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New Year, New Challenge - To do 200 mph.
Sounds easy but the more i've been considering how to do it, the more of a challenge i realise it is.
Car capable of achieving 200 mph in the real world + suitable location both pose some problems.
Does anyone know of any driving experiences, either in the UK or abroad, where you can fulfill such an ambition?
Sounds easy but the more i've been considering how to do it, the more of a challenge i realise it is.
Car capable of achieving 200 mph in the real world + suitable location both pose some problems.
Does anyone know of any driving experiences, either in the UK or abroad, where you can fulfill such an ambition?
100 IAN said:
New Year, New Challenge - To do 200 mph.
Sounds easy but the more i've been considering how to do it, the more of a challenge i realise it is.
Car capable of achieving 200 mph in the real world + suitable location both pose some problems.
Does anyone know of any driving experiences, either in the UK or abroad, where you can fulfill such an ambition?
The Autobahn?Sounds easy but the more i've been considering how to do it, the more of a challenge i realise it is.
Car capable of achieving 200 mph in the real world + suitable location both pose some problems.
Does anyone know of any driving experiences, either in the UK or abroad, where you can fulfill such an ambition?
Jazoli said:
Easy enough to do on a bike, £5k would see you through 200mph easily 
Really? From what I can remember, none of the current litre bikes are geared for much more than 186mph, the Hayabusa was capable of it at it's top end, but even then I read an article in a bike mag about some guys trying to reach 200mph on it, and they only managed it on a slight downhill gradient, hugging as close to the bike as they could with a tailwind. Probably not as easy to do on the autobahn as you might think.
100 IAN said:
New Year, New Challenge - To do 200 mph.
Sounds easy but the more i've been considering how to do it, the more of a challenge i realise it is.
Car capable of achieving 200 mph in the real world + suitable location both pose some problems.
Does anyone know of any driving experiences, either in the UK or abroad, where you can fulfill such an ambition?
You need to win a passenger ride in RV3.Sounds easy but the more i've been considering how to do it, the more of a challenge i realise it is.
Car capable of achieving 200 mph in the real world + suitable location both pose some problems.
Does anyone know of any driving experiences, either in the UK or abroad, where you can fulfill such an ambition?
Oh no, wait - you can't. I already won that...err, carry on!
I've been looking into this for a while too. To do 200mph at Bruntingthorpe you need serious power - around 700bhp if I recall. There's just not enough room for the speed build-up with anything less.
Autobahn is dangerous at those speeds in anything less than a top-end modern machine, and you've no guarantee you'll get enough of a break in the traffic anyway.
I had hoped to do it in a ~450bhp Cerbera with a gearing (diff) change but I would need a very long run at it. In fact, probably the only place possible would be on the Autobahn but a Cerb is hardly the last word in modern sophistication so it concerned me that I would be sailing close to the (safety) wind with that.
Perhaps a supercharged Monaro?
Autobahn is dangerous at those speeds in anything less than a top-end modern machine, and you've no guarantee you'll get enough of a break in the traffic anyway.
I had hoped to do it in a ~450bhp Cerbera with a gearing (diff) change but I would need a very long run at it. In fact, probably the only place possible would be on the Autobahn but a Cerb is hardly the last word in modern sophistication so it concerned me that I would be sailing close to the (safety) wind with that.
Perhaps a supercharged Monaro?
Jazoli said:
Easy enough to do on a bike, £5k would see you through 200mph easily
Not in the real world it won't.An unrestricted Hayabusa will set you back about £3k to start with, but won't hit 200mph despite what all the pub-hero's claim; even downhill with the wind behind it.
You are then looking at expensive engine work, possibly lowering it too, to get it to hit the magic number, which is not easily done for a £2k budget.
But then I'm sure someone will come along soon who has already done it for £350...
Most cost effective way to do this reliably has got to be an M5 or M6 and according to auto trader that's 15k + a visit to DMS.
"DMS provide an upgrade to the management system that takes power to 548 BHP, torque to 411 lb/ft (556 Nm) and 200 mph top speed capabilities. The upgraded software was completed after hundreds of hours of design and testing on its own development M5."
"DMS provide an upgrade to the management system that takes power to 548 BHP, torque to 411 lb/ft (556 Nm) and 200 mph top speed capabilities. The upgraded software was completed after hundreds of hours of design and testing on its own development M5."
Rubin215 said:
Not in the real world it won't.
An unrestricted Hayabusa will set you back about £3k to start with, but won't hit 200mph despite what all the pub-hero's claim; even downhill with the wind behind it.
You are then looking at expensive engine work, possibly lowering it too, to get it to hit the magic number, which is not easily done for a £2k budget.
But then I'm sure someone will come along soon who has already done it for £350...
Easyjet tickets come in as little as £20 odds. An unrestricted Hayabusa will set you back about £3k to start with, but won't hit 200mph despite what all the pub-hero's claim; even downhill with the wind behind it.
You are then looking at expensive engine work, possibly lowering it too, to get it to hit the magic number, which is not easily done for a £2k budget.
But then I'm sure someone will come along soon who has already done it for £350...
Rubin215 said:
Not in the real world it won't.
An unrestricted Hayabusa will set you back about £3k to start with, but won't hit 200mph despite what all the pub-hero's claim; even downhill with the wind behind it.
You are then looking at expensive engine work, possibly lowering it too, to get it to hit the magic number, which is not easily done for a £2k budget.
But then I'm sure someone will come along soon who has already done it for £350...
Healthy zx12ra. power commander, fruity pipe, set up by tim blakemore. An unrestricted Hayabusa will set you back about £3k to start with, but won't hit 200mph despite what all the pub-hero's claim; even downhill with the wind behind it.
You are then looking at expensive engine work, possibly lowering it too, to get it to hit the magic number, which is not easily done for a £2k budget.
But then I'm sure someone will come along soon who has already done it for £350...
posted 202 on the garmin (saved max speed), 220ish on the clock.
Not me (don't have the balls for that!) a close friend who i believe absolutely (and saw the garmin on the return).
well capable within 5K. (probably be able to do that within 3K)
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