Hood shake is caused by a poorly adjusted hood latch - adjust the latch to hold the hood down tighter - when I lowered the latch abt 1/16" my hood shakes completly dissapeared.
Oh abt 150 is my personal best and around 178-182 (drag limited) is max for a stock fd

 

I got mine up to about the same. But I didn't flip mine yet.

 

i got up to 155mph and my hads got shakey and sweaty so i eased off

 

Ive been 110 in my dads tuck.. And 90-in one of our boats.. Does that count?? LOL.. No top speed runs in any of the 7's ive rode in...Sry

 

When you have a modded FD, 120 comes up about as fast as 20mph does in a corolla

 

 

Me too-your car must be running well . I rode with Grover McNair of McNair performance who can drive pretty damn good and he was consistently hitting 135 with a stock fd. I reached 140 in fourth just before redline two times in my final session never used 5th the whole weekend. My car has all the basic bolt-ons with a pfc I'm guessing yours is about the same?

 

152 here in a somewhat modded 93 touring.

The previous owner supposedly got my car up to 175, but at 152 I ran out of road.

I recently had a tire go flat from balding, so I'm afraid to go fast again for fear of a tire blowing out. If my tires are almost bald, what would some cheap and good replacements be that would do well street racing?

 

If you want a fairly good way to accurately verify top speed try using a handheld gps. Even a cheap one like my Garmin eTrex has a readout for speed in MPH. You can also reset top speed and it will recall the highest speed attained since the last reset. The only thing is you must hold the top speed for at least a few seconds. Reaching the top and immediately shutting down will not return the highest speed since the gps has not yet had a chance to recompute.

 

That's the worst mistake you can make with an FD. Trust me. Either park the car or put the tires on your credit card. I can't count the number of FDs wrecked b/c of shitty, cheap tires. Get some S03s. I love my S02pp's.

 

When I saw 170 indicated, my buddy's GPS showed 161.9...

Rich

 

145 mph before I let up....was stock then, except for rear spoiler. I noticed the back hatch start to chatter, but the rear end was solid. It felt like the undercarriage was rock solid, but the body was a little shaky. I mean, it felt like a poltergeist was in the car.

I then took it to get new tires and found a little bend in the inner aspect of a rear rim. This corresponds to the rattling it does when I hit the brakes hard too (the discs are not warped). So, I think that was the problem.

Other than that, I was not scared at all. You can get to 120 without even noticing it and feel like you're going 80 as compared to other cars.

Now, my 84 GMC p/u with a 502 HO and 3.73 gears will get to about 135-140 in a blink of an eye (estimate, since the speedo only goes to 85!!!). It is scary though, because even though it is a solid truck, it is anything but aerodynamic. It feels like body panels are going to start flying off.

The FD just slices through. I think it is happiest at a cruising speed of about 110-120.

 

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158 is my personal record, I often take it to 140 just for grins. Keep in mind that I live in VERY rural area, where one can drive for 10 minutes or more and never see another car.
The above is NOT recommended for any sort of traffic situation.

 

Hey where in Michigan is it safe to do a run like that? There is nowhere even close to me that I can think of that I would take my FD over 120ish, it just gets too dangerous. I have been 115 (not in the FD which is coming next week ) and my on friend hit about 155 on M-59, which is just insane. I would never do that.

 

what brand are S03s (or S03) tires?

 

Bridgestone S03, check them out at www.TireRack.com. They are worth every penny. I personally have the Firehawk SZ50 EP which are rated real close to the S03 but last longer and they are great!

Rich, you are one crazy *** ^&%*#@*, damn I want my Tanabe coilovers!

FD's do not like cheap/shitty tires. Spend your money where it really counts.

 

170something - still pulling, had to let off for the grandma in the taurus in front of me, but it was at night on an unfamiliar NM 2 lane HW so i didnt wanna push my luck too my harder...

 

Really? How do you figure? Zaridar's avatar is that of a 1st gen, and his question ambiguously asked "...top speed in AN rx-7".

I don't mean any disrespect. (^_^)

 

You that tired?

This came up already.

 

140 in my stock gsr

 

unles this is a maxing it out, outdoor dyno pull, this guy has waaayyyyy to much time on his hands and just needs to air his palm out for a minute....hey maybe i did the same thing when i was going 174, but the only thing that was on my mind was not hitting the yammaha r1 and the fact that i was on some shitty potenza RE-910 tires...surely not intended for the types of speed that i was accomplishing....

 

my old 94 auto did over 140 a few times and could have gone to 160 without a problem. my 93 stick i know go over 165, but i like getting to 60 better than anything.

 

i love to drive fast but at the speeds you guys are talking, if something goes wrong-with no rollcage there won't be much left to plant. i'm hoping to get a chance to run a bmw cca track event at michigan internatinal this summer. on friday, if there is sufficient interest, they open the oval for 3 lap top-speed runs. i have modest mops(dp, hf cat, cb, airbox, springs) but would love to see 165 in this enviroment.

 

as far as tires go the bridgestones are ok, but my money bought toyo. i treated myself to 245/45 t1s but the 225/50 fz4 is great choice for the money.