[Ricky_63]

Originally Posted by vkochar

Following speeds I have done in the recent past -

Accent GLE 1.5 ( MY CAR ) - 145 kph on Agra - Delhi Highway & 140 kph on Delhi - Chandigarh & 140 kph on Delhi - Jaipur Highway

Corrolla 1.8 H3 ( FRIEND CAR ) - 160 kph on Agra - Delhi highway. Could go more but I am not that adventurous !!

WOW is 160 kmph not adventerous enough ???

[vkochar]

Originally Posted by Ricky_63

WOW is 160 kmph not adventerous enough ???

hehehe. trust me, the car can go and achieve more, my friend has taken it to 175 I think. Which was scary !!

But I did 160 only for maybe 15 - 20 seconds, at a stretch where the road was absolutely empty.

[vishnuvijay]

the fastest i have done is over 140 kmph and that too in a ford ikon diesel. it's gone now and i haven't gone fast till now in my new car.

[rks]

Originally Posted by IronWolf

Jassi on our next drive just push it when you see a nice straight.. line up at 110-120 on corners. You can get to 160 easily.

I am not sure of 120-140 corners on a tall boy design as the Santro. Santroiets do you swear by the car at that speeds on highway bends? no matter what rubber?

Here is a 4-minute video of a guy consistently doing 150-160 on the speedo in a fully stock 2004 Sanro Xing:

YouTube - d santro xing at 160 kmph

This video is a beautiful catch because it allows us to compute his actual speed as measured by the time shown on the video and the trip odometer. Here are the readings:

****************************************
Time (min:sec)-----------Trip odometer (kms)
----0:18---------------------72
----1:10---------------------74
----2:01---------------------76
----3:20---------------------79
----3:45---------------------80
****************************************

Overall distance done is 8 kms in 3:27, i.e., 207 secs. This works out to an average speed of ~139 kmph. But if you see the video, the speedo read never goes below 150 kmph and hovers between 155-160 most of the time. So even going by the odometer reading, there is a substantial speedo error. You can compute the averages for other periods shown in the above table and it remains close to 140 kmph; time take for 1 km varies between 25 and 26 secs. Which is the Xing's true top speed in fifth gear, assuming this guy was in fifth. So there is a speedo error of about 15 kmph in my estimate. But this is assuming video is in real time and trip odometer readings are fairly accurate.

[suman]

Originally Posted by obituary

my cousins lime green gallardo, 306 kph

Where did you achieve this awesome feat?

[CrAzY dRiVeR]

Originally Posted by obituary

my cousins lime green gallardo, 306 kph

Originally Posted by suman

Where did you achieve this awesome feat?

That too at the age of 19?

[jassi]

don't tell me its the green gallardo they've been seeing in bangy

rks - i've seen that video before - but a nice assesment - never looked at it that way

[amitk2kin]

190 accord v6
170 ford ikon
140 Swift
120 matiz

All these are on Mumbai Pune Highway

[rjstyles69]

Originally Posted by IronWolf

OR was it one Slopey highway? 180 on a stock Ikon 1.6,

metropolis ,
what tires are you running. am curious as I did not want to go over 160 on a flat road as I was on 165s.

And what makes you think that a stock Ikon cant do that speed mate ?.

During our drive to Yelagiri, if you remember brraj's ford did speeds of about 180 or even more. His ford is bone stock.

I clearly remember my speedo was showing 180kmph , the Ikon ahead of me and Rahul and this ford Ikon only seemed to gain more distance from our car's.

Looks like Ikon's have a real good top end

[mclaren1885]

Originally Posted by rjstyles69

Looks like Ikon's have a real good top end

Riju, the 1.6 Ikon's do have a good top end.

[kpzen]

Originally Posted by mclaren1885

Riju, the 1.6 Ikon's do have a good top end.

Also good top end speedo error.

[esteem_lover]

Originally Posted by suman

Where did you achieve this awesome feat?

If this was in India, then it is definitely just before writing someone's obituary, right obituary ?

[esteem_lover]

Okay, i think this thread is the perfect place for law enforcement officers to penalise people who have over sped, i just hope they do not see this thread.

[mclaren1885]

Originally Posted by kpzen

Also good top end speedo error.

All I know is brraj's car is REALLY quick. I remember it was lurking ahead of a couple of Baleno's & a VTEC on a recent drive. And I guess all the speedo's read above 170. If nothing else, I would say the car is QUICK. Irrespective of what the speedo shows.

[low_bass_makker]

Originally Posted by rks

Here is a 4-minute video of a guy consistently doing 150-160 on the speedo in a fully stock 2004 Sanro Xing:

YouTube - d santro xing at 160 kmph

This video is a beautiful catch because it allows us to compute his actual speed as measured by the time shown on the video and the trip odometer. Here are the readings:

****************************************
Time (min:sec)-----------Trip odometer (kms)
----0:18---------------------72
----1:10---------------------74
----2:01---------------------76
----3:20---------------------79
----3:45---------------------80
****************************************

Overall distance done is 8 kms in 3:27, i.e., 207 secs. This works out to an average speed of ~139 kmph. But if you see the video, the speedo read never goes below 150 kmph and hovers between 155-160 most of the time. So even going by the odometer reading, there is a substantial speedo error. You can compute the averages for other periods shown in the above table and it remains close to 140 kmph; time take for 1 km varies between 25 and 26 secs. Which is the Xing's true top speed in fifth gear, assuming this guy was in fifth. So there is a speedo error of about 15 kmph in my estimate. But this is assuming video is in real time and trip odometer readings are fairly accurate.

If the speedo is giving error then the tire dia must be less which is causing more on the Speedo and the OD reading must be more also which is causing the error greater...I might be incorrect here.