Terminal Velocity 2005 - 20th August

[Maff]

Quick update, will post more later including the pics and video's.

I was quite supprised, I managed to hold my own very well!

I matched, and on quite a few occasions beat the Porsche Turbo's, however the Tuned 'Ruf' Porsches were a bit different! I was worried when I turned up and all the Porsche Turbo owners were discussing the extra large turbo's they had installed, boost pressure and upgrades to 580bhp!! Pah!

All the Ferrari's (F40 never turned up), including the new 612 Scagaletti were eaten by a certain CL55

M3's were also not a problem, and I outrun a couple of Vipers (not all) too, upto 170mph, however only by a very small margin.

I managed 184mph on the speedo, 177 on the timing equipment.
Quarter Mile was 12.8sec, at 116mph

Also met Angus with his SL65 AMG, who managed a 12.29 quarter mile, and 189 top speed, so was quite pleased again, as I though the extra power of the '65 bi-turbo would kill me, but not by a great margin.

Pics and Vids to follow....

 

[Maff]

Oh, and just for Sp!ke, the top speed of the day was 207.9 mph, by a Viper with 1000BHP, followed by a Sierra (yes, a Ford sierra) Cosworth at 207.1 mph (800bhp from a 2.0l engine !!!!! )

 

[Dieselman]

Sounds like a cracking day Maff, cant wait for the vid.

They are some serious outputs for that Viper and the especially the Cossie.

Pleased you ate the M3s with ease, it gives you a warm feeling when that happens. The drivers probably thought "look at that Young Lad in Daddy's Mercedes". The joke's on them today though!

Sounds like the MB flag doesn't need to fly at half mast today.

 

[andy_k]

I managed 184mph on the speedo, 177 on the timing equipment.
Quarter Mile was 12.8sec, at 116mph

Annie says you don't impress her - The Dolomite runs a standing quarter in 21 seconds and will do 95 mph flat out and it only cost her £200

Then the "girl maths" started and it all got a bit confusing but roughly translated it works out that because her car is only half as slow as yours and yours cost far more than twice as much as hers then that means her car is better than yours

I'll let you debate that one with her over a few beers

Glad you had a good day and the figures are impressive - well done


Andy

 

[glojo]

Congratulations Maff,
Did all the competitors drive to the event?

John

 

[Dieselman]

Annie says you don't impress her - The Dolomite runs a standing quarter in 21 seconds and will do 95 mph flat out and it only cost her £200

Then the "girl maths" started and it all got a bit confusing but roughly translated it works out that because her car is only half as slow as yours and yours cost far more than twice as much as hers then that means her car is better than yours

I'll let you debate that one with her over a few beers

Glad you had a good day and the figures are impressive - well done


Andy

Aah Andy

Can girls maths cope with twice the speed needing eight times the power though?

 

[andy_k]

Aah Andy

Can girls maths cope with twice the speed needing eight times the power though?

apparently (and I quote) that's "just boring man stuff"

please do not try and confuse logic, reason or even common sense with girl maths.

Andy

 

[GrahamC230K]

Great result's Maff, roll on the footage.

 

[wallingd]

Would have loved to have gone, with all tht top-end serious stuff there, but it would have worked out expensive for me I think when I took into account all the travel + accom. Maybe next year I'll plan it better.

(I hit my own termin veloc ystrdy of 55km/h biking to Market Rasen if that counts...)

 

[Maff]

Here are some pics and video's of the event.
Video's are a bit woobly! Also let me know if they dont play back, as i've never converted video's to web format before.

General Top speed and quarter mile Video 1

General Top speed and quarter mile Video 2

CL55 Quarter Mile Run

All the pictures can be seen here: http://www.maffs.org/2005Woodbridge/
Some tasters below:

CL55 and Porsche Turbo

Cosworth Sierra, 207.1mph and 800BHP

SL65 AMG

More Turbo's than any other car

 

[glojo]

Works for me thanks very much.

Regards,
John

 

[GrahamC230K]

Awesome stuff.

 

[PAUL R]

Well done Maff, Good video's and pictures, Fantastic

 

[kikkthecat]

Terrific vids and pictures Matthew, looks like a good day was had by all.

I think some of those cars must have their own hole in the ozone layer

 

[RichieRuss2000]

I wonder how we would have compared to our American buddies...

Check this out...

http://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp?section_id=2&article_id=2572

 

[Alps]

Matt, this is were they hold GTI International, quiete a big place! they normallly do 0-60`s there

 

[RichieRuss2000]

Those guys are into some serious speed... talk about power!

Champ Car! Twin Turbo Viper F-18 Hornet!

1/4 mile 9.9 sec @ 161.4 mph 11.9 sec @ 154.2 mph

1/2 mile 15.0 sec @ 188.3 mph 16.7 sec @ 218.0 mph

3/4 mile 19.7 sec @ 196.2 mph 20.4 sec @ 267.1 mph

1 mile 24.2 sec @ 203.3 mph 23.6 sec @ 308.3 mph

WOW!

 

[Maff]

Quick update, got the true trap speed results back for the top speed run:
Just need about another 3 miles to get to the rev limiter!!

Mercedes CL55 AMG 176.32
Mercedes SL65 AMG 187.32

Ferrari 612 176.08
Ferrari 550 167.49
Ferrari 360 166.17

TVR Cerbera 174.88
TVR 163.98
TVR 162.22
TVR 155.99
TVR 155.79

Porsche 193.9
Porsche Ruf Yellowbird 189.72
Porsche Turbo 184.31
Porsche 183.5
Porsche 996TT 182.1
Porsche GT2 181.59
Porsche Ruf-R Turbo 181.53
Porsche Turbo 181.03
Porsche 176.78
Porsche GT2 176.77
Porsche 175.65
Porsche 172.96
Porsche GT3 Clubsport 166.17

 

[Maff]

And the Quarter Mile trap times. I could have done better here, as I only had two goes at this:

Mercedes CL55 AMG 12.97
Mercedes SL65 AMG 12.39

BMW M3 13.57

Dodge Viper 11.69
Dodge Viper 12.63
Dodge Viper 12.65

Skyline 11.33
Skyline GTR33 11.94
Skyline R33 GTR 12.16
Nissan 200SX 13.51

Porsche GT2 11.83
Porsche 11.86
Porsche Ruf Yellowbird 11.97
Porsche Ruf-R Turbo 12.33
Porsche 12.45
Porsche 12.53
Porsche 12.61
Porsche 12.71
Porsche 12.78
Porsche 996TT 13.25

Subaru 13.40
Subaru 14.52

TVR 12.90
TVR Cerbera 12.93
TVR 13.31
TVR 13.42

I'm pretty chuffed with the results.
I was the only 5 meter long, near 2 tonne, automatic gearbox car there that had three TFT screens, a playstation and 4 full seats going down the runway! My hats off to AMG! :bannana:

 

[glojo]

I'm pretty chuffed with the results.
I was the only 5 meter long, near 2 tonne, automatic gearbox car there that had three TFT screens, a playstation and 4 full seats going down the runway! My hats off to AMG! :bannana:

Well said!! Comfort Style and speed. :bannana: :bannana:

If Guy were to remove the 155mph limiter, I wonder how his estate car would of faired\fared???

Nice one Maff

Regards,
John the envious