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  • lyndon sharpton

    How Fast

    what is the top speed, that you have went in your corvette?
  • Michael H.
    Expired
    • January 29, 2008
    • 7477

    #2
    Re: How Fast

    This should be interesting.

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    • Clem Z.
      Expired
      • January 1, 2006
      • 9427

      #3
      150+ in my C-5,but i ran out of guts because the

      side windows started to blow out and it got very noisey inside the car.this is why the C-6 windows go into a "U" channel so this can not happen. i think my C-6 is faster but my governor(mrs clem) keeps waking up as i get up to speed.

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      • mike cobine

        #4
        Fast enough to outrun a helicoptor on night

        and had a witness so it wasn't dismissed as bench racing.

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        • Michael H.
          Expired
          • January 29, 2008
          • 7477

          #5
          Re: Fast enough to outrun a helicoptor on night

          C'mon Mike, we need numbers here. I think you and I will be in the semi finals with the BB 67's but I bet we loose at the end. (you've run Daytona, right?)

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          • mike cobine

            #6
            Re: Fast enough to outrun a helicoptor on night

            Now, Michael, who here can claim to outrun a helicoptor?

            Of course, I cheated. It was long ago and it was only good for about 120 knots, from information I have on that particular one.

            It was in my '68 conv 427 and I was up around 145, 1981 but I don't remember the date. About 12:30 AM on I270 eastbound from Bellefontaine Rd in North St. Louis to IL Rt 3.

            However, I have been 150 many, many times in the '68 in various open lonely sections of highway in Illinois, many times on Moro Road east to IL Rt. 159 (north of Bethalto, IL).

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            • Michael W.
              Expired
              • April 1, 1997
              • 4290

              #7
              Mine easily exceeds 200

              but there again, we're using the metric system. I've forgotten how to convert back to furlongs per fortnight.

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              • Gerard F.
                Extremely Frequent Poster
                • June 30, 2004
                • 3803

                #8
                135 mph in a 67 327/300 HP Convertible

                Years ago (1971)on a brand new unopened highway in California. The tach was at 5300 with a 3.08 rear end. Chickened out when the front end got a little light and the car drifted across the road with a slight crosswind. Started worrying about the Michelin X's, and you would not believe the pressure and noise on the convertible top.

                Young and foolish then.

                Jerry Fuccillo
                #42179
                Jerry Fuccillo
                1967 327/300 Convertible since 1968

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                • Michael H.
                  Expired
                  • January 29, 2008
                  • 7477

                  #9
                  Re: Fast enough to outrun a helicoptor on night

                  Ok, you're tied for first with Clem at 150.

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                  • Duke W.
                    Beyond Control Poster
                    • January 1, 1993
                    • 15610

                    #10
                    Re: How Fast

                    153 MPH @ 6000 revs in the SWC traversing the I-5 express lanes over the ship canal bridge, Seattle, north bound, about 0230 hours, UW graduation night, early June 1968

                    If you know Seattle, the express lanes are on the lower deck and there is an exit at 42nd street, which is at the north end of the bridge - began heavy braking at the crest of the bridge, made the corner, and thank God the light at the end of the ramp was green as I don't think I could have stopped. Drove forthwith to my garage about two blocks away and told our tale to the usual party going on at the house I rented with a couple of other guys. My witness, who was riding shotgun is a retired AF Colonel and current executive with Lockheed Missile and Space, Sunnyvale, CA.

                    The next morning when I opened the garage door I could smell the J-65s.

                    Duke

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                    • mike cobine

                      #11
                      Clem ain't learned the fine art of oneupmanship

                      Old story in St. Louis Region "Wheelspin" about a couple of racers coming back from Dallas or somewhere. It dealt with racers and the fun you can have with yoru race car on a trailer in a gas station when dealing with the Great Unwashed.

                      The race car in this part was a Formula Ford and the Unwashed was a kid pumping gas.

                      Kid: How fast will 'er go?
                      Racer: About 120.
                      Kid: Aw, ___, ma' buddy's got a 'Vette and it'll go faster than that.
                      Racer: In second gear?

                      The rules of oneupmanship are easy - second liar always wins.

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                      • Michael H.
                        Expired
                        • January 29, 2008
                        • 7477

                        #12
                        Re: Clem ain't learned the fine art of oneupmanshi

                        Exactly! That's why I'm not tellin till everyone else is finished with their stories.

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                        • mike cobine

                          #13
                          Daytona is the trump - who has the fastest

                          I know what mine is, and while it may not be the fastest, I bet it is the fastest in an old Corvette, and probably the oldest Corvette to go that fast.

                          Now if I had only found a 2.73 rear.

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                          • mike cobine

                            #14
                            Re: How Fast

                            Yes, but they worked so good hot. My '63 convertible had them and I hated them cold. But hot, they were great!

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                            • mike cobine

                              #15
                              Re: Mine easily exceeds 200

                              Don't you have to factor in the number of stones?

                              I was really surprised one night going up the M1 north of Milton Keynes about 90 and passed to police officers and they did absolutely nothing.

                              I guess the reason is that I had mph and I needed that in furlongs and fortnights to know if I was speeding or not.

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