What car and fastest speed you've driven?
05-01-2001, 01:32 PM
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1979 Porsche 930 Turbo . . . and a Bonneville Record Holding Mazda RX-7
This was HIGHLY modified! It had a Porsche 962 engine in it after blowing the Andial twin turbo twin spark engine at Bridgehampton Raceway.
The car with the 962 engine in it was topped out on Long Island and I was able to drive it on a few runs.
Here are a few stats:
0-75mph 1st gear!
sub 3 seconds!
Top speed was 220+mph. I forgot exactly
I drove the car between 175 and 180mph. The road was the Ocean Parkway and was closed for this testing by the NY State Police. We had about 2 dozen cars for a Turbo Magazine Open Road challenge type of drive.
The other car there that I got to drive was the Bonneville Record Holder at the time. It was a Mazda RX-7. The car was owned by a friend of mine in Long Beach. He drove the car from the HKS HQ in California to Bonneville topped 180+ with it then drove it back to Long Island! He used to auto-x it and take it to the track all of the time. AWESOME car!
I have also used to get to drive the 2 time Off-Shore Power Boat Championship Cigarette with Hawk Engines! That boat had a top speed in excess of 125mph! It took a minimum of 3 to drive. It was much more difficult than today's Off-Shore Raceboats like Fontains and Cigarette's. It was owned by my unlces best friend and the guy that owned Cigarette for many years.
My Yamaha WaveRunner tops out at around 63-65mph! At least it did last year before I modified it! I need to GPS it again this year!
The car with the 962 engine in it was topped out on Long Island and I was able to drive it on a few runs.
Here are a few stats:
0-75mph 1st gear!
sub 3 seconds!Top speed was 220+mph. I forgot exactly
I drove the car between 175 and 180mph. The road was the Ocean Parkway and was closed for this testing by the NY State Police. We had about 2 dozen cars for a Turbo Magazine Open Road challenge type of drive.
The other car there that I got to drive was the Bonneville Record Holder at the time. It was a Mazda RX-7. The car was owned by a friend of mine in Long Beach. He drove the car from the HKS HQ in California to Bonneville topped 180+ with it then drove it back to Long Island! He used to auto-x it and take it to the track all of the time. AWESOME car!
I have also used to get to drive the 2 time Off-Shore Power Boat Championship Cigarette with Hawk Engines! That boat had a top speed in excess of 125mph! It took a minimum of 3 to drive. It was much more difficult than today's Off-Shore Raceboats like Fontains and Cigarette's. It was owned by my unlces best friend and the guy that owned Cigarette for many years.
My Yamaha WaveRunner tops out at around 63-65mph!
At least it did last year before I modified it! I need to GPS it again this year!
05-01-2001, 01:44 PM
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Modded 1989 Merkur XR4Ti - 187MPH - As a passenger
Fastest I drove was in my TT over the weekend, just got done with break-in and had the computer turn off the fun at 143mph...damn I need that fixed.
