04-28-2008 | #1 |
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: San Fernando Valley, CA.
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So how fast have you taken it?
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 Im hooked
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04-28-2008 | #2 |
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Anchorage, AK
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Re: So how fast have you taken it?
There is no road in Alaska I would take any car to 150. There are some pretty long straight streches, but rough terrain on either side, not smooth enough, and lots of wild animals running around even in the cities. You hit a moose even at seventy and you are in serious trouble. A wolf at 100 toast! I'll keep it on the track or Drag Strip. No place here for that speed on the track either. I have driven a dragster 198.97 mph in 7.34 sec. 1/4 mile though. That was in the early 70's. They now do much better than that with Pro Stock!
REBel
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04-28-2008 | #3 |
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Re: So how fast have you taken it?
life has begun
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04-28-2008 | #4 |
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: lone pine and mammoth lakes ca.
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Re: So how fast have you taken it?
ron fun at speed huh , i think you remember my 196 ride in the paniment valley that was followed by a shorts dirting 3 360s when i let off too fast . i will never try that again but it was fun once . though i will never know how i stayed on the road .
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Re: So how fast have you taken it?
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04-28-2008 | #6 |
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Squires (near Ava MO in the Mark Twain N'tl Forest) - Missouri
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Re: So how fast have you taken it?
145, limited by "track" conditions, and possible road force balancing anomalies.
Where does one get tires road force balanced and just plain balanced(!) for "life to begin" (in the Chicagoland area)?? (Discount Tire sold me my GY F1/D3s, but gives me the "deer in the headlights" look when I ask them about RFBing.) P. |
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Re: So how fast have you taken it?
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Chevrolet dealer in my area does the road force balancing.
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Re: So how fast have you taken it?
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04-28-2008 | #9 |
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Northridge, CA
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Re: So how fast have you taken it?
"just" ~162mph at the Nellis Mile Shootout in Las Vegas.
Very smooth and felt safe with all the open room around me. Hum, to stir up the pot, and talking about the Mile Shootout... We are in the talking stages of another ZR-1 Gathering West. Ron H. said there will be a mile shootout at Nellis AFB the last weekend of Sept, 2008. It is a hoot! We would like to organize a ZR-1 gathering around this event. We realize that we have to sort out the safety requirements first and earlier. But we also need attendance commitments to make this worthwhile (and fun!). We will keep you posted. Last edited by tf95ZR1; 04-28-2008 at 02:13 PM. |
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Location: Squires (near Ava MO in the Mark Twain N'tl Forest) - Missouri
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U da man!! Thanks!!!
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