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Top speed
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 4:14 pm
by Supplanter
Does anyone know what the top speed of a stock FTO would be if it wasn't speed-limited?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 4:19 pm
by FTO338
Well if u can find me a rd with no cops, camera & its long enough 2 do it , then i go & test it out, since i removed the speed limiter!
But the chances of find that rd in melbourne is 0%
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 4:37 pm
by Supplanter
FTO338 wrote:Well if u can find me a rd with no cops, camera & its long enough 2 do it , then i go & test it out, since i removed the speed limiter!
But the chances of find that rd in melbourne is 0%
But your car has 'speed groves' on either side of it, I want stock figures
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 4:58 pm
by FTO338
ohhh sorry didn't c the "stock" bit! ahahaha so i guess all the mod won't help either!!! ahahahaha
Why u want 2 know anyway?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 5:30 pm
by Daz_FTO
just regurgitating what i have read, i think "stock" GR's are meant to reach about 220ish kph, gpx would be a little more than that i guess. As I said, its what i have read, so i have not tested this fact
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 5:32 pm
by ruchi
A smidge under 250kmh
A stock 4 speed tiptronic FTO does a little over 60kmh per gear:
1st - a bit over 60
2nd - a little under 130
3rd - a bit over 190 (if it wasn't speed limited)
4th - a little under 250
In theory
the FTO does 180kmh in 3rd gear quite nicely. Shame about the limiter.
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 11:56 pm
by GPXXX
i remember i read somewhere in a UK forum someone removed the speed limiter on his manual GPX and topped out 244kph so yeah you're almost right on the money there Ruchi...
oh by the way, trust me - i know a road in Melb that is long enough for you to let the FTO stretch her legs a little' bit...
...could be a little' too far for some though', hehehe..!!
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 12:10 am
by smorison
plenty of those "roads" in sydney...
see you melbournians are in the wrong place... ahahah
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 5:02 pm
by MattG
I know a public road where you can legally do it. The problem is getting there.
The Stuart Higway in the Northern Territory.
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 6:47 pm
by smorison
260km/h down the front straight today @ eastern creek
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
had a ride in Unique's 285kW 300zx race demon... destroyed all of BD4's GTR's
hehe
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 12:58 am
by GPXXX
415kph in my R34 GTR!!! yeeeeehhhaaaaaarrrrr!!
damn I love my PS2, hehehe...
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2003 12:24 pm
by rxboy
We need some Autobahns here in Aus
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2003 10:41 pm
by payaya
what do you think they have in NT?
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2003 10:41 pm
by payaya
what do you think they have in NT?
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2003 1:19 pm
by Austin
I had my upto 230km/h. Had mivec controller (delimeter) and Defi heads up display. Was fun!, but dangerous, on closed roads of course!
Brent
speed
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2003 11:48 pm
by elmo
the gearing would give almost 250 k in a manual, but drag might play a part in that...
now if we removed the redline of 8000 and put it to say 10000 (which they have been doin with the same motors in Galants,) it would do almost 300 k but that would have to be prooven.
f**k the rules, if your car is delimited the 20 second squirt to 250 is not a problem as long as you choose a safe place to do it. FTO338, how did you remove the delimiter, do you have 280k speedo or what?
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 1:07 am
by payaya
gearing doesnt mean you'll get to that speed. At high speed, power is more important that gearing.
Give you an example, you'll hit higher top speed in 5th gear holden SS than you would in 6th gear.
250 km/h would be not possible in an FTO in my opinion.
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 5:23 am
by MarkFTO
here is a bit of fun for you.. in my moidified GR tip -
http://www.rkemery.com/misc/vids/fto180.avi
//\\//\\ark
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 10:44 am
by payaya
ruchi wrote:A smidge under 250kmh
A stock 4 speed tiptronic FTO does a little over 60kmh per gear:
1st - a bit over 60
2nd - a little under 130
3rd - a bit over 190 (if it wasn't speed limited)
4th - a little under 250
In theory
the FTO does 180kmh in 3rd gear quite nicely. Shame about the limiter.
i think over 130 is possible in second
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 12:44 pm
by Robb
I've managed 128 KPH in second ~ '94' GPX 4spd Tip ~
Robb....