God... nobody can top the 1250mph, I bet!

Goodness... what a rush, I bet!

 

For sure.

But I would not get into that rocket with wings again.

<<--- my face on takeoff

 

ha, didn't know the 2 seaters could even go that fast

were they the GE engines? I work there

 

That was a F-16D, Block 40, I believe. And yes, I'm pretty sure it was sporting a GE engine. Top speed, Mach 1.9, or about 1280 mph and we were using every bit of throttle.

 

What gear were you in? And what flavor Cooper? I did 95 indicated on that same straight last weekend at Thunderhill (first cars on the newly paved track!! Yipppeee!), and only if I hit the entrance right.

It really tore through some of the other corners fast though, oh my!

(I’ve got a plain Cooper.)

 

Cool, yeah once they went to the bigger inlets they can get up there in speed.

sounds like the JSF will go through the same issue.

 

I drove with a GPS and the difference from the digital tach to the GPS speed was 5%. Keep that in mind when you're speeding. I took my MC to 186 kmh, which displayed around 171 kmh on the unit.

 

Topped out my stock GP on the CA-101 going north at:
148 MPH

Now that I have been using about 96 octane VP Race fuel (half 100, half 91), it gets up to 130 so fast its hard to believe.

184 Top speed in 2004 Honda RC51

 

I got to 4th by that time, 3rd doesn't stretch past 90. This was in the Quentin, the 05 MCS.

I wanted to try the same think in JustACooper, but we didn't like the idea of driving separatly to the track. We're planning to try with Tristan at Buttonwillow in October. In December there's an event at Laguna Seca, that's close enough we might take both MINIs and compare and contrast.

 

The question is about Legal speeds, if there's a stretch of 101 where that's legal, I'd love to try it out. I haven't found that yet.

 

Mine seemed to run out of pep at about 5800; the increase in revs over that didn’t seem to get me that much. I had trouble with T9; in fourth I really slowed down going up the hill, but in third I seemed to wind out. I needed a 3.5 I guess.

I was very happy with the non-S, although people had to lift to let me by when I passed them; I was pedalling real hard to get by!

Rob

 

Did they have Honeywell FADECs? I work there

 

Montana changed their highway/freeway speed limit to "reasonable and prudent" (you could still be given a speeding ticket) for only a year or so. It was changed back to a number quite a few years ago now.

And yeah, as someone mentioned before, there are 80mph limits in some places. The standard limit in the three states I've lived in (Montana, New Mexico, Arizona) has been 75 on the freeways.

 

Anyone orbit the earth (17,580 mph) in the space shuttle??

For me about 105 mph in my MCS on a small track 1.3 miles long during driving school. Felt fine, just ran out of straightaway.

As a passenger, on the same track 120 mph in a Z4 roadster, much faster on the straights.

 

I do nearly 34,000 mph at least once a day. Probably much more if you take into account the movement of the solar system through the galaxy, and so on, and so on.

 

08 MCS - 118 in 4th on the track in Savannah this weekend. Then an abrupt slowdown to 70, entering the 1st turn.

 

Well I believe the fastest I have ever gone in a mini would be somewhere around 105 m.p.h. It took it for EVER to get there, but I did.

 

a touch over 100 on the front straight at NHMS

wow on that VIR number!

 

Which sort of Mini? The last Mini I drove was reluctant to go faster than about 55.

 

Are you distinguishing between first generation and second generation cars by using Mini vs. MINI? If so, it may not be clear to all...

 

My 08 JustaCooper reaches 90 very quickly with plenty left to go.

 

Topped out at 132 at a Willow Springs track day. Good Lord the track is fun.

 

Depends on if you mean with a Mini or in general. I drove my last BMW on the Autobahn - in the unregulated areas I took the car as fast as it would go.

 

Mini usually refers to classic Minis, the Austin/Morris/BL/Rover version, not the BMW version. MINI refers to the BMW brand. I don't know of any MINI model which wouldn't get to 105 pretty quickly.

 

135 and still climbing until I got to thinking about a deer crossing the road. Still had throttle left when I let off the gas. 2008 MCS.