Work place rivalry

[F3NMG]

Just for fun this one!

On 12 hour days today and have been discussing over a brew with colleagues, the my upcoming attempt at our in house hill climbing challenge!
Basically, on our route out of the factory there is a long down hill slip road to the dual carriageway which then climbs steeply for half a mile until you reach the peak and pass under a footbridge to record your top speed.

To give an idea, here are 4 speeds recorded by some;

My old Coop vvc; 113mph
Remapped Cupra R; 133mph
Civic type R; 131mph
206 TD; 90mph

Anyone got tips to get the best speed from my standard mk2 180? I don't even know where the rev limiter kicks in! Seemed a little sluggish after passing 100mph on a very wet and ultimately abandoned practice run last week.

By the way, i'm no boy racer and wish to set a good figure without having to use this weeks grocery money on poor attempts!! As much as i like keeping the Misses lookin slim, starvation is not the answer!

This is what happens as a result of pride and peer pressure! Lookin forward to your comments!!

[grimmy]

On a private road obviously

[Ritchy]

make sure your tyre pressures are correct, make sure the throttle cable is adjusted right and make sure your vis is working properly

[F3NMG]

Erm, yeah... err, of course! I'm sure you good people would not encourage anything illegal. Onsite speed limit is 140mph, so we're good!

[F3NMG]

Tyres are 30/32, Vis works a treat, throttle cable?

[Zippy Saloon]

Private dual carriage way, posh place you work at...

[Andyf]

'Passing 100mph' when it's 'very wet.' Sounds sensible.

[Jay-ZS+]

Its surprising what the zed will keep pace with.

[Ritchy]

i thrashed a fiat panda in the zr, it was doing 35 in a 50 zone n i went for the3 overtake at 46 mph, was awesome
but then i got blown away by a long wheelbase transit was gutted

[lawrence-zs180]

i thrashed a fiat panda in the zr, it was doing 35 in a 50 zone n i went for the3 overtake at 46 mph, was awesome
but then i got blown away by a long wheelbase transit was gutted

lmfao

[Smokey]

Yeah, not too comfortable with threads about doing 133mph on clearly public roads in bad weather. Try researching the A9 where I work and see that in the last few months I've lost track of how many accidents and deaths have occured on one stretch of road.

Just crazy and pointless. Find a track.

[Dan1971]

Possibly one of the most stupid threads I've ever seen on here. No effort to disguise what is clearly blatant, reckless, needless, dangerous driving and stupidity on a public road.

Most users would at least describe their ambition to get as much as they can in a straight line when taking their car on a track and any advice would be appreciated. But no .... :wall:

[stamford]

Not a good idea :maxlocked: