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panhandler62 · 04-07-2010, 11:49 AM

570 in a 747 between Guam and Anchorage... :P
135 in my Plymouth Lazer

I try to act like an adult these days... lol

msgross · 04-07-2010, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by D-Rat

I'm not big on going really fast. The idea of going to jail sucks.

the idea of dying sucks even more!

Otsa580 · 04-07-2010, 12:21 PM

Driving
130+ in my old 06 Impalla SS.

Riding
I went on a ride along with the Nebraska State Patrol and he hit 140's chasing some sports car. That was awesome.

I have learned to keep my foot out of it and stay under 90.

67ChevyRedneck · 04-07-2010, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by panhandler62

135 in my Plymouth Lazer

I had to "wiki" that one!

**LEEVON** · 04-07-2010, 02:19 PM

135 on a bike, 150ish in a 2002 camaro ss with a bunch of goodies.

BUT the real fun was the time I was clocked at 120 and gaining in my '71, it was very dark and I saw a car trying to catch up and thought it was somebody trying to race. Turned out to be a MO State Trooper. He couldn't believe the old truck could go that fast and made me open the hood. He ticketed me for only 83mph for which I was very thankful!

**truckdude239** · 04-07-2010, 03:02 PM

170 in a 1972 chevelle

longhorn396 · 04-07-2010, 03:05 PM

All of u guys make urselves sound so old lol

67ChevyRedneck · 04-07-2010, 03:29 PM

That's because some of us are and the rest of us are gettin' there

dmnall · 04-07-2010, 04:08 PM

Let's see in my 68 C10 lwb 130 - 140ish by guestimation when the speedo was buried and bouncing between 100 and 20 on the speedo *fun and scary at the same time*, 2002 Camaro Z28 after dynomouth and slp cai kit and lid 145 *really scary*, 2005 Pontiac GTO M6 yellow bone stock 165 *very fun, stable and not scary*, 160 in my dad's 99 Corvette coupe M6 *felt very similar to the GTO except more wind noise*... 140 in the 08 Honda Civic Si Sedan *a little scary but not too bad* and I was 90+ in an 88 Chev 3/4 ton standard cab long bed when I was 18... When I was 16, I was driving a dodge d50 pick up 4 cyl 4 speed manual, and managed to get that pos up too 90 *pushing it badly*.... Luckily I did not get pulled over for the triple digits *automatic arrest, lose license, vehicle impounded and huge fines*... Largest ticket I ever got was 93 in the 05 GTO *beat that*....

Cheers,
Charlie

BarryB · 04-07-2010, 04:17 PM

74 chevy Nova, i had a worked up 350 in. 5 spd tranny. the speedo read 120 I was about an inch passed that when I let up on the pedal. So I'd say, at least 130-140 mph. Hard to tell when you pass up the speedo's reading.

red69ss · 04-07-2010, 04:26 PM

160 MPH on my old crotch rocket ,had a 88 mustang gt that only had 85 on speedo but they said 144 mph was top speed and I definently hit top speed many times. had both around 1990 when I was about 19 years old and I drove like a fool ,its amazing I lived to see my 30's. Nowadays I just want to run 70 mph but still enjoy getting there really fast some times.

foamypirate · 04-07-2010, 04:37 PM

118mph in my 1993 Honda Accord (it took a while to get there) for about 30+ miles. It could have gone higher, but that was the speed the limiter kicked in. Car drove very nice at that speed, could definitely cruise that way for many more miles.

big mike71 · 04-07-2010, 06:35 PM

130 in my Dodge Charger80 in a friends boat.between 125-135 with no brake in my semi on amontain in Oregon.

big mike71 · 04-07-2010, 06:45 PM

I went 130 in my Charger, 80 in a friends boat, and between 125-135 in my semi with no brakes on a montain outside of Pendalton. Oregon.

1320tech · 04-07-2010, 07:37 PM

I went low 2 once in the fire dept ambulance (87 E 350 with 460) with three people and one guy trying to die in the back.I really missed ambulances with gas engines the diesels where all limited to 92 mph.

Tx Firefighter · 04-07-2010, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by 1320tech

I went low 2 once in the fire dept ambulance (87 E 350 with 460) with three people and one guy trying to die in the back.I really missed ambulances with gas engines the diesels where all limited to 92 mph.

As a fellow who spent way too much time on an ambulance early in my career, I hate to read that. Personally, the patient living or dying isn't near as important as my partner's lives are. Those guys are human pinballs if you ever crash a box. Screw the patient, protect your brothers. No sense risking 3 lives to possibly save 1 life. Nice and easy does it.

**68 Stepside** · 04-07-2010, 08:20 PM

I broke the needle off of the 100 mph speedo in my 77 monte carlo years ago. It had a 327/350 that was modded a bit, prolly more like 375-400hp, and it had 2.53? gears. It was a dog off the line, but it screamed on the top end. No idea how fast it really was.

My 85 Z28 was the same way. Had a ZZ3 in it with headers and an edelbrock cat-back, 700R4 and 3.08s with a lame 85 mph speedo. No clue how fast that car would go either, spent many nights on the interstate with the speedo buried just because I could.

In the last 5 years, I'd guess the fastest I've been was probably 110 mph in my 92 Roadmaster while on the tollway. I generally stick to about 5 mph over the limit now.

usmcchevy · 04-07-2010, 10:03 PM

On my GSXR I've seen 170+ on a track, havent taken it over 120 on the street.
On 4 wheels 140 in a 99' chrysler sebring with a 3.0 out of an Mitsubishi Eclipse.
In one of our trucks, my old '70 hit 110ish before i realized how light the front end was

pritch · 04-07-2010, 10:04 PM

When I was in high school, there was Dodge Super Bee, can't remember what year, but it seemed like every kid in school owned it at one time or another. Whenever one kid would get too many tickets, he'd sell it to the next sucker.
That was the fastest car I've ever been in-I guess in the 140-150 range, but I was never driving. I had a '68 Nova at the time-this was in the mid '70's, and I could get it up to 120 or so.

Now I drive a '06 pooper duty company truck and it seems to be governed at about 98 or so. I like to make sure the gov. is still working once a week or so

68C15 · 04-07-2010, 10:21 PM

September 29th 2001 I hit 86 in a TBI'd GMC TopKick U-Haul. hehehe
we were moving my family and the in-laws from Waukegan Il. to SD. the MIL had trouble getting the old 26 footer past 70 while I was driving my 89 Grand Am. I pulled over, bypassed the governor, and switched places with her.

about 4 years ago I hit 85 in a customer's early 70's Dodge class C motorhome w/ 440. he said when he gets to 85 it looses power. sure enough it did in fact. when I got back i noticed the driver's side U bolts were missing!!!!!

BLE 'BURBAN · 04-08-2010, 12:44 AM

142 on an '83 Kawasaki KZ1100 SPECTRE on July 3rd 1986 about 75 miles south of Winston-Salem North Carolina around 2:30 am on my way to Ft.Bragg, N.C. to meet up with a friend and ride up to N.Y. to watch the unveiling of the statue of Liberty on the 4th.

60ratrod · 04-08-2010, 08:04 AM

i think the fastest that i've gone that i can remember to date is 130 in the mrs 2001 acura tl with her about to end my life. ah that was fun. but one thing i miss having is a fwd 5 speed car for road handling. when i still had my 93 frod probe i used to go out late at nite out of boredom and just tear up some of the back roads here on whidbey. that thing got twitchy at 100+. i think thats cause the govner kicked in at about that or so.

Tynee · 04-08-2010, 08:50 AM

130ish in a Lexus SC400, and 145 in a mid-90's Z-28. Nothing special when compared with some other stories, except I was test-driving them both from dealerships at the time. The salesman was disappointed when I backed out of the Lexus, but I was on a 2 lane road, and regardless of how young and dumb I was, I didn't like taking somebody else's life in my hands that way.

These days, I keep it to 10 over if anybody is in the car with me, and 15 over on empty interstates when I'm by myself.

foosed · 04-08-2010, 09:15 AM

Last night my mom got us up to 120 in her 2010 camaro. It still had a lot left but she was too chicken to go faster.

Brad · 04-08-2010, 11:27 AM

I've done around 600mph.

04-07-2010, 11:49 AM	#51
panhandler62 Java Mechanic Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Martinsburg, WV Posts: 6,763	Re: What's the fastest speed you have ever gone? 570 in a 747 between Guam and Anchorage... :P 135 in my Plymouth Lazer I try to act like an adult these days... lol __________________ Keith 11 Lincoln MKT -- Momma's wagon 13 G37xS -- middle age crazy car 68 C20 Fleetside -- RIP Decorating the whole town up at a cost of $27 ....

04-07-2010, 12:21 PM	#53
Otsa580 I Love Rusty Chevys Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 617	Re: What's the fastest speed you have ever gone? Driving 130+ in my old 06 Impalla SS. Riding I went on a ride along with the Nebraska State Patrol and he hit 140's chasing some sports car. That was awesome. I have learned to keep my foot out of it and stay under 90. __________________ 1969 K5 Blazer 1997 1500 Silverado Ext Cab Z71 2010 1500 Silverado Ext Cab Z71

04-07-2010, 02:19 PM	#55
LEEVON Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ozark, MO Posts: 4,888	Re: What's the fastest speed you have ever gone? 135 on a bike, 150ish in a 2002 camaro ss with a bunch of goodies. BUT the real fun was the time I was clocked at 120 and gaining in my '71, it was very dark and I saw a car trying to catch up and thought it was somebody trying to race. Turned out to be a MO State Trooper. He couldn't believe the old truck could go that fast and made me open the hood. He ticketed me for only 83mph for which I was very thankful! __________________ '20 Silverado Trail Boss ~ '17 Tahoe ~ '79 K15 Sierra Grande ~ '76 Blazer 2wd ~ '71 Cheyenne swb ~ '55 Pontiac Safari ~'50 3100 bagged ~ '80 Wife ~ Late model kids Last edited by LEEVON; 04-07-2010 at 02:24 PM.

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04-07-2010, 04:08 PM	#59
dmnall Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Goleta, CA Posts: 505	Re: What's the fastest speed you have ever gone? Let's see in my 68 C10 lwb 130 - 140ish by guestimation when the speedo was buried and bouncing between 100 and 20 on the speedo fun and scary at the same time, 2002 Camaro Z28 after dynomouth and slp cai kit and lid 145 really scary, 2005 Pontiac GTO M6 yellow bone stock 165 very fun, stable and not scary, 160 in my dad's 99 Corvette coupe M6 felt very similar to the GTO except more wind noise... 140 in the 08 Honda Civic Si Sedan a little scary but not too bad and I was 90+ in an 88 Chev 3/4 ton standard cab long bed when I was 18... When I was 16, I was driving a dodge d50 pick up 4 cyl 4 speed manual, and managed to get that pos up too 90 pushing it badly.... Luckily I did not get pulled over for the triple digits automatic arrest, lose license, vehicle impounded and huge fines... Largest ticket I ever got was 93 in the 05 GTO beat that.... Cheers, Charlie __________________ 1968 C10 Truck LWB Fleetside 1968 C10 Truck SWB Stepside 1994 K2500 Ext Cab Fleetside 2008 Honda Civic Si lease Last edited by dmnall; 04-07-2010 at 04:10 PM.

04-07-2010, 04:17 PM	#60
BarryB Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Blountville, Tn. Posts: 3,904	Re: What's the fastest speed you have ever gone? 74 chevy Nova, i had a worked up 350 in. 5 spd tranny. the speedo read 120 I was about an inch passed that when I let up on the pedal. So I'd say, at least 130-140 mph. Hard to tell when you pass up the speedo's reading. __________________ We could learn a lot from crayons... Some are sharp; some are pretty;and some are dull. Some have weird names; and all are different colours;but they all have to live in the same box. You may be only one person in the world, But you may also be the world to one person. * Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once. Two rules in life. 1. Never sweat the small stuff! 2. Everything is small stuff!

04-07-2010, 04:26 PM	#61
red69ss Burnouts are therapeutic Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: lancaster, south carolina Posts: 852	Re: What's the fastest speed you have ever gone? 160 MPH on my old crotch rocket ,had a 88 mustang gt that only had 85 on speedo but they said 144 mph was top speed and I definently hit top speed many times. had both around 1990 when I was about 19 years old and I drove like a fool ,its amazing I lived to see my 30's. Nowadays I just want to run 70 mph but still enjoy getting there really fast some times. __________________ 1969 CHEVELLE SS 1972 C10 ALMOST DAILY DRIVER 1968 C10 RUSTBUCKET (MISSION IMPOSSIBLE) 1972 PONTIAC LEMANS CONVERTIBLE (WIFE'S CAR) "My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met." - Rodney Dangerfield "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Einstein

04-07-2010, 04:37 PM	#62
foamypirate Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pflugerville, TX Posts: 594	Re: What's the fastest speed you have ever gone? 118mph in my 1993 Honda Accord (it took a while to get there) for about 30+ miles. It could have gone higher, but that was the speed the limiter kicked in. Car drove very nice at that speed, could definitely cruise that way for many more miles. Last edited by foamypirate; 04-07-2010 at 04:38 PM.

04-07-2010, 06:35 PM	#63
big mike71 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: independence mo Posts: 2,111	Re: What's the fastest speed you have ever gone? 130 in my Dodge Charger80 in a friends boat.between 125-135 with no brake in my semi on amontain in Oregon. __________________ I'm not as good as I once was, But I'm as good once as I ever was.

04-07-2010, 06:45 PM	#64
big mike71 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: independence mo Posts: 2,111	Re: What's the fastest speed you have ever gone? I went 130 in my Charger, 80 in a friends boat, and between 125-135 in my semi with no brakes on a montain outside of Pendalton. Oregon. __________________ I'm not as good as I once was, But I'm as good once as I ever was.

04-07-2010, 07:37 PM	#65
1320tech Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: newparis ohio Posts: 201	Re: What's the fastest speed you have ever gone? I went low 2 once in the fire dept ambulance (87 E 350 with 460) with three people and one guy trying to die in the back.I really missed ambulances with gas engines the diesels where all limited to 92 mph.

04-07-2010, 08:20 PM	#67
68 Stepside huh? Join Date: May 2000 Location: Washington, Illinois Posts: 5,690	Re: What's the fastest speed you have ever gone? I broke the needle off of the 100 mph speedo in my 77 monte carlo years ago. It had a 327/350 that was modded a bit, prolly more like 375-400hp, and it had 2.53? gears. It was a dog off the line, but it screamed on the top end. No idea how fast it really was. My 85 Z28 was the same way. Had a ZZ3 in it with headers and an edelbrock cat-back, 700R4 and 3.08s with a lame 85 mph speedo. No clue how fast that car would go either, spent many nights on the interstate with the speedo buried just because I could. In the last 5 years, I'd guess the fastest I've been was probably 110 mph in my 92 Roadmaster while on the tollway. I generally stick to about 5 mph over the limit now. __________________ Someday when I'm lonely, Wishing you weren't so far away, Then I will remember Things we said today. RIP El Jay

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usmcchevy Has more rust than truck... Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Ivanhoe, MN Posts: 2,421	Re: What's the fastest speed you have ever gone? On my GSXR I've seen 170+ on a track, havent taken it over 120 on the street. On 4 wheels 140 in a 99' chrysler sebring with a 3.0 out of an Mitsubishi Eclipse. In one of our trucks, my old '70 hit 110ish before i realized how light the front end was __________________ 1972 Custom/10 SWB, 4.8/4l80e Build thread LSx Swap FAQ index



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04-07-2010, 10:04 PM	#69
pritch Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Hoytsville, Utah Posts: 3,365	Re: What's the fastest speed you have ever gone? When I was in high school, there was Dodge Super Bee, can't remember what year, but it seemed like every kid in school owned it at one time or another. Whenever one kid would get too many tickets, he'd sell it to the next sucker. That was the fastest car I've ever been in-I guess in the 140-150 range, but I was never driving. I had a '68 Nova at the time-this was in the mid '70's, and I could get it up to 120 or so. Now I drive a '06 pooper duty company truck and it seems to be governed at about 98 or so. I like to make sure the gov. is still working once a week or so __________________ '68 Panel Project Boogie Chillin' '68 C-10 Ol' Green

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68C15 blood type; Retumbo Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: next to my reloading bench Posts: 10,269	Re: What's the fastest speed you have ever gone? September 29th 2001 I hit 86 in a TBI'd GMC TopKick U-Haul. hehehe we were moving my family and the in-laws from Waukegan Il. to SD. the MIL had trouble getting the old 26 footer past 70 while I was driving my 89 Grand Am. I pulled over, bypassed the governor, and switched places with her. about 4 years ago I hit 85 in a customer's early 70's Dodge class C motorhome w/ 440. he said when he gets to 85 it looses power. sure enough it did in fact. when I got back i noticed the driver's side U bolts were *missing*!!!!!

04-08-2010, 12:44 AM	#71
BLE 'BURBAN In the Forgotten far North. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 2,627	Re: What's the fastest speed you have ever gone? 142 on an '83 Kawasaki KZ1100 SPECTRE on July 3rd 1986 about 75 miles south of Winston-Salem North Carolina around 2:30 am on my way to Ft.Bragg, N.C. to meet up with a friend and ride up to N.Y. to watch the unveiling of the statue of Liberty on the 4th. __________________ 1987 R3500 CREW CAB DUALLY (BIG RED)Acquired 06/12/2015 1990 chevy suburban V2500 5.7L My cluster Mods-Nov 2007 overhead console Stereo install Round 2 Aug 2009 Heated/turn signal mirror upgrade

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60ratrod yes, i do Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Spokane, wa Posts: 2,734	Re: What's the fastest speed you have ever gone? i think the fastest that i've gone that i can remember to date is 130 in the mrs 2001 acura tl with her about to end my life. ah that was fun. but one thing i miss having is a fwd 5 speed car for road handling. when i still had my 93 frod probe i used to go out late at nite out of boredom and just tear up some of the back roads here on whidbey. that thing got twitchy at 100+. i think thats cause the govner kicked in at about that or so. __________________ ERROR 404....... SNAPPY COMEBACK NOT FOUND _______________________________________________________________________________________________ -60 Chevy C10, dead 350/good th350 combo, sitting on a 76 c10 blazer frame, built from 11 different vehicles "the abomination" -07 gmt900 silverado 1500 lt xcab z71, granite blue -81 suzuki gs650g "shelah"- current project -81 kz1000m1 csr "sarge" -next project (just beautification) -07 kawasaki vulcan classic vn900

04-08-2010, 08:50 AM	#73
Tynee I miss this truck. Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Lexington, KY U.S.A. Posts: 2,863	Re: What's the fastest speed you have ever gone? 130ish in a Lexus SC400, and 145 in a mid-90's Z-28. Nothing special when compared with some other stories, except I was test-driving them both from dealerships at the time. The salesman was disappointed when I backed out of the Lexus, but I was on a 2 lane road, and regardless of how young and dumb I was, I didn't like taking somebody else's life in my hands that way. These days, I keep it to 10 over if anybody is in the car with me, and 15 over on empty interstates when I'm by myself. __________________ '07 GMC Acadia SLT. Sweet ride. '08 Crew Cab Z-71 short bed. Really like this truck A LOT.

04-08-2010, 09:15 AM	#74
foosed Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Huron, sd Posts: 463	Re: What's the fastest speed you have ever gone? Last night my mom got us up to 120 in her 2010 camaro. It still had a lot left but she was too chicken to go faster. __________________ 1970 c/10 swb (show truck) 1972 custom/10 deluxe 4x4 (restoration pending) 2011 silverado ecsb z71 (daily driver)

04-08-2010, 11:27 AM	#75
Brad Out of the carpool lane. Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Clark Co, WA Posts: 5,672	Re: What's the fastest speed you have ever gone? I've done around 600mph. Attached Images __________________ 1968 C-10 SWB, 5.7 Vortec/700R4/3.73 posi, Torch Red 1968 Camaro, 250/Powerglide, all original (No, I'm not gonna drop a 350 in it!...Jeez!) 2000 Honda VFR in the faster yellow! 2008 Husqvarna TE-610 1967 C-10 SWB 'Six Appeal'-Gone but not forgotten... Last edited by Brad; 04-09-2010 at 12:08 AM.

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