What is the fastest you have all had your ZR-1's up to?

[Anonymous]

I would be interested to know how brave you all are ;-), and what a realistic "non perfect conditions" top speed for the car is.Brett

[Joseph]

159... Yeah Frank I know I gotta get a pair myself. :P It wasn't the speed, but how fast it got there that surprised me. I managed 145.8 in 4th on the Dyno at 6930 rpm's. They do alright for an old car.

[Mika73]

153mph on 1 mile (1.7km). Airport Top Speed testday.

[SnakeSkinner]

Just got my '90 last Friday, 14 may. :-D :-D
On Sunday, I hit the Autobahn (I live in Germany) and did 150mph before I ran up on some traffic and had to slow down.

[not4kt]

So far I had her upto 135MPH, I only slowed beacuse the road was starting to curve. I just have to say, the ZR1 is awsome at that speed and begs to be driven fast. :-D

[Joseph R. Shown]

180 MPH in May 2003 in Nevada. Top speed of 164.1 in the 2002 SORC One Mile Shoot Out.

Joe Shown

[POLO-FLASH]

Hi I'm John Magyar from Australia, and last easter on a closed test track(4.5 klm oval -banked) I had my 91 ZR-1 upto 285 klph in just over 3.5 klm. :!: :lol:

[Z Factor]

Hi I'm John Magyar from Australia,

Hello, or should I say G'day John, and welcome to the forum.

It is always nice to hear from our brothers down under. :cool:

[POLO-FLASH]

G'day from down under! My post finally got through! I had attempted a few times before without success. I have a in car shot on my second run which you see 279 on the speedo and moments later an excited cry 280!!!For the final run I didn't have the luxury to lift off so it was flat chat . It took approx. 1.23 min. to get there and 3.5klm. Thanks for your kind words Z FACTOR cya JOHN.

[eddielb]

i cant wait to get my zr1 and test out what i get, awesome speeds :-D

[WB9MCW]

my mechanic took mine to 150 after he installed my new ceramic clutch and alum. flywheel (he took the local auto parts mgr. for the ride of his life now the mgr. knows what zr-1 means), i am still pussin out at 130 but some day ill find that perfect road and polish my nads :!: :!: :!: :lol:

[cward]

201 mph. BBORR 2002. Disq. for too fast.

Curtis #364 RIP

[cward]

Also:
Dewey's 93 ZR-1 = 170
Dewey's ZO7 = 178
Bob's 95 ZR-1 = 181

I drove all those cars at the Texas Flying Mile a couple of months ago. Old #364 would have done a little over 170 on engine in flying mile based on my experience with the above mentioned cars.

Curtis

[90ZR1]

I only got to drive mine for a month and a half and i believe the top speed was 151mph. #2910 sat for four years so I still need some time before really opening her up.

[rkreigh]

make sure you have some good fresh tires before going balls out.

the factory low tire pressure sensor system has a nasty habbit of unassing at speed too which can be very disconcerting. the plastic ears bust off and they rattle around and shake your gizzard out. mine are gone and I don't miss em a bit.

at 180, bad things can happen very fast. make sure you do any top end bombs in a safe venue. we want you around to enjoy lots of miles.

lba 180, but it can be cut short there as well. as for me, 154 in the LSV, it was plenty considering how fast I got there.

once I saw 70 backwards in the 90 DRM, that seemed pretty quick too!!! :!:

[Mikez40]

I have gone 162mph, However a couple of month ago, I was running at 120mph, letting off, down around between 110mph, the front tire blew out... coasted to a stop with only bending the rim...Tire was new only around 2000 miles on it. Needless to say, I am no gun shy of going that fast again... I was very lucky not to have done more damage...

I took the tire in to find out why it blew, no holes,, I was told the tire was under inflated... I was running at 30psi, I was told I should of been running at 40psi..Still hard to believe 10psi would of made much of a differance.. Oh well, live and learn...an expensive lesson on my part. :shock:

[Z Factor]

I have gone 162mph, However a couple of month ago, I was running at 120mph, letting off, down around between 110mph, the front tire blew out... coasted to a stop with only bending the rim...Tire was new only around 2000 miles on it. Needless to say, I am no gun shy of going that fast again... I was very lucky not to have done more damage...

I took the tire in to find out why it blew, no holes,, I was told the tire was under inflated... I was running at 30psi, I was told I should of been running at 40psi..Still hard to believe 10psi would of made much of a differance.. Oh well, live and learn...an expensive lesson on my part. :shock:

Hello, and welcome to the forum.

You are very lucky to have survived a tire failure going at those speeds. That said, I would question the explanation you were given as to why the tire failed.

[threestar40]

170 with 4:09's at The Texas Mile in Goliad.

It was a ball and it did change my world.

Awesome.

Rick =)

PS New to this forum and it looks great. May come hang out with you guys for while, been at the corvetteforum for a long while now.

[rkreigh]

154 in the LSV and the car was acclerating pretty hard. that was all for me as I wasn't driving.

these cars rock on top end. ;)

[Z Factor]

PS New to this forum and it looks great. May come hang out with you guys for while, been at the corvetteforum for a long while now.

Thanks, and it's great to have you.

[markierm]

55...it's the speed limit

[Z Factor]

55?

Heck, the speed limit here in Florida is 70 on the highway, and some people have been known to go a little over that as well. ;)

[homelessrich]

145 MPH before I ran out of road and nerve.

[RiceEatingZR1]

i got mine up to 125 the first day I got it. Im still looking for a Good Open Road to Open it up on .. I will say this though.. I love to get on the Tollways and Drop it into 3rd at 70mph. it takes off Like a Bat out of hell. :thumbsup:

[Jim Jones]

I'm almost embarassed to say that I've only had it to 120mph. Scared the crap out of me. I couldn't believe how fast it got there. These cars are fully insane!! :cool: I'm sure someday there will be a nice long stretch of open road to test it out on, but until then. . . .

there are always Mustangs to play with

[tomtom72]

I've only had mine to 90 & I was very surprised how quickly it got there. I haven't driven a vette in 20 yrs so I'm back to beginner status and my last vette was a 72. There is a good deal of difference between my new Z and my old LT-1. I have to learn all over again. I'm still having fun, albit at a slower rate of speed! :-D Tom

[zipnz]

181 at the BBORR in 2002. was dq for exceeding tech speed ;-)[/img]

[Greybeard ZR1]

"Only" 173 on the first day I owned it over ten years ago. Since then, 130-140 almost every weekend....yeeeeehaaah! :jawdrop:

Seriously, the car is very stable at high speed. It just hunkers down and flies. :thumbsup:

[threestar40]

170 @ the texas mile in Goliad

bumping the rev limiter at 7Krpm in fifth with 4:09's

Rick

[W i l l]

Does anyone still have the video of Rick Doria having a blowout on the front right tire in the Haus of Pizza car at about 230 mph? Talk about cajones!

[BlackWidow#2]

164 and I ran out of highway.

[Nick]

120. Haven't found room to do more...yet. :mrgreen:

[ZR1Post]

Sometime back when I actually owned a Z, I did have it up to 177mph on a German Autobahn, according to the speedo and this for only a very brief period of time. High speed handling in stock form is not the ZR1's strong point, in my opinon...
:cool:

ZR1Post

[DDSLT5]

Had her up to 175 mph - takes a while to get there even with a 415 - I'm not one to hammer it WOT for more than a mile - the Alcons work great though! :thumbsup:

[Jim Jones]

Hey DDSLT5, what are ALCONS anyway??

[Aurora40]

I would guess he means Alcon brakes: http://www.alcon.co.uk/frameset.asp

[Kevin]

Hey DDSLT5, what are ALCONS anyway??

Bad *** brakes

[Kevin]

I've seen 180 before. More stable than I thought it would be

[Bell Curve]

Does anyone still have the video of Rick Doria having a blowout on the front right tire in the Haus of Pizza car at about 230 mph? Talk about cajones!

That would totally :cool: to see that video:thumbsup:

[rhipsher]

Did I hear my name being called? I can do one better than that. I have video of me doing it.http://s301.photobucket.com/albums/nn63/keeno1970/?action=view&current=Reallyfast005.flv

[A26B]

172 @ Nellis AFB, standing mile, Las Vegas Gathering 2006. local pd traffic radar, 1872ft altitude.