Top speed

[wakeboard1026]

DOes anyone know the top speed of a 97 3000gt sl? i got it to 120 i think around 5,000rpms. so im guessing it will do around 135 or so.

[2old]

You mean downhill?

Top speed is really a moot point given it's affected by weather, road surface, tire/wheel, tire pressure, gradient, etc.

About the only thing you can garentee is the speed that you in theory would hit with the rev limiter...

[Twizted_3KGT]

I've gone 135 mph in my stock '94 SL...with much more room i'm sure it would get up to 140, I don't think it has it in it to go any faster than that though.

[youngvr4]

some have said they have done 150mph in a sl, not sure how true that is

[xXxRocker5150]

^ If they did I'm sure they had really good conditions, and alot of road/time to do it in.

[Stealthee]

I did 140 in my SOHC when it was 100% stock. Started at about 70mph and it took about a mile or so to get up to 140. I started running out of road or I would have tried to bounce the rev limiter. A DOHC if it had enough road would be able to hit around 160mph bouncing the rev limiter.

[aerosoul]

140 in my 95 sl

[Mikelb]

I hit 145, stock tires, racing a Mazda6 (left it bad)... my car was starting to bounce and shimmy alittle... I backed down after that...
BTW, my car has SOHC, dual exhaust (2.5"), intake, aftermarket clutch, at the time system was removed...
(soon to have/ordered) Fidanza lightweight flywheel, transmission rebuilt (hit deer), carbon fiber hood

(next on list) injectors, fuel rails, downpipe, racepipe, turbo, turbo manifold, lightweight rims, engine management and datalogging instrumentation

[Zeiss]

150 racing a camaro on the interstate. Never again though, it was scary lol

[Mikelb]

lol, yeah, I was on the Base 15" tires... at 145... that was crazy

[Zeiss]

yeah, the car was riding well, not really bouncing much, i put it in sport suspension mode before going that fast though, so it should be better at those higher speeds. And the camaro really got small in the rearview after about 110-115

[3KSL95]

The fastest ive had my SL is 149.

[Mikelb]

Originally Posted by Zeiss

yeah, the car was riding well, not really bouncing much, i put it in sport suspension mode before going that fast though, so it should be better at those higher speeds. And the camaro really got small in the rearview after about 110-115

Yeah, at about 70-80...I noticed that there was a Mazda6 messing with me... so I slowly started climbing to see when he'd back off... but he gunned it... I let him get up in front of me a/b 2 car lengths... then I gunned it... by 110-120... he was but a reflection in my rearview mirror... at a/b 145, my car started bouncing... I looked back adn he was but a speck... so I backed off

[Mikelb]

BTW, 120 is a daily speed for me... I live on a country road, with long straight aways, and few cops....

[aerosoul]

100-110 daily here on the highway too many cops thought luckily no tickets