Fastest Car/Truck you have Owned

[misterphil]

Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 160mph+

 

Ford Escort RS Turbo 160mph+

 

Cosworth had a 2.0 litre twin cam turbo charged engine so would of whooped your larger displacement garbage. 

 

Escort had a 1.6 litre turbo charged engine so that would of left your very large displacement engine looking very inadequate and embarrassed.  

 

Got caught speeding in the Cosworth and got banned for a while. A19 from Newcastle to Redcar. Those were the days then someone introduced me to Pattaya Thailand and it all changed from then. 

 

Oh and these 2 cars have the ability to go round corners at speed, not just in a straight line. When I mean corners I mean right hand corners as well as left hand corners. 

 

 

[captnhoy]

4 minutes ago, misterphil said:

Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 160mph+

 

Ford Escort RS Turbo 160mph+

 

Cosworth had a 2.0 litre twin cam turbo charged engine so would of whooped your larger displacement garbage. 

 

Escort had a 1.6 litre turbo charged engine so that would of left your very large displacement engine looking very inadequate and embarrassed.  

 

Oh and these 2 cars have the ability to go round corners at speed, not just in a straight line. When I mean corners I mean right hand corners as well as left hand corners. 

 

 

OK - we have a winner!

[Rdrokit]

3 minutes ago, captnhoy said:

OK - we have a winner!

Love your sarcasm.

[sgtsabai]

I didn't have the 3.73 gears, wish I had. 3.56, maybe 3.43,  if memory serves. 26 MPG at 90 with the engine just loafing. 3.73 would have dropped my ET at least a couple of 10ths. as I barely got 4th in the 1/4, hated that. Once I got it all together I never got beat by a stock Camero or Firebird.  Damn that ' 61 was jewel. No corners though...lol. I got a '63 SS with the 425 hp and 4 spd. to rebuild/restore, the engine was running, but was not turning the HP it should. A divorce from the depths of hell stopped that. I had dreams of Super Chevy and Muscle Car Nationals. So much for the well laid plans of mice and men...lol.

[captnhoy]

whooped or not - it's still an Escort and I'll take American Muscle any day. Especially the early stuff where they were finding their way. My friend down the way had a '62 Grand Prix, also in black, that was SO very nice.

[BngkkB]

1974 V12 Jag E - type convertible, stock most fun to drive when it worked. 1976 V12 XJS, stock and no where near 180 mph as earlier mentioned. 1985 500SEC AMG. Full AMG package custom done by AMG in Germany hammer engine, suspension the whole nine yards. 1985 Honda CRX-si, great little go cart. When driving between Coronado and Palm Springs, if I went through the hills, preferred the CRX-si if traveling by highway the AMG. Those were the fastest most fun to drive. 1985 500 SEL satellite radio, super bright headlights, custom interior was great for desert driving at night with sun roof wide open.

[kannot]

67150mph no word of a lie Fiat Uno  Turbo 1988-89-90 motorbikes were always way faster 170mph on a  gsx r1100

Did  I mention the Earths  speed thru space for the first one?

[kannot]

31 minutes ago, lostinisaan said:

A Koenig tuned Turbo Kubota doing 0 to 15.5 km/h in three minutes. 

was that with a tailwind?

[soc]

Had a XB Ford falcon, 351ci V8 with a 4 speed manual trans.

Just so much torque it was frightening.

l didn't do too much to the engine, just fitted extractors & bigger exhaust system.

l loved to round up the Chryslers & Holdens. This was in the early 70s.

Got too many speeding tickets so l sold her & went overseas.

Now back in Australia, l have just bought the latest(& the last)Holden VFII.

3.5litre V6 210kw, but its got all the power that l need.

With its IRS it hugs the road & sails around bends at 125km/h.

Prob be my last car

 

[kannot]

3 hours ago, terryw said:

VW Golf GTi 16 valve from 1989. I once drove at 135 mph on the M55 Blackpool to Preston at 2am in the morning. I had the car for 5 years and clocked up 160,000 miles.

must have been you i  passed in my Fiat Uno Turbo "chipped" 0-60 (uk) mph 6.2 seconds. (Birmingham to Edinburgh 300  miles in 3.5  hours)..............bike still thrashed it though 0-100 UK mph in 6.1  seconds 

[lostinisaan]

5 minutes ago, kannot said:

was that with a tailwind?

 

 Nope, with a spoiler.....

[kannot]

2 hours ago, Don Mega said:

and yet the best top speed number I can find is 152 mph... seems like jaguar was telling porky pies with their brochure.

They always did especially with the  E  Type

[sgtsabai]

I was fortunate enough to go to the '66 Winter Nationals in Pomona, CA. while stationed at Camp Pendleton. Damn what cars! First Cobra I had seen, OMG, the damn thing went up instead of squatting when it came off the line. Nickerson Pontiac was there from Dickinson, Texas they brought some big Pontiac guns and went home with a bunch of prizes. If memory serves, Pontiac ruled the S/S classes that year. Ah, Stone, Woods, Cook, John Garlits, etc. They may not run like today's but there was just something about the thunder and the power. Opelousas, LA had some great drags. I saw one of the very, very few "mystery 427" Chevy's run there. "Black Trash", first stocker I had ever seen lift the front wheels, shook like it was about to come apart from the solid cam as it came to line. Some of you know and are probably hearing it right now. In the pits, big sign, DO NOT TOUCH!. The aluminum was so thin you could dent with a finger. Glory days.

[Don Mega]

25 minutes ago, misterphil said:

Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 160mph+

 

Ford Escort RS Turbo 160mph+

 

 

 

 

Both very impressive vehicles but where does the 160mph+ come from  as I cannot find any numbers close to those on google.

[lostinisaan]

I can't believe some guys coming up with a Fiat here....

 

          F stands for Fehler. I stands for in. A stands for Allen. T stands for Teilen.

 

   Short: Mistakes in all parts. Sorry, mods for going so off topic in an unknown language. 

[canthai55]

Slight correction to above - Don Garlits - the Swamp Rat

http://garlits.com/

[kannot]

2 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

Both very impressive vehicles but where does the 160mph+ come from  as I cannot find any numbers close to those on google.

These were very easy to get   chipped  up to horrendous  hp

[lostinisaan]

3 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

Both very impressive vehicles but where does the 160mph+ come from  as I cannot find any numbers close to those on google.

 

 

 Wet dreams of boys, perhaps?

[transam]

50 minutes ago, Rdrokit said:

You know why Brits like warm beer............. because Lucas made the electronics for their refrigerators. lol

Nooooo, Brit beer is warm beer, real beer, not stuff cooooled for girly blokes....

[Don Mega]

Just now, kannot said:

These were very easy to get   chipped  up to horrendous  hp

 

 

ohh ok so a chip will stack on 10 to 20mph over a stock vehicles top speed ?

[sgtsabai]

TA, my old platoon Gunny told me when I was whining about not having cold beer in VN, "son, cold beer is a luxury, warm beer is a necessity". Bless you Gunny wherever you are.

[transam]

35 minutes ago, misterphil said:

Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 160mph+

 

Ford Escort RS Turbo 160mph+

 

Cosworth had a 2.0 litre twin cam turbo charged engine so would of whooped your larger displacement garbage. 

 

Escort had a 1.6 litre turbo charged engine so that would of left your very large displacement engine looking very inadequate and embarrassed.  

 

Got caught speeding in the Cosworth and got banned for a while. A19 from Newcastle to Redcar. Those were the days then someone introduced me to Pattaya Thailand and it all changed from then. 

 

Oh and these 2 cars have the ability to go round corners at speed, not just in a straight line. When I mean corners I mean right hand corners as well as left hand corners. 

 

 

Never saw any of those do anything on the strip, you know, standing start stuff....

[captnhoy]

The setting was a drive in restaurant in a U-shape parking lot. ALL street machines. You back in to a space if there is one and watch the parade. Guy pulls through with a '65 Ford Falcon Sprint, jacked up gasser style, ladder bars, street slicks, and does a wheelie for about 1 second, then idles through. I have come up through the right time.

[kannot]

2 minutes ago, lostinisaan said:

I can't believe some guys coming up with a Fiat here....

 

          F stands for Fehler. I stands for in. A stands for Allen. T stands for Teilen.

 

   Short: Mistakes in all parts. Sorry, mods for going so off topic in an unknown language. 

only a 1.4  litre as  well.........frightened many a bigger  car

[kannot]

6 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

 

 

ohh ok so a chip will stack on 10 to 20mph over a stock vehicles top speed ?

chipping  not really correct it was increasing the turbo  boost really, in my uno turbos it  went from about .75  bar to 1.2bar 120hp to 155hp for cosworths it  would be a lot  more, I had them for about 3  years trashed them in a year usually head gasket went part exed  them in for a new one each year.....they were real  fun

Cosworth upgrades http://www.motorsport-developments.co.uk/rs_cosworth_ecu_chips.html

[transam]

1 minute ago, kannot said:

only a 1.4  litre as  well.........frightened many a bigger  car

A fridge with an engine and wheels will.....

[Don Mega]

Just now, kannot said:

chipping  not really correct it was increasing the turbo  boost really, in my uno turbos it  went from about .75  bar to 1.2bar 120hp to 155hp for cosworths it  would be a lot  more, I had them for about 3  years trashed them in a year usually head gasket went part exed  them in for a new one each year.....they were real  fun

 

gearbox and final drive ratio's not change from OEM ?

[kannot]

1 minute ago, Don Mega said:

 

gearbox and final drive ratio's not change from OEM ?

not  on mine

 

[transam]

3 minutes ago, captnhoy said:

The setting was a drive in restaurant in a U-shape parking lot. ALL street machines. You back in to a space if there is one and watch the parade. Guy pulls through with a '65 Ford Falcon Sprint, jacked up gasser style, ladder bars, street slicks, and does a wheelie for about 1 second, then idles through. I have come up through the right time.

I was doing that stuff at over 50 years old in England....

[melvinmelvin]

On 23.11.2016 at 8:17 PM, JAS21 said:

Do you mean 1098S? ... Mykethemin must have breathed on yours then. I remember 649 cams.  I had a 1293S but it wouldn't do much more than 100mph... though that seemed more than quick enough driving the stages in the Yorkshire Dales!!!!  

 

to get significantly above 100 mph surgery was needed

 

as I probably said above, the surgery kits available some 40+ years ago were extremely comprehensive,

and they were not costly