look ma, no hands!

[specialkonrd]

i wouldn't let go of the wheel at this speed heh...
Shot from an s13

[yoko*]

:004:

[poohbearhoney]

:toasted:

[mushmellow]

rawr....i like fast cars/trucks/etc

[bob]

wow i never quite realized how much talent it takes to step on a petal and push really hard. until now...

wow.

[Crazy Dave]

Sorry to bust your bubble but, looks like you where going only going 135-140KMH. Really not that fast. I was in a car, we did that going UP the Fraiser bridge, and 240KMH was last number on the speedometer.

It was the first time I've been in a car that as it turned the wheels on one side lifted off the ground. And don't for get that wieghtless feeling we got as went over the crest of the bridge.

New west to white rock in about 15mins.

The real kicker it was not in a 5.0, not a viper, not some silly wacked out stock car/street racing mod rice rocket. It was Ford Taurus SHO.

[Hot Karl]

crazy dave: taurus sho's rock, their actually decent

[specialkonrd]

crazy dave
one, thats not my car, its a car just liek mine
two, its mph not jph. he's pinned the needle and is going in excess of 220kph. Thats actually as far as the needle can move before its abstructed, but the car is gear limited to about 230kph

bob, its not the fact that he;s going that fast, its the fact he's managed to take a picture while doing that

[Crazy Dave]

^props, I did not see that

PS the Ford Taurus SHO, is not fast off the line (who would guess, *gigles*) But at the point most cars die off it keeps getting faster and faster. Good golly, we pasted cars on the road like they where parket on the side.

and yea, did I was the needle was max going UP the bridge... god only know 1) how fast going down 2) why we did not kill our selves and a few other that night.

[poohbearhoney]

speed killz......SO STOP

[Crazy Dave]

look mom no brains!

[specialkonrd]

I would be scared to go that fast in a taurus...the suspension is too soft. My car is super stiff...like you could practically feel the lines painted on the road, but at that speed i would definately want to feel the road

[specialkonrd]

Isn't taurus SHO supercharged or something?

[Crazy Dave]

^ just to note it's not the normal taurus, the SHO's suspension is made to pull a trailer at lest x2 it's own weight. We had a little yawing wobble, though almost no rolling wobble.

[specialkonrd]

actually, you would no yawing wobble and lots of rolling wobble if it was meant to pull a trailer

[crookedking]

my friend came from the mcdicks in squamish to the westview exit in about 20 minutes.

[specialkonrd]

i did Dewdney trunk/lougheed wendy's to Burnette Hwy Exit in <5mins
but that was like 4am in summer

[Kandyapple]

yes it can be done. I've done it in 27 but i was in a bonoville lol

[Crazy Dave]

Specialkonrd, I'm just saying what we felt,,, and/or what we knew that kills people. Rolling wobble is what flips a car when you turn.

plus the way a car acts at 0-100 pulling trailer, is a lot different then 100 up not pulling...

then again what do I know, we are talking about 4 wheels not 2.

[inkster]

woodgrove mall in nanaimo to the info center on the road leading into port alberni: 33 minutes in an 85 toyota tercel hatchback.

it'd normally take 55 minutes going at a non-conservative pace.

considering that my car tops out at 160 and half the route is on a windy mountainous road, it's quite impressive really. the run didn't entail just mindlessly pushing down on the pedal. nah... that shit was skill.

[specialkonrd]

Originally posted by Crazy Dave
Specialkonrd, I'm just saying what we felt,,, and/or what we knew that kills people. Rolling wobble is what flips a car when you turn.

plus the way a car acts at 0-100 pulling trailer, is a lot different then 100 up not pulling...

then again what do I know, we are talking about 4 wheels not 2.

Well, if a cars suspension was tuned to allow it to tow a really big trailor, the rear coils would be very high spring rate, or would have a swaybar. This is to prevent squat caused by the trailor. The front suspension would also be stiffened. So i dont see how you would get yaw heh

[JoNeSie]

Props dave on no fatalities in your Taurus adventure! :284:

[Crazy Dave]

^I know it's no excuse but it was many moons ago.

specialkonrd,,, then again 0-100KMH, not +240KMH. I'm not a mechanic but I do know a little about resonations. It could be that built in resistence to yawing cause a slight osculation, and once it started we where adding just enough energy to keep the cycle going. Where as if the roll was not dampened as much it would lead but not want to pull back as quick so would not oscillate. It could be minor slip age of the wheels as we turned, or difference in air turbulence from side to side of the car. I could be that car is more air dynamically stable in what would cause roll... I don’t know

I don’t know much about cars, but I know what we felt.

[bren]

my fastest was from white rock to kamloops in 2 hrs 35 mins.

well - i was sleeping, peter was driving.

the worst part was, we switched there - i took over and drove to edmonton, but i got a fucking ticket for going 105 in a 90 zone. you work it out and his average in that goddamn protege 5 was about 170 km/h on the coquihalla. wheres the justice?

bren

[sNyx]

Originally posted by bob
wow i never quite realized how much talent it takes to step on a petal and push really hard. until now...

wow.

true, but he is also taking the picture! for konrad, thats a tuffy.. PLUS throw in steppin and pushing, im amazed he didnt crash. :D

j/k konrad
thats a very fast picture. nice. :y:

-myles