I finally hit the mark. :)

[Jordan]

hopefully soon I will be able to be an E36 M3 poser I guess...

150 doesnt seem that fast on the highway. I dont make a habit of going that fast but unless you start looking at close landmarks the road goes by deceptively slow.

Its hard to belive you cover 220 feet every second.

I will be the first to agree with that.

At 140 in the M3, it was like normal highway speed. car was smooth and responsive, not unstable and twitchy. It could have done that all day.

I immagine people I did pass were like WTF?? because i was doing more then twice their speed.

[Inspar8r]

Stu,
Why don't ya just join the 50 other e36 forums. ;) From the looks of your sig, thats what ya got. :? poser....

What, you dont like my mad sleeper stylllezzzz?

matt

Don't worry matt, the respect goes to those who build their cars with their own money and their own hands.

Anyone can have an engine built and installed by someone else. I'd be more concerned about an e30 with a whistling underhood and blow-off valve before i'm worried about a S50.

Hey, Stu, how bout that for smack talk ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) I wanted to get in on the fun!!!

[graphik]

Ive held 140mph in the M3 for over an hour, nothing big really.

140 for a fucking hour........ that is just asking for trouble...

[randomtask37]

128 @ 6100 rpms in 4th gear, with the stock 3.73 (highway I-81)
105 @ 6500 rpms in 4th gear, with the 4.10 (top of a mountian, straitaway)

im always to scared to make that last shift
its like, ill get a rush but then when i realize i just hit redline in 4th gear, im like, SHIT im mooooovin, time to slow down.

[trent]

Ive held 140mph in the M3 for over an hour, nothing big really.

140 for a fucking hour........ that is just asking for trouble...

I have done the same in my E30 -- through death valley at 2am on the way to Las Vegas.

[trent]

128 @ 6100 rpms in 4th gear, with the stock 3.73 (highway I-81)
105 @ 6500 rpms in 4th gear, with the 4.10 (top of a mountian, straitaway)

im always to scared to make that last shift
its like, ill get a rush but then when i realize i just hit redline in 4th gear, im like, SHIT im mooooovin, time to slow down.

huh? 100 moving? I do that everyday on the freeway

[matt325is]

Indeed I am.

matt

[gstuning]

I hit the Revlimiter in mine in 5th in only 20SEC

125mph in 18.3 sec

[Bryson]

Welcome to the club, Stu. The elite part that is... on mine the speedo actually topped out a hair after 150..
don't you love the six

[MichaelH]

Re: I finally hit the mark. :)

It was just me and a red C5 coupe

I love cocky old men in their c5's....they think they are so fast until they are put in their place by old BMW's and 4cyl Subaru's with huge spoilers.... :D

[SlammedE30]

Bah, a bill fitty ain't shit! :roll: (said the guy who's only done 142 with the stock motor...) Haven't had a chance to take the 3 litre to her peak yet, but she does get to 135 awfully fast :twisted: Now the 911 on the other hand....... :shock: 160 at the track, revlimiter in 5th!!! That shit is nuts.
-Ted

[325si]

Not to upset any "fruit carts" (which would apply to most of you)...

In an '88 MB 420SEL, we average 100mph from atlanta to lafayett...INCLUDING STOPS. One of which was for a ticket. that car would max out at 150, but we routinely cruised at 140-143 for an hour at a time.

God only knows what a 560SEL would've done.

Moral of the story: the e30's game is handling. don't even bother bringing up high speed cruising. I had a jeep cherokee 4.0 that could cruise at 110mph for hours and hours.

let's see how long this post lasts before it's deleted.

[CiLK WuRM]

Well, it hasn't been deleted.... so i'll add my tale. I was going home from a party at 2am, i decided to head up to Whangarei... a town 200K's away... for no reason at all. Ave speed 138k's, total trip time 3 hours. The 318is was steady as a rock. I sat at 210k's on the speedo for a straight road 20k's long. SImply crazy. Especially at 3:30am.

[KenC]

I hit 112 in my M10 (on Highway 18 between east of Lincoln City if you're from Oregon you'll know the spot). Not exactly what one would deem 'stable'... probably due to my stock suspension. It felt like the car was floating. :D

[rwh11385]

Not to upset any "fruit carts" (which would apply to most of you)...

In an '88 MB 420SEL, we average 100mph from atlanta to lafayett...INCLUDING STOPS. One of which was for a ticket. that car would max out at 150, but we routinely cruised at 140-143 for an hour at a time.

God only knows what a 560SEL would've done.

Moral of the story: the e30's game is handling. don't even bother bringing up high speed cruising. I had a jeep cherokee 4.0 that could cruise at 110mph for hours and hours.

let's see how long this post lasts before it's deleted.

Dude, that sounds just like the Cannonball Runs of the '70s. They averaged like, i forget, 88mph maybe, from New York to Los Angeles!!! Tickets, gas, and other stops.....no sleep, no food stops. Total travel time was like 32-38 hours......now that's crazy! :shock: