Had some fun last night

[skylineGTR_guy]

Had a quick blast last tonight in the Z, thought I'd share

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[toyomatt84]

Public streets. 👎

 

[skylineGTR_guy]

Public streets. 👎

It was the middle of the desert with no cross streets in the middle of the night but yes. Its not like it was during rush hour or any traffic in our lane. But by all means, give us a track and we will go there, seing as there are none other than a drag strip doesnt leave much of a choice does it? I know it doesn't justify it but nonetheless sometimes you need to have a little fun.

Actually there WAS a circuit nearby where we could safley race and have our fun, but it got shut down due to noise, nevermind the fact that its at the end of an airforce base runway, literally. How can they expect us to be safe when they take away all our options?

 

[Casio]

You could take the option of NOT SPEEDING.

Middle of night, no lights. Guy/Large Animal walks out infront of you from the side and they're dead, with a good chance you will be too.

 

[toyomatt84]

But by all means, give us a track and we will go there...

👍

 

[skylineGTR_guy]

You could take the option of NOT SPEEDING.

Middle of night, no lights. Guy/Large Animal walks out infront of you from the side and they're dead, with a good chance you will be too.

what would a guy be doing in the middle of the highway? and as for the large animal, I have yet to see anything larger than a quail or rabbit in my 7 years of travelling that road.

 

[Dorifto]

Damn this site is full of tight wads. Rip it up SkylineGTR_guy.

 

[Famine]

what would a guy be doing in the middle of the highway?

You're there, aren't you?

 

[JCE]

Had a quick blast last tonight in the Z, thought I'd share

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Cool, middle of the night + straight road + no traffic = some serious fun. What year is the Z?

 

[SRV2LOW4ME]

Nice vid. 👍
Whats the specs of your ride?

 

[luftrofl]

I am curious, why exactly do you choose to do this?

 

[CDailey]

Probably because he was out with some friends and he wanted to have some fun so he took his car to near its top speed.

 

[luftrofl]

So it was voluntary? He made it seem like he was being forced into doing this.

 

[daan]

So it was voluntary? He made it seem like he was being forced into doing this.

yeah, by the lack of a track near him.

I don't have a track near me, yet I don't feel the need to go out in my car and drive at over 140mph.

 

[Kylehnat]

You are incredibly stupid. If you're going to drive 160mph at night, you might as well put a gun to your head and pull the trigger. You do realize that at that speed, you will not see anything before you hit it?

 

[G.T]

You are incredibly stupid. If you're going to drive 160mph at night, you might as well put a gun to your head and pull the trigger. You do realize that at that speed, you will not see anything before you hit it?

That's what I thought, especially at night time. Myself I don't mind a little bit of speeding, but 140+mph is just insane...

 

[skylineGTR_guy]

You're there, aren't you?

Not standing in the middle of the road now am I?

Cool, middle of the night + straight road + no traffic = some serious fun. What year is the Z?

2004

I am curious, why exactly do you choose to do this?

Because the Z had some new mods and they needed testing, plus we were running more boost and had a nitrous sprayer on the intercooler installed and wanted to see how big of a difference it made.

Probably because he was out with some friends and he wanted to have some fun so he took his car to near its top speed.

First of all not my car, Its my freind Don's, we hit 160 which is where the limiter kicks in.

yeah, by the lack of a track near him.

I don't have a track near me, yet I don't feel the need to go out in my car and drive at over 140mph.

To each his own, I think we took reasonable precautions, its not like its during rush hour or across from a school, and its not like this is an everyday thing either.

You are incredibly stupid. If you're going to drive 160mph at night, you might as well put a gun to your head and pull the trigger. You do realize that at that speed, you will not see anything before you hit it?

Would you prefer we do it in the daylight with traffic? Yes its a risk, but so is driving in generall, granted not as risky because higher speed gives higher risk, but we all have the right to make our own decisions now dont we?

 

[Kylehnat]

Fun fact: The ability to see greatly increases a species' chance of survival!

I dare you to do it again with the headlights off; it's just as safe as what you were doing. (That is not a sarcastic remark; it is the truth.)

Even a slight loss of control would have resulted in your death (and your buddy's). Loss of control, from say, a tire being ripped apart because it was over its rated speed.

 

[skylineGTR_guy]

Nice vid. 👍
Whats the specs of your ride?

Not mine its Don's Its running an APS single turbo kit putting out 436whp/446tq

Fun fact: The ability to see greatly increases a species' chance of survival!

I dare you to do it again with the headlights off; it's just as safe as what you were doing. (That is not a sarcastic remark; it is the truth.)

Even a slight loss of control would have resulted in your death (and your buddy's). Loss of control, from say, a tire being ripped apart because it was over its rated speed.

Yeah I know that, the whole "dont over drive your headlights" thing. I'm not stupid. And as I said this isn't an everyday occurance it was a test, and I full well know that we could die doing it and its a risk we accepted.

The tires are rated to about 180

the Z Vs a C6 ZO6 didnt do too bad

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[Ghost C]

Fun fact: The ability to see greatly increases a species' chance of survival!

I dare you to do it again with the headlights off; it's just as safe as what you were doing. (That is not a sarcastic remark; it is the truth.)

Even a slight loss of control would have resulted in your death (and your buddy's). Loss of control, from say, a tire being ripped apart because it was over its rated speed.

Puh-lease. Doing it with the headlights off is just as safe as with them on? Yeah, tell you what, stab yourself with a rubber knife, then do it with one out of your kitchen - C'mon, it'll be just as safe as the rubber knife!

Overdriving your tires by a few miles per hour is not going to rip them apart - Whoever you heard that from lied to you. And here's a fun fact, a Z that's factory limited to 160 comes with tires that will handle 160, that's why they're limited there.

Is it just me, or does anyone else notice that the people who are so against street racing/speeding are the people with slow cars? Just an interesting tidbit...

 

[daan]

and I full well know that we could die doing it and its a risk we accepted.

And did anyone else who could have been around accept those risks too?

And 5 posts in a row! Use the edit button. It's what it's there for.

Is it just me, or does anyone else notice that the people who are so against street racing/speeding are the people with slow cars? Just an interesting tidbit...

It's just you.

My car can do over 140. That's not what I would call slow.

 

[Ghost C]

If you wait long enough, a bone stock Geo Storm will go to 138 before it runs out of gear. This same car does 0-60 in just over 12 seconds, and has a whopping 90 horsepower - I do indeed call it slow.

Top speed is not a direct indication of how fast a car is - Just how much gear it has and how much patience the driver has.

 

[Famine]

Not standing in the middle of the road now am I?

Does it matter?

You're there, so someone else could be. Who knows what bizarre hypothetical situation might lead to them being in the middle of the road? Perhaps they were trying the same thing in Ghost's aforementioned Geo Storm, crashed (or got bored waiting) and are now staggering around in the middle of the round, disoriented. Who cares? Fact is someone else can very easily be there, by virtue of the fact that YOU are there. It is not your place to determine what level of risk THEY should be taking by driving beyond what the law states.

Take it to the track - everyone there is agreeing to the same, heightened level of risk and it is a "controlled" environment where there are emergency services on hand in case you DO run out of ability. If there is no track locally, find one regionally. You CAN drive there, after all...

Is it just me, or does anyone else notice that the people who are so against street racing/speeding are the people with slow cars? Just an interesting tidbit...

Yes, it's just you.

 

[Touring Mars]

I can't say that I agree at all with the practice of street racing or illegal speeding. I know that there are plenty of websites and plenty of videos etc. for people who want to share their experiences/activities with the rest of the world, but while speeding on public roads is illegal, I think it is inappropriate to be posting such material (or links to this sort of thing) here on GTP. By all means, discuss the relative merits of the activity (i.e. here and here) but alas GTP cannot be seen to condone this sort of illegal, irresponsible and very dangerous activity by hosting links to such videos...

I'd listen to some of the sound advice your getting in this thread and think carefully about the potential consequences of your actions - there are plenty of ways to fulfil your need for speed without unnecessarily endangering the lives of other people.

 

[TheCracker]

Actually there WAS a circuit nearby where we could safley race and have our fun, but it got shut down due to noise, nevermind the fact that its at the end of an airforce base runway, literally. How can they expect us to be safe when they take away all our options?

People travel hundreds of miles every weekend (and week days) to race or do track days - i'm sure there must be race tracks within a couple of hundred miles to where you live?

 

[Kylehnat]

Puh-lease. Doing it with the headlights off is just as safe as with them on? Yeah, tell you what, stab yourself with a rubber knife, then do it with one out of your kitchen - C'mon, it'll be just as safe as the rubber knife!

You do understand the concept of overdriving your headlights don't you?

Is it just me, or does anyone else notice that the people who are so against street racing/speeding are the people with slow cars? Just an interesting tidbit...

That's the most airtight logic I've ever seen.

 

[xcsti]

You do understand the concept of overdriving your headlights don't you?

I don't, could you explain?

 

[G.T]

For example, if your headlights only have a visual distance of 50m, and you are going 50m per second (no idea how fast that is in mph), if you see something in the distance, you'd have to break in 1 second to prevent yourself from hitting it, and that's quite impossible. Even if you tried to swerve out of the way, at that speed you're more than likely going to lose control of your car.

I think that's correct anyway...

 

[Kylehnat]

For example, if your headlights only have a visual distance of 50m, and you are going 50m per second (no idea how fast that is in mph), if you see something in the distance, you'd have to break in 1 second to prevent yourself from hitting it, and that's quite impossible. Even if you tried to swerve out of the way, at that speed you're more than likely going to lose control of your car.

I think that's correct anyway...

Exactly. Most headlights have a range of about 200-300 feet (high-beams). At 160mph, you are travelling 234 ft/s, meaning you will have about 0.8-1.3 seconds between the time you see something in your headlights and the time of impact. Most humans take between 1 and 2 seconds to see something, process that information, and then do something in reaction. Add the response time of the car (braking distance), and now it becomes physically impossible to react in time to anything if you're driving too fast.

(BTW, 50m/s is 111 mph )

 

[Ghost C]

Yes, it's just you.

It was a rhetorical question. Fact is, the owners of the slowest cars (Or none at all) are the ones who are so very much against street racing/speeding.

You do understand the concept of overdriving your headlights don't you?

Yes, I perfectly well understand it. And unless you're driving with your parking lights on, or have a terrible reaction time and crappy brakes, 160mph won't do it. I've personally witnessed 350Z's going that fast - I've filmed them racing, along with nitrous'd F-Bodies, and Porsches. All of them were doing over 150, none of them were overdriving their headlights.

Hell, at 112 - The electronic top speed of my car, I can stop short of the distance I can see with my low beams.

I think that's correct anyway...

No, it's not. Not all cars have the same braking force, and unless you're driving a total slushbox, slowing down and making a move to avoid something will not flip your car.

I can't say that I agree at all with the practice of street racing or illegal speeding. I know that there are plenty of websites and plenty of videos etc. for people who want to share their experiences/activities with the rest of the world, but while speeding on public roads is illegal, I think it is inappropriate to be posting such material (or links to this sort of thing) here on GTP. By all means, discuss the relative merits of the activity (i.e. here and here) but alas GTP cannot be seen to condone this sort of illegal, irresponsible and very dangerous activity by hosting links to such videos...

This is the single lamest thing I've ever seen done at GTP.

Exactly. Most headlights have a range of about 200-300 feet (high-beams). At 160mph, you are travelling 234 ft/s, meaning you will have about 0.8-1.3 seconds to react to something. Most humans take between 1 and 2 seconds to see something, process that information, and then do something in reaction. Add the response time of the car (braking distance), and now it becomes physically impossible to react in time to anything if you're driving too fast.

NC DOT regulations state that low beams must be capable of seeing a person or object in the road at 300', and high beams 500'. My high beams illuminate the road for well over a quarter of a mile. Between 1 and 2 seconds to react? Please - What grandmas did you survey for this? My reaction time is 0.013s, and I'm slow.