Have you ever topped out your speedometer?

Samm25

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So, today while driving home I decided to absolutely mash the pedal for the first time and get it up to the top speed on my ‘05 V8 with 190k miles. I know it’s not safe, but I made sure no other cars were around when doing so.
Just curious if anyone has ever done this? Pretty good rush you get
 
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They are fun to hammer on, plenty of torque for dealing with morons. I have a lead foot & get real impatient while driving. I think the fastest I've had my 08 V6 was 109. Will be interesting to test after I get my headers installed. Lately my 4Lo light occasionally comes on when I get on it good. nothing like seeing that come on at 80mph ha.
 
I did this on my dad's '69 Pontiac Grand Prix with the big V8 way back long ago. Nice straight lonesome dead end TX country road. No tragedy to report. Probably used up a lifetime's worth of good luck.

Later I looked up the max speed for the tires and resolved to never do such a thing again.
 
How else would I know if the speedometer was working correctly?

Yes the V8 at least just keeps pulling even with my 35s and other mods. Ive never hit the limiter but I've gone over 100 a couple times.

When I was designing my front bumper I never had aero on my mind so shes a bit floaty.
 
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How else would I know if the speedometer was working correctly?

Yes the V8 at least just keeps pulling even with my 35s and other mods. Ive never hit the limiter but I've gone over 100 a couple times.

When I was designing my front bumper I never had aero on my mind so shes a bit floaty.



Nice! I have to admit, even with it getting close to the end of the speedometer, it felt like it just wanted to keep going
I ended up with a huge smile on my face
 
I did this on my dad's '69 Pontiac Grand Prix with the big V8 way back long ago. Nice straight lonesome dead end TX country road. No tragedy to report. Probably used up a lifetime's worth of good luck.

Later I looked up the max speed for the tires and resolved to never do such a thing again.



Haha, you lived to tell the story. That’s what counts
 
I haven't tried it with my 4Runner, but I did it numerous times with my first vehicle, which was 92 Chevy Lumina Euro whatever it was called. It "turned off" at 180 km/h, but it ran at only 3,500 RPMS at that speed and could go much faster. Fuel consumption was almost identical to when going 120 km/h. It was a great car. I had parked for 2 years and one of the pistons got seized, so I towed it to a scrap yard. It was a sad day.

I was pretty crazy when I was younger. I once drove from Hamilton, Ontario to Quebec City, Quebec, which is roughly 900 km (560 mi) in just over 5 hours - 180 km/h on cruise control most of the way on the pretty much empty highway. Young and dumb, perhaps, but great times. I got a speeding ticket on the way back to Hamilton going 40 km/h over the posted speed limit of 100. The ticket was $350, if I remember correctly (it was in 1999 or 2000). I get a speeding ticket once in every 1-2 years ever since. I guess going slow is just not my thing :fear: I never speed by more than 10 km/h in a city though.

Edit: Correction (though not really relevant), it was 39 over the posted speed limit and the ticket was $286. I remember it now as if it happened yesterday.
 
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2007 V8 with 265/70/17, according to a garmin GPS the top speed was 119mph, had it their for about 5 miles! I think the rpm was around 3500 in 5th gear!
 
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Never fully hit governor. Did hit ~95-105 coming down the pass last week. (That's adjusted for speed difference with 33s and no sways)
 
Few years ago I was northbound on the interstate south of Montgomery, AL

Mostly an empty stretch of road for a long long way.

Anyway I was passed by a small car going super fast and I tried to catch it,

got close enough to see it was a Chevy Volt, then I backed off

did not look at the speedo - didn't want to know...
 
I had my 04 Dodge pickup truck up to 154 mph going out to the desert a few years ago, i just figured with no traffic let's see what she's got, i know stupid huh?
 
Gotten mine up to 124 according to GPS. Pretty impressive with 35's and no sways. The governor cuts me off at 100 (115 with 35) or something around there from what I remember, oddly if you turn the cruise control on and keep mashing the accelerate button it disregards the governor.
 

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