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Top speed travels
Neat question!!
Its a little like" are you a great lover" EVERY guy will say the obvious... regarding top speed, I've had two neat events in road cars 1) 150 mph at 7500 in 67 vette with a 500bhp Traco engine 2) 155 mph in my first Stealth Twin turbo. It was an absolute breeze, safe, fast, no problems at all... Hotshoe |
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Re: VFR Thou
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Pearl '92 LS-L 179K (Historic 1st 5-speed SVX) Mods: 5-speed, 4.11's, Group-N motor mounts, dual Magnaflows, cone air filter, Kenwood MP-228 CD/Receiver, white-faced gauges, '97 grill, custom window tinting. Ebony Mica '92 LS 80K Oct 2002 - Dec 2004: Victim of theft. She served me well. You can tell the lack of craftsmanship by the wrinkles in the duct tape. |
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Oh.......for my younger, more stupid days
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Huck Subaru Ambassador 92 SVX LS-Tour Magnaflow Exhaust, 5-Spd-AWD 88 XT6 AWD 5-Speed "Bride of FrankenWedge" 15 Impreza Premium Sedan 15 Crosstrek XV 5-Speed My 5-Speed "How-To" Write-up 1976 Pontiac Firebird Formula Current Count of Subaru's Owned.... "70" |
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The p/w ratio of the one I had was pretty good at 160, it only weighed a little over 800 kgs. 0-60 in the low 7s, but the nicest thing about it was the brakes. Stupendous. Great stoppers, 195 section rubber on a small light car, with disks front and rear. Real good grippy seats too. I do miss it a lot. It was so quick around back roads I had to slow down to stay alive. I kept meeting people head on, who did not know I was there, because I was coming out of the bends so quick as they were approaching them. Also nearly ran into the back of a van at 120+ on a dual carriageway. He pulled out to overtake like he did not know I was coming. I drive more calmly in the SVX Picture of a black one like it in my locker. Joe
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Black Betty [Bam a Lam!] '93 UK spec, still languishing Betty Jersey Girl Silver '92 UK [Channel Isles] 40K Jersey Girl @ Mersea Candy Purple Honda Blackbird Plum Dangerous White X2 RVR Mitsubishi 1800GDI. Vantastic 40,000 miles Jersey Girl |
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There is (almost) no substitute for brute force! CJ |
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No replacement for displacement, woo woo! Now if only we had a turbo like the WRX so we could destroy em.
- Ca$h |
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You couldn't even pronounce the word finesse while sitting in that car. Mighta had something to do with the tooth-jarring suspension. It sure would haul ass though!
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Hi folks
On german highway speedometer goes on maximum = 260 km/, what are about 158 miles Fortunately I live in Switzerland only 35 miles away from Germany. Kusi |
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speed....
Turned Eldora (high banked half mile) at a 140 mile per hour average........figures up to around 165 down the straights. Fastest I've ever gone in a street car was 149 in my ole Camaro. Blew the motor up about a week later.....guess they always do run better right before they blow
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Full Burgundy
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Just checked your pics in the locker. Nice car! All Japanese cars in '92 had Black over Claret, yours seems to be full Claret. Was that done specially for continental/Swiss market, or did you or a previous owner have the roof/bootlid sprayed up to body colour?? Joe
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Black Betty [Bam a Lam!] '93 UK spec, still languishing Betty Jersey Girl Silver '92 UK [Channel Isles] 40K Jersey Girl @ Mersea Candy Purple Honda Blackbird Plum Dangerous White X2 RVR Mitsubishi 1800GDI. Vantastic 40,000 miles Jersey Girl |
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I was one of 3 passengers in a '56 Buick that was floorboarded for about 5 minutes until the horizontal speedo needle went beyond 120. Not that it was accurate, but with four teenagers, two 6-packs, & four mostly bald tires, I'd say it was the '50s equivolent of an SVX doin' 175 on the Jersey Turnpike.
Ron (How were we allowed to live this long)?
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Good s**t happened. 69 was worth the wait. '92 stock semi-pristine ebony - 160K '96 Grand Caravan - 240K '01 Miata SE - 79K '07 Chrysler Pacifica - 60k - future money pit. Last edited by Ron Mummert; 12-18-2002 at 07:58 PM. |
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<two 6-packs>
We are talking ANCIENT history here folks.... ....pre-wine. Don
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Cats: Clio, Inky, Sheba, Sparky, Rocky, Cali, Scooter 3 cars: 02 SVT Focus, 2012 Versa...2015 Fiat 500 currently SVX-less 1 wife ("She, who must be obeyed..") "One advantage of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries" |
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80 somthing in the SVX, what can i say i am a good boy, and i dont need any tickets, and you see WV roads and there is another reason. Fastest i have done would be around 108 in my '87 Nissan NX. I know both can go alot better just i am safe and dont need to be going 140mph to be having fun, ill race one of you guys up 41 near here, way more fun than 140 on a strait.
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Wish I had a G-Tech
My blue 94 Ls-I that I sold to Porter I ad pegged while my girlfriend was taking pictures. Unfortunately I ran out of film at 145 or 140. I do not recall. I do have the pics. No scanner. But I can make a copy and mail it to whomever. I'll only make one and we can make it a chain picture. I believe that Porter and MotorsportSVX (Dayle) have seen it.
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