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Old 04-29-2008   #21
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How about 120's 3/8" off the Ground -

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If I ever jumped out of the car hobby carts are exactly what Id get into .Some of them are stupid fast and being an inch or less off the ground I can only imagine what a rush that would be.
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Old 04-29-2008   #22
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Just nudged 180mph in Germany a couple of years back. My wife had the video running at times (with her usual steady hand) Quite loud in the car at those speeds as you can tell in the video when we are yelling at each other to get heard. Video is here if you are interested - http://corvetteclips.co.uk/VideoClips.html Ther are some others there as well.

I have had the car in the 160's a few times. The roads in the uk are now so poorly maintained and crowded that those kind of speeds are getting very risky. Add to that anything over 100 is a at least a ban and even jail its alos getting very risky. still goto Germant at least once a year though

Intrestingly that 180 run was done in my car pre- 368 and the LT5 was sick. It had been using more oil than usual and had what sounded like a noisy lifter. As it turned out when Marc stripped it it looked like it had ingested a screw and eaten it in no.8!! So with missing on No8 it still pulled up to 180mph!!!
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Old 04-29-2008   #23
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I have only had mine for a couple of weeks now, I upgraded from 87 to a 91 ZR1. I must say it is quite a big difference. But that aside I have had only one opportunity to test my metal. When I saw 100 in 3rd in a very few seconds my heart was pounding and I backed off. Maybe it was the traffic or maybe my nerves. Either way it felt like warp speed from my seat. By the way my brother was in the passenger seat. He said that after that sprint he was no longer interested in driving it as he would want one and its not in his cards for now. He said he would be satisfied with riding shotgun for now. It was a blast .
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Old 04-29-2008   #24
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I got mine up to 125 the first day I got the car. I have the speeding ticket to prove it. All this before the wife had even seen the car.. LOL ... O good times.. yeah i got my a.... chewed for that one..
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Old 04-30-2008   #25
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Trip back from NM with the car,when I first got it, in the rain over the pass at Flagstaff.

135. yea, I got chewed for being back in Vegas from ABQ in waayyy less time then it should have taken.

And the car was sick then.
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Old 04-30-2008   #26
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After 2 yrs finally stumbled up the "perfect road", only had to drive 70 miles or so to find it. Long story short, myself in the 90 and a friend on his moddded R1 in front of me..

He backed off at 15x-ish due to some winds and was surprised to see the Z still in his sights.

Didnt feel a thing, car felt fantastic at that speed, coulda stayed there all day. Pulls as hard at 120 as it does at 80

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Congrats, intoxicating isn't it?

Out here in the plains, i hit 170 once...right before I sold it.
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Old 04-30-2008   #27
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Not too long after I got the car back from Exotic Muscle..i say about 600 miles after the engine work, me and a friend with his 996 TT porsche race on I-5 to L.A at 12 am on a long strech about 2 miles. We got up to 155+ it was kinda scary and stupid, but it was only a brief run there was no car on the highway at that hour. We both stayed at that speed for only 15 second or so then backed off. It was really fun.
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Old 04-30-2008   #28
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171 mph in the Vegas standing mile event....
181 mph on the drive down to the event
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Old 05-01-2008   #29
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Where does one get tires road force balanced



Can someone help me understand what "road force balancing" means?
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Old 05-01-2008   #30
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Where does one get tires road force balanced



Can someone help me understand what "road force balancing" means?
If you click the link I included, you can click around for info on it. But basically it means that the tire is subjected to a compression force while being spun, to simulate how the tire will perform on the road. A regular balance, the wheel and tire are just spun with no sidewall compression, etc.

A road force balance just kicks it up another notch, and can compensate some for sidewall variations, etc. Though much of it probably depends on the guy using the balancer (much like any tool).
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