Mustangs

**KLOWN** · 22nd September 2006, 12:50

Originally Posted by McJim

Need to take my little FTO for a blart through the twisties some day.

It's quite a fun car to drive - as far as fiddling with the controls - I find shifting gear can be done totally on autopilot. (it's a manual before you ask - I can drive - I don't need a machine to tell me what gear to be in!)

I'm still learning to ride twisties at pace on the bike having been in the saddle for only 4 & 1/2 months.

From a standing start my 250cc VTR ripped some kid in a 300bhp Skyline the other week though. Power to weight ratio is everything.

the guy in the skyline must've been a shit driver, no offence to the vtr but I killed many a two fifty in my skyline, nearly 400bhp@the crank, a 300bhp@the wheel shoulda beaten you. I kept up, for a little while, with my mate on a zxr250 and i was in a 1600cc nissan sentra staion wagon.

**scumdog** · 22nd September 2006, 14:58

Originally Posted by McJim

Need to take my little FTO for a blart through the twisties some day.

It's quite a fun car to drive - as far as fiddling with the controls - I find shifting gear can be done totally on autopilot. (it's a manual before you ask - I can drive - I don't need a machine to tell me what gear to be in!)

I'm still learning to ride twisties at pace on the bike having been in the saddle for only 4 & 1/2 months.

From a standing start my 250cc VTR ripped some kid in a 300bhp Skyline the other week though. Power to weight ratio is everything.

Ah, but up to what speed though??

**sAsLEX** · 22nd September 2006, 15:01

Originally Posted by scumdog

Ah, but up to what speed though??

Around 200mph is the real barrier to HP vs CoD

Once in that range adding a whole lot of HP aint doing jack to your top speed.

**scumdog** · 22nd September 2006, 15:10

Originally Posted by sAsLEX

Around 200mph is the real barrier to HP vs CoD

Once in that range adding a whole lot of HP aint doing jack to your top speed.

So what is the top speed of a 250VTR??

And my 'lorry' has 400hp+ and does over 200kph, I doubt if it would get there with 250hp, it's a real 'brick' in the aerodymanic aspect.

**The_Dover** · 22nd September 2006, 15:29

Originally Posted by scumdog

Ah, but up to what speed though??

You haven't seen McJim on his VTR bro.

It goes like greased weasel shit, with a touch of habanero.

**Bend-it** · 22nd September 2006, 17:07

yeah, I still do everything quicker in my 2l turbo 4wd than on my bike, but heck, the bike's HEAPS more fun!!!

**unhingedlizard** · 22nd September 2006, 17:43

99saleen351r7/25/2006 7:29:59 AM
We gave a good spanking to a new 636 yamaha the other night on the highway.....Thougth we would lose but there was none of that in sight and neither was the bike.We raced from 40 to 120 and the cobra pulled a couple lenths on him....96 cobra built 4v with a T-trim making over 600rwh

Yep those 636 yamahas are crap........

**ManDownUnder** · 22nd September 2006, 17:46

Originally Posted by Lou Girardin

We won't get into this debate yet again.
But I wasn't talking about speed, I was talking about fun.

ooo this hurts....ooooo. but... *grits teeth*...

I agree with Lou

**SkOrM** · 22nd September 2006, 18:40

i had a run with some hotted up WRX once. i stayed with him through the
twistie stuff but when the road flattened out he got away... guess its time for a quicker bike.

**Lou Girardin** · 22nd September 2006, 19:45

Cornering on a bike is ballet, cornering in most cars is hip-hop.

**Toast** · 22nd September 2006, 20:04

Originally Posted by Lou Girardin

Cornering on a bike is ballet, cornering in most cars is hip-hop.

Especially these new 4wd turbo Evos and WRX's. Bloody incredible technology...but any pants low, IQ low, sense low muppet can pilot one at a pretty decent pace...what you say sums it up pretty well Lou.

**McJim** · 22nd September 2006, 20:43

Originally Posted by scumdog

Ah, but up to what speed though??

It was in traffic from the lights - speed limit was 70kph - I took it to 75 and throttled off - dumb fuck nearly ran into the back of me - he was a little runt so if I'd ended up on his bonnet I'd have dragged him outa the car by the ankles and swung him round my head banging his head on his car at the apex of each arc.

It was actually inadvertent - I was just pulling away from the lights as I normally do (fairly briskly so as not to get in anyone's way) and he was revving the guts out of his nissan which was when I realised he was gonna try to close me down and ram me sideways - hence I went for it and got in front of his nose (we were running out of 2 lanes - Chapel Road southbound Auckland)

I never exceed the speed limit in town. I have kids - I respect other peoples' children's right to life.