“HSV sets new World Land Speed Record”

[Wraith]

only 270?

i guess if you like utes thats fast....

BR, how can you say "only 270" ?? where could you possibly go or want to go faster than that, except on a race track or on some NT de-restricted straight with a supercar or bike.

I've been up to over 230km/h in my late LS1 powered R8 clubsport and well over 140mph in my old 9 sec XU1 drag car and let me tell you, if you ain't been at those speeds before, it's bloody scary and you'd want to have miles of straight road ahead of you.
For anyone else who has, they'll tell you there's so much difference from say 180-190km/h to going well over 200, it feels like your going twice as fast again when you approach 250km/h.

I would never want to do these speeds on a motorbike - your just askin

[oneightoo]

i had my astra sri up to 190km/h could have pushed on but didnt really want to.. my vn commo was speed limited to 180km/h..

[auzvectra]

i had our old vp commo v6 ip to 240kmh flat out, it had some serious cold air induction, and k&n panel.
i had a my first car upto 280kmh, damn never again in an old commodore, from what i remember it was pretty steady, but i was young n stupid, so no idea.
that was a vk commo with an efi 5.0L too by the way, was crazy quick.

[MatsHolden]

Remember this record wasn't about getting the top speed out of the car, they only had 1km to do it in. And mate you got to 280km/h in your VK 5.0L? The VL Commodore SS Group A Walkinshaw had a top speed of 232km/h.

[Vectracious]

i had a my first car upto 280kmh, damn never again in an old commodore, from what i remember it was pretty steady, but i was young n stupid, so no idea.
that was a vk commo with an efi 5.0L too by the way, was crazy quick.

Sounds interesting - what did you have done in the VK - obviously there was an engine transplant to start with.....

[stevedee3]

Remember this record wasn't about getting the top speed out of the car, they only had 1km to do it in. And mate you got to 280km/h in your VK 5.0L? The VL Commodore SS Group A Walkinshaw had a top speed of 232km/h.

The way I read it, the 1km isn't the amount of "run up" they had, it was the distance over which the speed was calculated. But I could be wrong...

[CJB]

i had my astra sri up to 190km/h could have pushed on but didnt really want to.. my vn commo was speed limited to 180km/h..

Ooo000ooo000 Im telling your Mum

I was going to say... I think a lot of 4's have better luck going over 200km then most 6's.

[MatsHolden]

The way I read it, the 1km isn't the amount of "run up" they had, it was the distance over which the speed was calculated. But I could be wrong...

Hmm.. I read it as being they had a 1km strip of road to start from 0km/h and see what 'top speed' they would reach at the 1km mark. So like a 1/4 mile run but over 1km.

[btm]

Hmm.. I read it as being they had a 1km strip of road to start from 0km/h and see what 'top speed' they would reach at the 1km mark. So like a 1/4 mile run but over 1km.

this is how i read it also mat... but i could be wrong...

[CJB]

this is how i read it also mat... but i could be wrong...

bryne is never wrong