Hitting the limiter - how often?

[Space Cadet]

160mph M6 Toll Road, think there is possibly another 10mph in there but would take perhaps another 20-30 seconds to achieve it.

 

Felt very stable.

[sales manager]

160mph M6 Toll Road, think there is possibly another 10mph in there but would take perhaps another 20-30 seconds to achieve it.

 

Felt very stable.

152 on christmas day on a33 between reading and wellington country park, little bit floaty. quickest ever driven was just over 198, in my ex drag racing 7.5 litre mustang with nitrous. also have a jeep that puts out neer on 400bhp, scarey in a 4x4.

[chriswillis]

Sorry to drag this thread up from the past but that is what the search button is for hey

 

Does anyone know what speed the z does if de-limited from 155? Just out of curiosity really and wondered if anyone had done it?

[Danny 350Z]

150mph on the Autobahn and bottled it. So, nearly

[IanS16]

I've had 166. I think it had a little more but not much, maybe enought to hit 170.

 

Felt fine, no different than at 100 really.

[Chris`I]

I've heard reports of 175MPH on the speedo, which corrected would be what, 165-170ish.

[rich5259]

I thought I'd seen somewhere that 168-170 is the theoretical top speed, not sure if that's for an '06 or the later 313s

[Ekona]

Working on the gearbox ratios, these are the max speeds in each gear:

 

1st Gear = 38 mph

2nd Gear = 62 mph

3rd Gear = 89 mph

4th Gear = 114 mph

5th Gear = 145 mph

6th Gear = 184 mph

 

All speeds rounded up/down to nearest mph, and calculated using data from here and calculator from here. Obviously drag and power will come into it at some point, but you can always add more power and to a certain extent effect the drag (although 0.30Cd is pretty good anyway) so your limit is the mechanicals of the gearbox.

[rich5259]

The owner's guide for the 313 has recommended max speeds in 1st, 2nd and 3rd on page 5-8

 

These are 40mph in 1st, 66mph in 2nd and 95mph in 3rd.

 

remember the 313 will rev to 7500

[SunZed]

My clios max is supposedly 110mph. Should be interesting with a max of 155mph/top of 170mph.

 

 

[Chris`I]

My clios max is supposedly 110mph. Should be interesting with a max of 155mph/top of 170mph.

 

 

My old 1.2 clio maxed out at 115MPH (private road of course), the Zed sails past there in the blink of an eye in comparison!

[adammitch69]

I've hit 135mph... but that was with the roof down and a passenger

To be fair i'd have thought it would hit 160, you see shitter cars than ours on Top Gear with supposedly factory 155 limits and they sail past it on the runway.

 

Adam