tuscan top speed-whos done it ???

[tuscandom]

what is the claimed top speed of a standard tuscan (is it 185 mph ?).
anyone out there done it/passed it.what did it feel like ?
chers all.

[UpTheIron]

I've had all three change lights on, on the way back from Le Mans, with the roof off and the speedo not working. Not too keen on knowing how fast I was going

[tuscandom]

all 3 lights.
110 mph or maybe a little more

[Whitey]

I did 182mph speedo indicated at 6700rpm in fifth at Elvington airfield in 2002. Was still pulling but ran out of runway. Got to about 160 quick as a flash then slower from there.

[tuscandom]

mmmm 182.
anyone pushed past 190

Edited by tuscandom on Saturday 7th July 13:32

[DublinTVR]

my mate reckons he had his tuscan 2S at 194 at Bovingdon airfield. hmmmmm

[tuscandom]

dublin is that a hmmm yes or hmmm no !
how you getting on with your clutch ?

[DublinTVR]

that was a hmmmm.......NO

He may have done, he probably did but I just can't fathom that speed in a £50K car after watching a Brabus Merc SL 6.3 twin turbo costing £170K just about doing 200mph. I'm a new TVR owner and just sounds madness.

Clutch has got progressively worse, I'm going to try and find a Dublin TVR person who knows what he is doing through Irish TVR Owners club and worst case scenario take it to Belfast to Torqueflyte as soon as they can book me in

At the moment the car is a beautiful ornament in my front drive - I may plant some shrubs around it and turn it into a feature

[tuscandom]

good luck with it dublin,dont despare too much

[Hag]

DublinTVR, have you gone to the Irish forum? Ireland is a guy on there with a Cerb. I have a number for the Irish TVR owners club head honcho....send me a mail through my profile, I'll talk to a few more people.

[optimal noise]

Does anyone know where I can go and safely do this.

Its been a bit of an itch for quite a while.

Cheers

[tuscandom]

dont know but when you find out can you let me know .cheers

[DublinTVR]

Cheers Hag,

I spoke to Jerry Henderson recently, he's looking into it for me

Thanks

[S1X OK]

I had mine up to 162 on the high speed bowl at Millbrook, but to be honest, I was really uncomfortable because, even though, technically I was going in a straight line, I could see the curve ahead of me. I knew I could've squeezed a little more from it, but I bottled. Besides, the roof was off and the rear window out, so the car wasn't at its most aerodynamic.

Sorry if I let the side down.
Pete

[Devil's Advocate]

Had 185mph (Road Angel) racing a GT2 on the Cannonball 8000 in France - very frightening!!! Reckon the car (a very strong "S&quot had a bit more in it but I certainly didn't (not sure the GT2 had much more either!)

[davido140]

and indeed !!

you're all braver than me! used to go for top speeds "in me yoof" these days im all about acceleration.

130 for me, sorry for letting the side down...

maybe with a nice airfield with miles of run-off I'll have a go at something more adventurous.

Anybody know of an airfield type place in the south?

Edited by davido140 on Sunday 8th July 22:48

[so called]

Did 155 in my Chimaera 400 once on A7 Autobahn.
There was still some left but had to slow down.
Maybe the speedo was a bit optimistic.
Still nursing my Tuscan engine after a rebuild but the
neither the analogue or digital speedos work above 80 ?!?!?!

[Avalanche]

2 x 180 here "Tuscan_180_run.wmv & 2"

Warning: if u haven't been on this site before, it's going to be a long night

[tuscandom]

long fu**in night avalanche !!!
in to the next morning....cheers

[Avalanche]

hei hei - great for wallpapers too: http://www.streaky-fish.com/images/tvr/tuscan/tusc...