147 Mph????

[Markgase2000]

Originally Posted by leadfootGTP

its possible, b/c i doubt he would reprogram his pcm and only remove the speed limiter, it would make more sense to reprogram the whole thig and get a little more hp out v his car, which might allow him to hit that speed if he also retuned his gears and etc... but it sounds like hes bsing you.

Here is a fun test to give him: ask him how he removed the speed limiter, and if he says " i unscrewed it" or something of that nature, then hes lying.

What the chip actually does is increases the top speed limiter with the rpms limiter , well the rpms limiter is set at different points in each gear a chip or power programmer would increase these signals not remove them. My car hits 6200+rpms its sounds like its gonna shake the bolts out so imagine what more would do. You cannot remove it just change it.

[Markgase2000]

Look into airport runways , some of them hold drag race or top out events every so often cant hurt to look.

[Starlight]

Ok I know this is a totally different car. But my 97' jetta did 156 with the governor removed. So maybe yea if its a 6cyl.

[Pvt_Murphy]

In the NY area you can go to Floyd Bennet Feild; exit 11 south off the Belt Parkway; It's an decomissioned airfelid; it's tricky though, the speed limit is 25 there; and there is a police traning facility there; and helicopter police traning facility; and a police shooting range and driving courswe, but they're all on the other side of the feild. But everyone speeds on the main runway; I've seen corvettes top out there; its a good sized runway and very wide; pavement is rough but relatively crack free; just make sure the cops aint around before you make your rounds.

EDIT: god I wish they'd let civilians into the cop obstacle course.

[justin0717]

i take it thats in NYC. Man i dont wanna drive 3-4 hrs just to do that. Any body know of a place north of Albany NY?

[Pvt_Murphy]

Um.. I'm sure there are some paved roads that are pretty much empty around there; Adarondacks have great windy roads but too bad you cant take those @ night when there's no other cars out cuz of the deer and bears

If your guys get the chance; they recently paved the 6 in north PA (from albany take the 88 down to the 220 into PA just after Binghampton to the 6), I was on it a few years back and it was a freaking 1 lane dirt road; my freind went down there recently and said it was recently paved and expanded and its a very good road now.

other roads I know: the 80 once you get a good distance into PA (cops are always @ the begining of the state comming from jersey)

the 180 right from the begining off the 80; empty as hell and great visibility and stretches

the 78 toward it's end in PA, no room for cops (concrete divider, insufficient shoulder) but usually much other cars on the road

the 287 in Jersey from the 80/46 and north, fairly empty good pavement, wide

Garden State PKWY; especially in the south

New England Thrughway just past the bronx has 1 nice strech where the gas station and the giant fake tree is.

Sunset Highway (27) after the stop lights end and before you goet out into the haptons is good and once again toward the very end (Montauk)

We should make a thread of good roads to speed on and roads to avaoid

[GASE 95]

pvt murphy are you an idiot?...you just gave him a list of public highways and interstates that normal people such as myself drive on every day...I live in PA and use 80 very often, i dont want somebody trying to race down it, theres enough accidents there as it is. I think hes looking for actual drag strips or "abandoned airport" type places. Not busy highways.

[BFT]

On the speed part of this post I feel like calling BS because out of all the people saying that they've run up past 120mph, no one has expressed fear or said anything about tunnel vision. Not one person! I keep reading this crap about a governor when the GM motors are restricted due to the power control moduel. You can have a mod chip installed inside one, but you guys make it out like there is something that can be taken off the throttle body. Maybe if we're talking a pre 1992 car you would be right, but I just don't see it. Next you are talking about a car thats biggest V-6 is the 3.4.....maybe 135mph tops, but not 147-150 range. If its the 3.8 supercharged V-6 then ok, but even then you are talking about a modified car with a long stretch in front of it. As to the airbase/dragstrip thing... that is the best place to run your car flat out. Yes I have done the street race/highway thing before and it just isn't worth it. Too many things can go wrong. At the track you have some help if you get into trouble. At an air base you tear up your own car and don't risk other people.

[leadfootGTP]

i agree w/ you 100% about racing on the street, aand tht the top speed is bs, but i dont agree that the speed is impossibe, it is not hard or very far fetched that the measures taken to limit the cars speed could be surpassed, and 3.4 l v6 is pleanty to bring the car passed 140, its all about the gearing, not the size.

[BFT]

Got me on the gearing, don't know enougth about it myself.

[Markgase2000]

Do most people brag about getting scared? Freaky thing i didnt expect from high speed were tunnel vision (the road narrows it seems) severe floating and seeming lack of contact to the road and my hands always damn near seaze on the steering wheel terrified to make any sudden movements cus any slight movement jerks the car about at high speeds. It reminds me of slushy icy roads with summer tires on. I noticed that the rear end lifts up alot at speeds of 100 mphish and the turn radius is diminished at those speeds (like driving a frieght train that can steer) unless im giving it more gas as i turn the damn car dips the front end too much and turns like a plow. Since I have my front stabilizers installed the front end dont dip so much and allows me to steer a bit nicer on the highway in general driving conditions or even a lil faster. I have been taking care not too be speeding due to zero tolerance by the cops here and got kinda a wake up call to drive safer, a guy I know got a 200 dollar ticket for going 35mph in a 30mph zone. Im not messing with that!
I will not make my car go over 80mph no more , theres no point.
Gearing from my own expirience ,
1st-2nd = 45mph
2nd-3rd = 87.5mph
3rd-4th = 125mph
4th top out was 154mph at 5600rpms then even with pedal to the metal it would decellerate like a lack of power from slight hills lose a quick 20-30 mph even tho the pedal is pressed all the way and the car likes to sway back that doesnt help maintain the speed either. Not enough power , not good enough suspension for high speeds and aparantly it looks like the side mirrors are gonna shake right off. sorry for the long text

[BFT]

You are right... no one brags about being scared. But I notice most peeps will give respect at some point to drive safety and a healthy fear of the unknown. This post was getting to the point that it was seeming like the drivers had nerves of steel. GPs and Grand Ams are not designed to travel on the highway for sustained times as has been outlined at trippile digit speeds. I can see maybe 147mph down hill, but not up it. And yes the tunnel vision is wild. At those speeds you don't get a ticket ...... you get jail and your car impounded. And hopefully you won't have a blow out and flip the car. Hope your tires are rated for those kind of speeds. Some of you may have actually run your cars at high rates of speed. Others of you are full of BS. I do my running at the track these days in a controled invironment. No more going nuts on the highways for me! And I also agree that zero tolerance plays a role in everything too.

[wagnerl]

ok, now, what is the higher speed limit in the country? 75mph? 80mph? AFAIK 75mph at the turnpike. Now, limit the speed (governor) at 145pmh, that's nice. It means, the government say no regular car should be allowed to run above 145mph, ok, show me a road where you can drive at 140mph. That's at least funny.

[bubbleandSqueak]

I am sorry if i came off like i had "nerves of steel" i am scared so scared but one may ask "Than why do it?" I say cuse the way I feal at high speeds the adrenalin the fealing. it makes me feal good and i can not find something to make me feal that way so i will do it and i will do it all the time BUT I will find a NONPUBLIC something to do it and to do it safe.

[grandizzle]

i believe him the i tried racing one on the intersate and i couldn'y catch him. I was going about 125 so i would say it was up there