170 mph

[YellowF80]

Saw this 6MT F80 M3 get to 170 mph:

https://youtu.be/rXvsL6HyR-E

I thought it was rev/speed limited to 155 mph? Does having a MT allow for greater speed?

http://thumbsnap.com/uwhVTzYC

[CraigyMc]

YellowF80 said:

Saw this 6MT F80 M3 get to 170 mph:

https://youtu.be/rXvsL6HyR-E

I thought it was rev/speed limited to 155 mph? Does having a MT allow for greater speed?

http://thumbsnap.com/uwhVTzYC

It's been tuned by Dinan, and will likely have had the limiter removed during that process.

The same process by the same tuner on an E60 M5 resulted in a car that would crack 200mph...

[GroundEffect]

I had my E92 M3 at indicated 170mph on the autobahn. No idea what's going on.

[MKnight702]

Bah, I've seen a mk2(?) Fiesta crack 170.

[BuzzBravado]

What does the flashing red backlight indicate? Behind 180 mph.

[C7 JFW]

CraigyMc said:

The same process by the same tuner on an E60 M5 resulted in a car that would crack 200mph...

200mph! Damn. Had no idea they'd reach that.

[RS250_Steve]

I believe M cars are limited to 168mph (270kph) as they all seem to go up to about 170 before they reach any kind of limiter.

[pherlopolus]

BuzzBravado said:

What does the flashing red backlight indicate? Behind 180 mph.

My camera does that when I'm recording through windows, he needs to switch the telltale off

[BuzzBravado]

What a doofus i'am. I thought it was some moody backlighting.

[jamieduff1981]

BuzzBravado said:

What does the flashing red backlight indicate? Behind 180 mph.

Danger To Manifold.

[jonnyb16]

He pushed to the top of fifth gear. Limiter is only in sixth

[magooagain]

YellowF80 said:

Saw this 6MT F80 M3 get to 170 mph:

https://youtu.be/rXvsL6HyR-E

I thought it was rev/speed limited to 155 mph? Does having a MT allow for greater speed?

http://thumbsnap.com/uwhVTzYC

Are they the actual M3 dials? Or some sort of timing/speed app? Seems strange it's in mph on a lhd car.

[Vaud]

magooagain said:

Seems strange it's in mph on a lhd car.

Which side of the road do they drive on in the US and Canada, who both use MPH?

[neilf]

Had the pleasure of a spin round the Millbrook High Speed Bowl in an M4 with Sam Tordoff at the wheel a couple of weeks ago. We maxed at an indicated 167mph and still didn't hit the limiter.

[thatsprettyshady]

Love how he got the coolant (and presumably the oil) warmed up on the way to 170mph, you can see that needle move

[MDMA .]

Vaud said:

magooagain said:

Seems strange it's in mph on a lhd car.

Which side of the road do they drive on in the US and Canada, who both use MPH?

Has another video on track in Atlanta, so i'd say America.

[thatsprettyshady]

MDMA . said:

Vaud said:

magooagain said:

Seems strange it's in mph on a lhd car.

Which side of the road do they drive on in the US and Canada, who both use MPH?

Has another video on track in Atlanta, so i'd say America.

From what I remember from my demo, you can change it.

[magooagain]

MDMA . said:

Vaud said:

magooagain said:

Seems strange it's in mph on a lhd car.

Which side of the road do they drive on in the US and Canada, who both use MPH?

Has another video on track in Atlanta, so i'd say America.

I stand corrected.

[HappyMidget]

thatsprettyshady said:

From what I remember from my demo, you can change it.

Same as my VXR8 then. Very useful for driving on the continent. Which is also epically fast. Currently at 600+ BHP, soon to be a lot more!

[GroundEffect]

Vaud said:

magooagain said:

Seems strange it's in mph on a lhd car.

Which side of the road do they drive on in the US and Canada, who both use MPH?

Canada is kph.