about 40-50 for me

 

160mph running 205/45/17's with a 3.52 Final drive @ 5950rpm

 

Off the clock but Sat Nav suggested it was around 145mph.

Big-Dan.

 

are all erst box's 3.52 final drive? if not what do i do to my to get 3.52 final drive mate?

 

105 then the sunroof opened

 

had the new frs to 145 the other day.....

 

No they are 3.82, mine was from a XR2 (not 2i) they have the longer final drive.
Horrible to drive with though really, only good for top speed runs IMO, i'm using a XR3i 4.28 now and thats so much more fun for daily driving

 

160 on the clock in my RS500

 

I dont have an RS

 

I had it off the clock on my old spec which was 201 BHP, but don't know what "real" speed that equates to. Genuine 120MPH? My new spec, with 100 more BHP and bags mroe torque will top out at 110-120 MPH due to gearbox, but fuck me will it get to those speeds fast!

 

I think I did over 100mph in mine. Well, thats what the speedo said anyway.

 

Pics/Videos or it never happened

 

135 before CHT fault. Hopefully the ring I'll max out.

 

hit the red in my fiesta many years ago when it was a 1600, clock was showing 135 but I dont know what the true speed was. Felt pretty quick though (things beginning to rattle etc etc)

 

Had my Estate accelerating at 138 on the GPS with more to come.... then I saw the traffics

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7kmK6BxsOg

 

185. Speedo only goes 170 so had to work of the rs4 next to me.

 

puts a smile on my face every time i see that vid

 

about 1-2mph in mine pushing it down the drive and into the garage. had it 5 years and never driven the bloody thing..

 

now
The obvious missing the point entirely there then.

 

Off the clock in series one, private road. Doors started to peel away were they met the A-frame! Good ole girl that was.

 

s1 are 4.28 from factory
s2 are 3.82 from factory

personally i prefer the 3.82 as it gives you abit more time instead of constantly swapping cogs.

 

I once ran 4.28 in mine, was comical. Bounced off the limiter in 5th within about half a mile.

 

off the clock in the estate racing a cayenne turbo so thats prob 110mph for real, porsche driver was a bit shocked when he couldnt pass me at those speeds i think lol sleepers all the way!!!

 

done 140mph indicating on the clock in my s2 when i pissed off a type r
so maybe about 135 i reckon, then slowed down lol

 

125 in my s2 according to the speedo it was shaking like a shitting dog and sounded like the windows were open when they wernt! had more in it but had to move over for some fat old mush in a range rover

145 on speedo in my 3door but ran out of road as was only on a short dual carraigeway

and 130 on speedo in my 1.6 zetec escort estate!!!!!!!!!! and its bog standard!

 

140 in my 3dr the night I picked it up,maybe not the best moment to do it...

 

149.7 according to the GPS at Brunters

 

we've all done it though, thrashed the shit out of a new buy on the way home, then though "i know nothing about the brakes, suspension, tyres, wheels, infact, any fucking thing"

i've had mine off the clock and then some. i'll let everyone else argue what speed it went off at.

 

while someone was waving at you from the side of the road?

 

With my 230bhp lump i managed to to hit 6500rpm in 5th on standard rims which should 146.6mph based on gear ratios and tyre size. GPS was reading 146.

My next one should do significantly more.

 

well which rs lol
piece of shit s2 rs 230bhp off clock so what ever that is
aspirated cosworth mk2 escort rs about 110/120 and that was scary lol
mk1 frs 150...... i loved this it was my best car
focus st 145ish
escort cosworth 155ish 400bhp bit to fast for me in an old shed lol
my s1 10mph in garages lol

 

I've done 139/140mph at 5900rpm a few times, in 5th of course I could of got more up to 6500rpm but didn't want to push it that far.

 

152Mph with Gps at 196Bhp but never taken to max yet.some crazy speeds we get out of these cars.

 

150 on the clock in my ST170 down a big hill



About the same in my 3 door.

Mondeo will only do about 125 on the clocks

 

oh and a 146 indicated in my saph last year, felt like 80 though lol but cossies always do,
off the clock in my black xr2 turbo which was very scary, doors were flapping and i lost the rear arch bit of kit lol,
and off the clock(110 speedo) in my xr2 engine'd 4 speed mk2 fiesta ghia

 

145mph according to sat nav on my old gearbox with long final drive in my xr2
on a series one box now and won't get anywhere close to that, not that the car is safe at those speeds, doors start to try to open above 110mph.

 

i wanna join in but dont have an RS, i have a 1660cc mk2 escort though, and the stops at 103mph @ 6500rpm but i only have 4 gears,

 

Someone I know used to have a fast RST. Was about 300bhp at the time of this video. Looks like it goes OK, I never got a passenger ride in it though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cs9OUZq1Zk

Does look like it truly lights the wheels up in third at 70mph though, and the roads look totally dry.

I also think it looks like it reaches 6300rpm in fifth, what do you think?

 

your 'friends' car is pretty rapid