timetaker Donating Members 217 Member For: 13y 11m 12d Gender: Male Posted 22/07/11 07:35 AM Share Posted 22/07/11 07:35 AM I've just purused the August edition of the WHEELS mag.Whereby they had a number of carsthat were tested for 0-400m,80-120,etc but the main test concerned the cars' top speed.The F6 (auto) achieved 251km/h and the GT335 253km/h.Both cars iirc achieved a 13.36 0-400m.The Porsche Turbo S had the highest top speed of 300km/h.Both Fords were the cheapest.Other cars testedincluded Lexus ISF($128,000 the next price after the GT 335),BMW3,GTR,SLS Merc,Porsche Turbo Panamera(fast,but an ugly,ugly car).I'm a little suprised that the BMW 3 and ISF achieved a lower 0-400m(around 1 sec) than both Fords.Would a manual F6 or GT 335 attain a higher top speed than what the autos achieved in the mag.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekaani Donating Members 163 Member For: 15y 5m 9d Posted 22/07/11 08:02 AM Share Posted 22/07/11 08:02 AM remove the factory speed limiter and they'll surely hit around 280-290 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 14d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 22/07/11 08:06 AM Share Posted 22/07/11 08:06 AM Maybe it was slightly down hill and the 335 had a weight advantage... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanBatman G666E Turbo!!! Member 1,008 Member For: 14y 10m 11d Gender: Male Posted 22/07/11 08:09 AM Share Posted 22/07/11 08:09 AM The acceleration figures were slow because it was run on a runway, on a drag strip on a Friday night at Calder an F6 will rape an isf, they were limited, and will easily do much higher with the limit removed. But there is no need for that really to be honest in aus, where are you going to test out to see if it can do 300km/h legally... No country airfield will be long enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buf-Phoon loitering with intent Lifetime Members 13,318 Member For: 21y 3m 9d Gender: Male Location: Zombie Birdhouse Posted 22/07/11 08:13 AM Share Posted 22/07/11 08:13 AM remove the speed limiter on an F6 it will be off the speedo( 270 ks) and still pulling, not sure about FGs though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henz Tampon inserted, Auto Acquired, next purchase a new handbag Donating Members 9,946 Member For: 16y 8m 8d Gender: Male Location: Vic Posted 22/07/11 08:27 PM Share Posted 22/07/11 08:27 PM No country airfield will be long enough.Didn't they get one to 308 back in the day with an aps kit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impellor Member 835 Member For: 14y 4m 8d Gender: Not Telling Posted 22/07/11 10:28 PM Share Posted 22/07/11 10:28 PM I found it very interesting that HSV wouldn't supply any cars for this comparison. Personally I think that body shape wouldn't be conducive to high speed. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Here since the start... Lifetime Members 10,282 Member For: 21y 7m 2d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 22/07/11 11:54 PM Share Posted 22/07/11 11:54 PM Didn't they get one to 308 back in the day with an aps kit?It ran 307km/h in early 2004.They had to fit 18's and a 3.23:1 diff ratio behind the T5 gearbox to achieve that speed. (The car also had better tyres and AP brakes).Probably the key point for anyone thinking that this type of speed would be a good idea is the below statement. This is from the driver of the car......the air starts to play around the nose at, maybe, 260. Hard to know, with the speedo non-functional.A bit faster and it starts to move all over the track. It’s getting to be seriously hard work with the tacho needle j-u-s-t off the limiter, maybe 30 revs shy. The engine’s not the problem, it’s the aero. Avalon’s airstrip is wide enough to land jumbos, but I doubt any of them ever uses this much width. It’s just walking the nose across the road and back again, sometimes sharply.And then it’s over and through the trap. The aero is, if anything, worse under brakes. While moving off the throttle and onto the brake pedal, the thing steps a good three car widths sideways, then another three as the nose pitches. From there, it’s junking left, then right, and then back again until, around 230 or so, it all becomes fairly benign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanBatman G666E Turbo!!! Member 1,008 Member For: 14y 10m 11d Gender: Male Posted 23/07/11 12:14 AM Share Posted 23/07/11 12:14 AM Not forgetting the fact the aps car had shiploads more power than stock, stock might go fast but will need a looooong strip, I haven't driven on the runway at Avalon, taxiway yes run way no, but if it's like Mel airport runway, it's not really ideal for car related top speed runs as our runways aren't like the top hear test track, they are highly crowned and grooved, it would be really hard doing 300k's on it compared to say east link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 3d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 23/07/11 01:03 AM Share Posted 23/07/11 01:03 AM Holy crap, the Motor quote you put up is scary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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