Corvette Flyby at 198 mph ; skillful driver or completely nuts ?You decide.

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198! Will go that fast? I thought the top would be closer to 160 or so.

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> 198! Will go that fast? I thought the top would be closer to 160 or so.

Some of the new top dollar Vette's will hit 200, given enough room.

-W

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>> 198! Will go that fast? I thought the top would be closer to 160 or so.
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Incredible. But, given that some motorcycles off the showroom floor will
hit 170 or so, I suppose it makes some sort of sense. And, I used to think
145 or so in my 71 454 was really something back in the 70s,.

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>> Some of the new top dollar Vette's will hit 200, given enough room.
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> Incredible. But, given that some motorcycles off the showroom floor
> will hit 170 or so, I suppose it makes some sort of sense. And, I
> used to think 145 or so in my 71 454 was really something back in
> the 70s,.
No biggie, when the C6 came out a motor rag taped off the grill and
folded the mirrors back and nudged 190 with a stock issue 400 HP.

http://www.corvettefever.com/feature...ive/index.html

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> Incredible. But, given that some motorcycles off the showroom floor will
> hit 170 or so, I suppose it makes some sort of sense. And, I used to
think
> 145 or so in my 71 454 was really something back in the 70s,.

Back in '79 I once (and *only* once) put my 68 vert (350 small block in it)
to the floor on a dark highway, clear night, with 3-5 miles of straight vis.
Hard top bolted on, lights up and high beams on. Speedo said 155, but I
assume some tire size error. I can't remember the tach now.

I know that a car came out on an entrance ramp when I was about 3/4 mile
back from him. I was running on the center line but moved over 1/2 lane to
get around him. When I went by him, it's like he was going 100 in reverse.
And it was instant. I saw him, immediately moved over, and then he was
fading fast in my mirror. All in what felt like a moment of time. I'll
never forget it... and I'm sure the driver of that car (whoever he was)
never saw anything quite like it ever again. I only hope he at least saw
the 4 red tail lights so he knows what it was.

-W

People wonder now sometimes why when I look at my car I chuckle for no
apparant reason.

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> "tww1491" > wrote in message news:g3hVm.91046
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>> Incredible. But, given that some motorcycles off the showroom
>> floor will
>> hit 170 or so, I suppose it makes some sort of sense. And, I used
>> to
> think
>> 145 or so in my 71 454 was really something back in the 70s,.
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> Back in '79 I once (and *only* once) put my 68 vert (350 small block
> in it)
> to the floor on a dark highway, clear night, with 3-5 miles of
> straight vis.
> Hard top bolted on, lights up and high beams on. Speedo said 155,
> but I
> assume some tire size error. I can't remember the tach now.
>
> I know that a car came out on an entrance ramp when I was about 3/4
> mile
> back from him. I was running on the center line but moved over 1/2
> lane to
> get around him. When I went by him, it's like he was going 100 in
> reverse.
> And it was instant. I saw him, immediately moved over, and then he
> was
> fading fast in my mirror. All in what felt like a moment of time.
> I'll
> never forget it... and I'm sure the driver of that car (whoever he
> was)
> never saw anything quite like it ever again. I only hope he at
> least saw
> the 4 red tail lights so he knows what it was.
>
> -W
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> People wonder now sometimes why when I look at my car I chuckle for
> no
> apparant reason.
>
Interesting, the spec's for that era corvette only shows the top speed
of the L71 at 142 in 1968 and the 1971 LS6 (a $1221 option on a $5500
car) just getting to 150. What did you guys do to them to get that
kind of speed? Of course you need to take that as a gain of salt as
that same site shows a black '71 convertible. Personally I never saw
130 out of the only 454 I drove and it was shaking like a dog ****ting
razorblades before it got to that speed with less than 2,000 mile on
it. Couldn't even get an honest 130 out of my '61 at the time running
the 2X4 270 hp.

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>> Incredible. But, given that some motorcycles off the showroom
>> floor will
>> hit 170 or so, I suppose it makes some sort of sense. And, I used
>> to
> think
>> 145 or so in my 71 454 was really something back in the 70s,.
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> Back in '79 I once (and *only* once) put my 68 vert (350 small block
> in it)

By the way, a 1968 Corvette small block is a 327, so you updated it
sometime prior to '79?

How is this for a fast pass? 100MPH at least faster?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrDWY...rom=PL&index=9

On Dec 13, 10:09*am, " >
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Skillful driver or completely nuts. I would vote for nuts. If one of
those cars in the right lane checked their rear view mirror, did not
estimate the Corvette's speed, and pulled out, the Corvette would be
toast.

I was teaching my son to drive and was explaining relative speed as we
were going 10 MPH on an interstate. I explained that you should go no
more than 20 in the fast lane when cars are slowed down for one reason
or another. Right after I said that, an RV pulled out and a Honda
Accord doing fifty caught him right in the side, bounced off the guard
rail and stopped about 20 feet from us. "See what happens?" I said.
Better than a video in a class room.

Update. Son so far has been an excellent driver. During his
training, I challenged him with tasks while he is driving like "turn
on the lights," change the radio station," "put on the wipers," etc.
while changing lanes or doing some other maneuver. He learned to keep
his eyes on the road and to feel for the controls. His mother wanted
to ride along on his final exam where he was given these tasks while
merging in on the "mixing bowl" (the intersection of I95 and I495 in
Wash, DC. His mother really added to the challenge with her outbursts
as this was going on. He did fine.