This reminds me of my neighbor who had the '56 XK140MC. He got stopped
by a cop in Maine one night who claimed he was doing 120mph in it. The
cop let him go because he was amazed by that feat. In looking at the
car 30 or more years later I was amazed that one would do that on the
skinny little tires it had. Those old Jagyoowahs had some getupandgo.
--R
On 5/12/12 8:29 AM, Mitch Haley wrote:
TE wrote:
Well a W126 300SDL can do 120mph, W124 300E can do 140mph and a
Ducati SS
800 can do 158mph. I can see a Camaro doing 150.
In the mid 1980s, Road and Track tested an IROC-Z Camaro (automatic)
against a Mustang GT (5 sp). The two cars were about as close together
as you'd expect two Mustangs or two Camaros to be in straight line
performance. They both topped out between 145 and 150, back when 200
hp was considered strong for a small block V8. A 1984 Corvette would
do an honest 150+. What's a new Camaro make, 400hp?
This talk reminds me of some published test numbers that don't seem to
make sense to me, 50 year old sports car magazine tests. I forget how
fast the first XKE was supposed to go, but it was unbelievably fast.
Mechanics Illustrated's Tom McCahill claimed something like 160mph in
a 1963 Corvette split window and 150mph in the convertible. Did GM
have a fleet of race prepped cars they lent out to magazine reviewers?
I wouldn't think a Stingray could keep its front wheels on the ground
at over 160mph, even if it did have the power to push it that fast.
Mitch.
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