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#1200612
12/04/2011 03:06
12/04/2011 03:06
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zimpara
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Iv been wondering this for some time. so for all you track monsters whove pushed the coupe before out on track please help me out. is the coupe built to see 155 MPH Is it a nice place to be doing that speed. does it feel safe? what revs a standard coupe get to 155 at?
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#1200645
12/04/2011 09:08
12/04/2011 09:08
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proccy
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i'm not that experienced, but i don't know of a track where the coupe will see 155mph - you need one hell of a straight to do that, more like an airport runway
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#1200646
12/04/2011 09:10
12/04/2011 09:10
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magooagain
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I have never been able to get to that sort of speed on track Zimpy. On track its all about getting round corners as fast as possible with falling of. So getting your driving lines correct along with braking and the right point. Once out of a bend it foot down until the next braking zone. My max speed so far on track has been 130mph for a brief second or two before braking like a mad dog.
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#1200649
12/04/2011 09:24
12/04/2011 09:24
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i was too busy sh1tting myself round Spa but on the long straight after eau rouge i think i "only" got to 135mph - having said that i was having to run on base boost due to mapping issues, so it might be possible
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#1200664
12/04/2011 09:58
12/04/2011 09:58
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Flat in 6th almost at Spa which is near on 165mph in mine.
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#1200711
12/04/2011 13:03
12/04/2011 13:03
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I think it would be close at Bedford on the main straight?
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#1200714
12/04/2011 13:14
12/04/2011 13:14
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A completely standard Coupe wouldn't reach 155 on any UK circuit, with the possible exception of Milbrook's 2-mile banked circle (although after 120, you're cornering, which scrubs speed off)
There are several airfields where 150+ is possible in a standard Coupe, especially if you get a decent entry speed onto the straight.
In a modded Coupe, speeds of 175+ are achievable
As for how it feels - if the Coupe is standard AND well maintained AND perfectly set up, it will handle 155mph just fine.
For a modded car, with a good selection of chassis mods, even 160+ isn't much of a drama, although you really don't get much of a feel when you're on a wide open airfield.
The only proviso to all of the above, is that you HAVE to be very confident in your brakes to get up to 150+. Cheap pads will fade in seconds. Old fluid will boil in seconds. Pad fade or fluid boiling generally means almost no brakes, which is no fun when you're still at a three-figure speed.
Be careful out there....
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#1200727
12/04/2011 13:42
12/04/2011 13:42
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I think it would be close at Bedford on the main straight? Hmm - my 306 was showing an indicated 110-115 there, and when I went out in a (standard) M3 Evo it hit 140mph (again indicated) - they are very quick above 100 though. Modded coupe I reckon could get close.
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#1200756
12/04/2011 14:55
12/04/2011 14:55
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I was doing 120ish, sometimes 125 in the Clio 182, only slowing to 105 a few times for the kerbs Based on what I remember the coop could do compared to the clio , a standard coupe would probably do approximately 140 at the end.
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#1200770
12/04/2011 15:27
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If we get a runway run at Dunsfold this year we may find out , Tim
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#1200775
12/04/2011 15:38
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I think my modded 20VT would hit 140-145 at the end of the long straight at bedford - running around 300bhp. Still pulling hard though!
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12/04/2011 18:58
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This is where i did 130mph a few weeks ago. http://www.circuit-valdevienne.fr/ On the long curving straight at the bottom of the picture. I reckon some of the bigger hp coupes could do very well there. A new Audi S3 could not get past me there.
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12/04/2011 21:17
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What ? Bollards ? Cans of beer ?
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#1200994
12/04/2011 22:30
12/04/2011 22:30
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#1200999
12/04/2011 22:43
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Ha Ha. I believe you aswell !!
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#1201879
14/04/2011 17:07
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Akeme
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You can hit 140 in a 350hp coupe on Bedford GT.
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20/04/2011 20:08
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