180mph

[DMDRIFTING]

Any speed above 60mph into another object, be it stationary or travelling towards you will generally result in a fatal injury in (almost) all cars!

Cerbera, Ultima, Cateram, Radical, RX7 etc etc are made for driving fast, as with most things in life there are risks, this will never change no matter what car you drive!

Just my opinion chap



P.S. Cerbera\'s are gorgeous, NA RW No Traction control \'Proper drivers car\'

[T11MNM]

How do RX\'s handle VMAX?

Heading to Germany in the summer so am wondering what sort of safe speeds i can achieve on the autobahns?

[Ada7]

I\'m sure this kind of speed was only done on a Prviate road. Right?

Adam

[scratchies]

are you sure it wasn\'t on the ps2/3 need for speed lol i had mine at 155 mph on twins at 0.9 it was making 374 at the fly wheel and i was on 18" wheels  sorry i dont see it  my read was from pfc

[iaint]

Mate im runnnig a T51r 1/2 bridge and ill doubt ill see that lol

You should - with my T70, 1 bar and a crap intercooler and huge intake temps I saw 173 through timing beams at Bruntingthorp over about 1.2/1.4 miles.

You do need around 400+bhp to see 180 on anything other than an autobahn though.

[AshRX]

You should - with my T70, 1 bar and a crap intercooler and huge intake temps I saw 173 through timing beams at Bruntingthorp over about 1.2/1.4 miles.

You do need around 400+bhp to see 180 on anything other than an autobahn though.

only running .5 bar at mo until tuesday when hopefully it will be up to 1.5 bar. Was mapped to 1.15 and was hitting 460+ rwhp so we will see.

Do you honestly want to risk chancing it though. Already got a month ban for speeding last year :2Mad

[Papercup]

at the Fighting Torque event last year (3/4 mile drag racing) at the end of the run i saw 165 on the standard speedo which tripped the beams at a true 157...so the speedo isn\'t that far out
 
as the man said...there was plenty more to come

[chrisJDM]

at the Fighting Torque event last year (3/4 mile drag racing) at the end of the run i saw 165 on the standard speedo which tripped the beams at a true 157...so the speedo isn\'t that far out
 
as the man said...there was plenty more to come

what wheels were you running mate? standard wheels or similar size the speedo is probably not that far out but if you say had 18\'s or 19\'s its probably alot further out

[DR SCHNITZEL]

my car hasnt run right since it was not boosting properly the day after and then yesterday it went pop my front rotor is not holding any pressure and i did a comp test this morning, the engine rattles but i still managed to drive it 40 miles on one rotor.
 
Who says these things like being revved??? mine sure didnt. this top speed run has ****ed my car.
 
anyone got and engine for sale or a kit to rebuild or an old engine with the rear rotor blown?
 
If it was on larger wheels we would be going faster than displayed right? smaller wheels whould mean the speed would over value the mph.
 
Im just quoting what my speedo said and i know they are innacurate, im pushing 350bhp at the fly.

[DR SCHNITZEL]

also i was sold the car as only having 4000 miles on a new engine, i have done 6000 in it and pop ======= i was lied to, the reciept for teh build was a fake. im well annoyed

[T11MNM]

Was it rebuilt by a well known company? Who did you buy the car from?

[Papercup]

what wheels were you running mate? standard wheels or similar size the speedo is probably not that far out but if you say had 18\'s or 19\'s its probably alot further out

standard sizes
 
17x8 235/45 front
 
17x9 255/40 rear
 
thats also what is printed on the sticker inside the door, so i know its standard for an import 94 Type R
 
Andy

[Timrxmotors]

i had my rex showing 175 mph on a set of converted mazda speed dials once. if you allow 10% for speedo inaccuracy it would still be 158

Totally agree with the 10%.known a standard FD see 174mph on the clock,so about 157mph.Why do people want more power in a road car?

[Papercup]

Oh, and i beat all the Cerberas bar one. There were at least 10 there. So they might be beasts....but my car is beastier :Tongue1
 
When the pistonheads site search stops crashing i\'ll find the results for you.

[Papercup]

Totally agree with the 10%.known a standard FD see 174mph on the clock,so about 157mph.Why do people want more power in a road car?

my experience would suggest they are not 10% out when running standard wheel sizes...
 
where did this 10% theory come from? Thats a lot. Why would a Rex have a speedo thats worse than others?
 
It doesn\'t, as i have found.
 
Its a slippery shape as well...