Higher speedometers...

[68C15]

this is nice fun talk but would everyone PLEASE slow down. there is no point of seeing what she'll do. I think it would be better to do the math and save the rest for bench racing.

disclaimer; I have done stupid things like this in the past but will never admit it to my kids.

this is but one example
http://keloland.com/NewsDetail6162.cfm?Id=0,54237

[bigfredtn]

Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

I can hit 100 with 4.10 gears and 29 or so inch tall rear tires... pretty much any truck with a stock healthy motor can hit the century mark.

3.07's with 28 inch tall tires (was at 100 but had to lift total bummer) I had this one held at the M on MPH for about 10 or 15 miles one time.... talk about an adrenilin rush!



Here's the 4.10 truck with 29 or 30 inch tall tires... I can't remember where the tach needle was... I think it was just north of 4000

How fast was the blue car going?

[cgoodwin]

I have a turbo 350 tranny and with the 411 stock rear gear, I'm burying the needle everywhere I go. How do you figure out what speedo output gear on the transmission you need? I don't think just changing the speedo gear will do it. Plan on dropping to 307s or 342 rear gear with an eaton posi unit within the next month.

[Longhorn Man]

Originally Posted by bigfredtn

How fast was the blue car going?

Believe it or not, that blue honda passed me.

[WorkinLonghorn]

I've gone 120+ on my bike and in my old Cougar and others,but in an old Pick-up??!! Crazy young whipper-snappers!

[67ChevyRedneck]

I only ever did it once. Straight highway, middle of the day, no traffic, highway was seperated by concrete barrier, so hopefully I would have only killed myself I stomped on it and it got up to 90 real quick and then it seemed like forever to bust 100. It was like 90...91....92.......93..............94, etc... The truck has an "older 350" (I think a 79 out of a truck?) so it probably only has like 220 hp or something like that with a 700R4 (left in 3rd gear) and a 3.73 rear.

Other than that, she almost never sees much past 75. That's a great highway crusing speed.

If a SC police officer is reading this, I was in GA.

If a GA officer is reading this replace "highway" with "dragstip."

I made the whole thing up anyway

[Jtrux]

A friend of mine regularly does 160+ (videos to prove it) in his 1979 Trans Am with a sadistic 455 Olds. He has 2.41's I think in the rear end, came from the factory that way. I was with him doing 140 once and that was good enough for me. My dad's stock 1974 ford f100 with a 390/c6/3.73 will do 100 realy easy and then keep going, probably doing 110 when we lift. My 1971 K5 can hit 100 but I didn't like it and it takes forever.

[texanidiot25]

95mph in the stock 98 GMC Jimmy reguraly blows the doors of ricers. That was once on a back road.

[49studebaker]

Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

Believe it or not, that blue honda passed me.

Yup, I was following it until it sped away to pass you folks. I noticed it because of the "space saver spare" on the back axle. The woman passenger had just thrown a diaper out he window.

[Longhorn Man]

That doesn't have a donut wheel, that's the haze from my junk windshield.
I normally get a lot of flack for this photo, saying it is fake. Before some one says something about it, the black line on the side of the honda is not her door open, but my antenna that was on the wrong side of the truck (other photos to prove that, and it's color)
It is real, and I had been doin 100 just before, but had to lift.
I have photos of my Ex's contour at 100, my old town car pegged ar 85 (woo hoo...eighty friggen five) A shop truck pegged at 85, our old poS-10 blazer with a digital speedo reading 136 if I remember correctly... I used to have a snap shot of my old honda Civic Si at 125....
Maybe I am crazy.

[texanidiot25]

Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

I used to have a snap shot of my old honda Civic Si at 125....
Maybe I am crazy.

Your not crazy, Ive witness a Saturn L200 at 110, Im sure a small civic could pull that with a few miles to get there.

[71cheyennezz4]

stick a gps in your truck n leave your regular speed, ive hit 135 with the gps but im pushin 400 horse and 3.07 gears

[FarmTruk]

Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

I used to have a snap shot of my old honda Civic Si at 125....
Maybe I am crazy.

I had one too, '89 Black Si. I loved that car. I should never have sold it.

[lukecp]

My Saturn with 100hp will pull 100 mph. Just takes it like a mile to get there...and it has to be in 4th gear, not 5th, lol. I've had my truck to maybe 110-105 a few times, but it felt very unsafe to drive it that fast so I backed off quick. Steering and brakes are far too crappy in it...maybe if both systems were in better shape, I would be more comfortable driving it like that.

[68C15]

I think LHM's pic is him doing a burnout in a parking lot with a strong head wind. LOL

[see ten]

I was on the interstate running with traffic!

[Longhorn Man]

I try to keep the speedo under 50 MPH when doing a burn out. Going into 3rd gear like that is brutal on the tranny, and if you have a TH400, just going into 2nd is hell on it during a burnout.

[Critter]

I’m not sure what the big discussion is all about. I regularly busted 100 in my 68 when I had it. 350/th350/3.90 gears. Granted the engine was pretty hopped up, but not anything more than most of the guys here. I had a buddy that was a cop, got him to clock me a couple times, 108…110. Later I put in 3.07 gears and could do more, but I never had it clocked. I will admit that it is a little dangerous, but I was too young and stupid to care. Living in a tiny little town helped a lot also. I actually had the chief of police ask me to race the 1/4mile outside of town. Needless to say, I blew the doors off of his falcon. True story!

[67ChevyRedneck]

Hey Andy, I just noticed the truck in your second pic only has 32.5 miles on it.

[CST*TEN in Katy]

Back when I was a stupid kid I used to take the truck up to "P" on a regular basis. Usually had a problem with the mirrors folding back.

Now that i am older and wiser I use the Lexus for the triple digits. Don't even have to turn up the stereo.

[mr402]

Yup, these trucks rarely had a problem doubling the double nickel. My first 71 ½ ton w/402, 3.07 gears and T400 got pushed up there on a regular basis. I lived on a straight back country road in Western NY and couldn’t think of better entertainment at the time. Friend of mine with a 150 speedo claimed we were going 130 once. Won’t vouch for its accuracy though. Wasn’t so much racing as he was just following me home. His 429 SCJ was way quicker than my truck was. I’m too old for that now and around here the cops do not have the boys will be boys attitude any more. I miss those days!!

[Longhorn Man]

Originally Posted by 67ChevyRedneck

Hey Andy, I just noticed the truck in your second pic only has 32.5 miles on it.

Yeah, that was on it's maiden trip home from the shop after putting it together. Shake down run if you will. I blew the engine the next day when my brake booster popped a diaphram and ran a cylinder super lean while pulling a hill at about 4000 RPM.

[trkklr77]

Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

I try to keep the speedo under 50 MPH when doing a burn out. Going into 3rd gear like that is brutal on the tranny, and if you have a TH400, just going into 2nd is hell on it during a burnout.

what does the tranny know if you smoking them off or just accelerating hard????? its even easier on it from the tire because there is little to no traction to slam the gear when it shifts. it will heatup a little more just from the lack of air flow but most burn off are short anyways.



i keep pushing the 100 in the short truck but my tires are so crappy and out of balance it just shakes eveything violently. im do for new tires in the next month or so, i will be video tapeing the death of the old ones.

[yote1234]

i remember being young once...

[Longhorn Man]

Just repeating what i have been reading for the last 20 years in all the performance magizines, and the cat who built my tranny, and the shop we deal with that rebuilds all our trannys at the shop... etc etc etc.