200 MPH

[007 VXR]

Watchman said:

Perhaps a supercharged Monaro?

One has done this 207mph IIRC, But......
not easy, even with a S/C as gearing is an issue.
Mine was 176 in 5th, on a standing mile, with 635bhp

Edited by 007 VXR on Sunday 1st January 21:00

[Rich_W]

mattdaniels said:

Forget Bruntingthorpe or anything that is a "straight line". You need Rockingham's oval or better still, MIRA. And all your financial affairs in order, a will, and plenty of marshalls and medics on hand. :-)

Rockinghams Oval is a fricking triangle! And suitable for fk all of nothing.

Mira (by which you must mean Millbrook) is just as hard because you are constantly turning left. So you're constantly scrubbing the tyres and then it overheats and blisters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ToVj3e6tCw

Best purpose made place is Ehra Lessein
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSFX9vrwJf8

[Magic919]

007 VXR said:

Watchman said:

Perhaps a supercharged Monaro?

One has done this 207mph IIRC, But......
not easy, even with a S/C as gearing is an issue.
Mine was 176 in 5th, on a standing mile, with 635bhp

Not supercharged though. Jez did 206 with twin turbos and a lot of work.

[Watchman]

CraigyMc said:

Watchman said:

100 IAN said:

Bruntingthorpe is probably the best bet (in the UK) but i haven't looked into whether its possible to use.

If you read the results from the last couple of VMAX events (are those the ones set-up by the Cerbera guys?) then you can see that to achieve 200mph at Brunters will require an awful lot of power.

Linkie, for the lazy: http://www.vmax200.com/vmax-hammer.php

Is this the event that was started by the Cerbera guys? If not, is there anyway you can read the power for each of the listed entrants? I'm sure I read a review on PH (which is why perhaps I'm thinking about the Cerbera challenge) which noted the power each entrant had vs their measured speed.

[Liquid Knight]

dcb said:

Also, the Continentals try to reach 300 kph (186mph), which is a
tad easier.

I tried to get a 300K for £3K project running a couple of years ago. Lost my decent job and can't afford any fun now.

300Kph for £3,000 would be quite do-able.

[VPower]

Can I ask how much money are you car guys are talking about to hit 200mph?

Only in the classifieds there are a few Bently's that will do 200 for just under £30k.

Also a W12 A8 for under £11k, which might(?) unrestricted do it??

He could then sell it quickly for slightly less?

[Viper]

paulmoonraker said:

Woodbridge? How?

pay your money and turn up to an event, this post took some finding of my mates 215mph run at woodbridge back in 2005

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

he's also gone over 200mph for a standing mile during a TOTB event

Edited by Viper on Sunday 1st January 21:27

[Rubin215]

Shadow R1 said:

Jazoli said:

Easy enough to do on a bike, £5k would see you through 200mph easily

Yep, +1 on the front sprocket, -2 on the back and this one would.

Nonsense.

As soon as you change the gearing by that much, the bike be slower.

The faster you go, the more brute power you need to go faster still.
Changing the gearing won't add more power, it will just give a different speed at a certain point in the rev range and, unless you magically shed weight, reduce friction or (most crucially on a bike) improve airodynamics, you're going nowhere faster...

[Rubin215]

scdan4 said:

Healthy zx12ra. power commander, fruity pipe, set up by tim blakemore.

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)

Oh I very much doubt it...

[Plotloss]

Brunters is longest in the UK at around 1.85 miles.

To do it there, you need a slippery body, a bit of luck and around 600bhp.

Cheapest way is a tuned 996TT

Dont expect to do it for much under £50-60k in a car.

[Liquid Knight]

Rubin215 said:

scdan4 said:

Healthy zx12ra. power commander, fruity pipe, set up by tim blakemore.

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)

Oh I very much doubt it...

I don't know. Reapers 12 does 190-ish and he's not done a lot with it.

[monkfish1]

Plotloss said:

Brunters is longest in the UK at around 1.85 miles.

To do it there, you need a slippery body, a bit of luck and around 600bhp.

Cheapest way is a tuned 996TT

Dont expect to do it for much under £50-60k in a car.

Doable in a monaro for less than that. Not that much less, but less all the same, if you did ONLY what was needed.

[matthias73]

i wish people would stop simply saying "autobahn" in response to everything.

Its full of lorries.

[Liquid Knight]

matthias73 said:

i wish people would stop simply saying "autobahn" in response to everything.

Its full of lorries.

M25Ring.

[rigga]

Brummie did 202 as i recall last year in his modded cerb running LS power

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[benzito]

Plotloss said:

Brunters is longest in the UK at around 1.85 miles.

To do it there, you need a slippery body, a bit of luck and around 600bhp.

Cheapest way is a tuned 996TT

Dont expect to do it for much under £50-60k in a car.

+1, I also reckon the "cheapest" realistic way of achieving the double ton is the 996tt, will need bigger turbo's, exhaust, map and race fuel,

[rigga]

benzito said:

+1, I also reckon the "cheapest" realistic way of achieving the double ton is the 996tt, will need bigger turbo's, exhaust, map and race fuel,

See my post above,i think it stands him a lot less than a 996 pricewise.

[griff7]

A little off the budget for speed but know a guy who has an f40 with a tubi exhaust and a bit of extra boost running 550bhp who has a very long section of dual carriageway not far from home with no exits or on roads and regularly hits over 200mph in the summer when its really quiet and has hit 209mph on gps on one run.

[scdan4]

Rubin215 said:

scdan4 said:

Healthy zx12ra. power commander, fruity pipe, set up by tim blakemore.

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)

Oh I very much doubt it...

feel free! i'll disagree with you.

[crisisjez]

Hi guys I run a 7.0L Twin Turbo Monaro specifically set up for 200mph runs at places like Bruntingthorpe and have also cracked the double ton with 3 passengers there too
The car really is heavily modified to do the job.
Even with enough room (say an Autobahn) most cars that advertise a 200+ top speed simply can't do it, because a headwind or uphill gradient always seem to accompany one in one's quest to prove the manufacturers right.
I for one certainly won't gobble up the road at 3.3 miles a minute for any longer than I have to as its really dangerous at those speeds in any car, you can easily travel 10 miles chasing 1 or 2 mph.
I am lucky enough to also own a 996 GT2 Clubsport (stock) and a 996 TT Tip (520hp) which my OH drives, both cars with perfect wind conditions only managed 188/9 at Bruntingthorpe in a head to head. Carrera GT about 192 and Fezza 599GTO 196 at the same event IIRC. IMO and I have been there, 200 is a really big speed and really shouldn't be taken lightly, also just because it says 200 on the speedo doesn't make it true.
Bikewise it would take a truely scary, high horsepower modified steed to hit 200 and you are welcome to that

http://www.vmax200.com/results.php

Edited by crisisjez on Sunday 1st January 23:03