RB,
I'll admit to having a bit of a lead foot when 'test driving', but I do it in remote areas where I know traffic is minimal or non-existent. And when I do race (wheel to wheel or timed events), it's on a road course separated from normal traffic.

So where can you go 160 mph? It's called the Silver State Classic- it's a 90 mile timed run on highway 318 in Nevada and runs a couple of time a year. There are different classes of speed, from 95 mph touring up to the Unlimited (180+ mph) class. Not cheap to run in ($495-780), but where else can you run *****-out and not get arrested and get your car impounded? They even have a new event called the 'High Noon Shootout', which is a one mile long acceleration run for $200. This is legal road racing, sanctioned by the NHP.

http://www.silverstateclassic.com/

Geno

 

That's awsome. Is it a one run and your through kinda thing or can you do it as much as you want all day?

 

The 90 mile run and the 1 mile acceleration run are one-run deals. I think the purpose of the 1 mile run (held Fri, Sat.)is to test your car for the 90 mile run (held Sunday). There are alot of racers that weekend, so allowing the competitors to run more than once would be impossible timewise.

Geno

 

Here in Illinois, we have a place called "Cordova", and its mainly drags and other events. Like SPL (Sound Pressure Level) competitions, which is fun. And some events called "High School Night" where only high school students can drag and race. Its pretty fun.

 

A buddy of mine (Art Townsend) and his father used to run a heavily modified white '72 Corvette about 15 years ago at that race. He kept winning his class, and decided to go Unlimited - so he pulled the driveline (Chevy 427 & Borg/Warner 6-speed) out of his 'Vette and built a '69 Camaro (since it worked so well for the Gottlieb '69 'Big Red' Camaro), and I never did hear about how well he did after that (since he moved away after his contract was up).

I also remember Road & Track ran an article in '89 about how a guy with a Ferrari TestaRossa killed his wife when he exceeded the speed rating of his tires and lost control of the car when the tires grenaded at around 170.

Test driving is one thing - racing's another, since it's a whole lot more distracting.

 

Read my post again. I tend not to generalize. 160MPH is just a speed mentioned earlier. Most 928s are still well within their comfort zone at 160MPH. Civics that can reach that speed generally aren't going to be good at cruising there, much less exceeding it, for several miles at a time.

 

My problem with you, is that I'm 99% sure you're blowing smoke out of your ***, all the time.

Didn't you say in another thread that you were from Michigan? Why is the car is Washington?

 

ok man soo u think im liein about everythin ive said...u wanted pictures i posted em...u wanted a mod list i posted it..sooo i dont know man, think what u want i dont care

im from Michigan but im in the Army as there for imstationed inwashington

 

Im with Forty... I dont know you but I dont believe you for some reason. 460ish hp to the wheels is a monster of a civic and you dont seem like you know enough to stay alive in a car like that.

On-Topic... people with Cobras who "race" keep their cars far from stock. The 2003-2004 Cobras come supercharged and with a few simple bolt-ons and a tune they are cracking 500hp to the wheels like nothing, most are closer to 700. Anything above that is lost with traction problems. So if you get a cobra driver to actually race you you'll probably get walked, especially from a highway roll.

The average modded, daily-driven Cobra is in the high 10's to low 11's.

 

ok first of all i dont know u ether but just to let u know im 23....if had 2 300zx twin turbos..never wrecked em...an i did 16months in iraq in combat....ur tellin me i dont know how to to drive a civic F*cK U man ooh an how can u say i dont konw how to drive it u think im some 16 year that does burn outs all day an racin **** in neons an runs redlights..wel guess what im not...just to let u know i take care of my car, an seems to me u dont no much about timin or buildin a motor at all....i have the built block an turbo to push that much power...id get a dyno chat but im sure ud just say it was someone elses

im sorry that im the only one in the forum pushin over 400WHP an ur not, an thats sooo hard to believe

i like the forum an most of the poeple, but most i think most of u are just haters an jelous of some one that comes in here with a car that can run faster then urs

so POLO what does it take to drive a 400+ HP civic if u know all about cars u must know...an im goin to say u dont know how to drive a 500+ HP mustang....or is it a grage queen cause ur scared to drive it