[Roadsters] Top speed (was 160 MPH Speedo)

[Jim Gammon]

Way back in 1975, I took out my old 69 2000 and raced an Avanti out on a Garden State parkway tool booth. 
   
  I had SU carbs, a B cam, header exhaust and free flow exhaust I built myself, and I had cleaned up the intake manifold. I had spent a lot of time getting everything "right" and was running Sunoco 260, 101 octane. 
   
  I beat the Avanti, and we both topped out at the same speed. My speedo, corrected to the somewhat oversized tire OD I had, figured to 135 mph. With the error in the speedo, I guess it was more like 125. But I was ahead by 4 car lengths. It did handle like a leaf in the wind at that point. <SEG>
   
  I sold the car about 2 years later, in fear of my license, I couldn't control the need for speed. I was clocked on radar after beating an Alpha doing 115, and I was decellerating at the time. The cop was a car nut and let me off, believe it or not....
   
  Unfortunately, the buyer's garage burned down a year later.... So long roadster. 
   
  Jim

"Tom @ Datsun2000" <tom at datsun2000.com> wrote:
  I took my first 2L, a 68 purchased new, and other than tires 100% stock, out
to see how fast it would go shortly after I purchased the car. At about 121
mph it started doing the St. Vitas dance on I84 because of the air flow
under the car. Now I know why they make air dams, and not to try that again
without one.

Tom
69 2000 (my third), Mr. Hyde
Portland
http://www.datsun2000.com
http://www.nowroc.org



On 3/1/2008 6:42:32 AM, Paul (9laser3 at bright.net) wrote:
> According to my big book of sports cars, top speeds are;
>
> Datsun 2000 127
> Datsun 1500 95
> The 1600
> didn't list a top speed?
>
> The Brits;
> MGA 100
> MGA Twin cam 113
> MGB 103
> MGC 120
> TR3 102
> TR4 109
> TR5 (TR250) 120 (with optional overdrive)
> TR6 109
> TR7 110
> TR8 135
> Spitfire 100
> GT6 112
> Austin Healey 3000 121 (with optional overdrive)
>
> The odd;
> SAAB Sonett II (V4) 100
> Volvo 1800ES 115
> Alfa 1750 Spider 115
>
> And just for laughs;
> Cobra 289 138
> Cobra 427 165
> '67
> Corvette 150
> Ferrar1 365 GTS 150
>
> Just tried to pick a few from the same years as the roadster was produced.
>
>
> Paul
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> could MG/Triumph even come close ?
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