 - 69 Camaro and 65-68 Mustang bodies, doors, etc.. PM me for details.