I race and do not know my top speed. I only know how fast I can go in the 1/8 and 1/4 mile. Flat out top speed I have NEVER done and NEVER will.

 

What are you et's 82 F1507.5? Your truck must haul with that 460 you have.

 

mustange70

Runs in the Mid 12's, if you call that fast. but yeah...it do haul booty whenever I want to

 

My top speed overall is 135 but thats on my CBR, I think I got my GTO (1970 with a old poopy chev350) up to around 120, but then the body started to uhh, come apart. Ever seen a fender flap? Not cool. Anyone got a welder for sale on that note?

I bet you could push these trucks faster if you could make the front less like a brick and more like a bullet. I always wondered how fast it could get up to if I fabricated some sort of front air damn....

 

Sportbike5000

I really hope you don't drive anywhere near Houston, Texas. People that do that on public roads scare the livin' ***** out of me, and I am sure that I am not alone with that feeling. Believe me, I am NOT afraid of speed or a smokey burnout, but that kind of speed (120+) on the public roadways just don't cut it!

 

DanMan7

You were lucky. I was driving from SD to SF on 101 in 1974 in a 1973 Corvette. I was stopped doing 80 in a 55 by the CHP. My car was impounded and the local judge was not a bit amused.

 

Got my new setup to around 100 felt nice and stable, I would have gone ***** out but but 100 will do fine.

So anyone good with tach math? I had my chevy cranked up 6k in 3rd one time, 3 speed manual trans with 3.73's. 2200is 55MPH, 2900 is 75MPH. I always assumed it was around 150MPH. Only did it once the truck sounded like it was going to fall into a million peices well the rear end and the transmission sounded like they were about to go nuclear.

 

Year: 1979
Place: Mesquite, TX I-20 (old I-20, now known as Hwy 80)
Vehicle: 1977 Chevy Sport PU S/W , 350 4 blt main, Turbo 350 trans, Holley 750 dual line, Doug Thorley headers, B & M shift improver kit, LT 10 x 15 Uniroyal Land Trac tires, 3.42 dif.
My truck had a 100 mph speedo, no peg at 100 mph. I buried the needle back around at zero. 0 and 100 on that speedo are about 30 degrees apart.

 

82F1507.5, you must be putting out at least 400-450hp to run low 12's, and that is faster than 80 percent of the street legal vehicles out there.cause i know with my 82 with 350hp i should be able to run low 13's if i get the launch the perfect and don't miss a shift like i used to, but now i should be able to since i put the 3.25's and limited slip (was running 3.0 open) and new hurst shifter in.

 

After tuning up the old '85 ford F-150, I told the wife I was taking it out on the interstate to see what she would do. Blowing down the ramp, I quickly had her tooling down the road with the speedometer peg at 85, passing everything in sight, felling pretty good about myself .......until ..........I see a red blur strip the paint of the side of my truck and a trail of dust as my wife streaks past me in her 92 Ford Probe, waiving and laughing as she disappears into the distance. So, I have taken steps to avoid this kind of spanking in the future. Now when I take the truck on a road test....... I take her keys with me!!!

 

a buddy of mine will do 115mph but then the areodynamics come into play.

 

ive had mine up to bout 75-77 passing but i dont want to blow the engine so stick with bout 60mph

 

i dunno how fast i've gone. speedo only says 85. all i can claim, cant say what i'm not for sure of. i'm sure i've gone faster. but i remember.. 2 years ago. riding with a friend to the movies. had a little saturn sc3 with a turbo. 5 speed manual. speedo said 140 dont know how close it was to being right. but it was pretty fast

 

i have an 1986 f150 with 31's and and inline 6. I had mine up to 96 or 97mph's(cant tell exactly because the speedo stops at 85) down hill. The reason it only got up to that was becuase i ran out of gear with my underdrive trans.

 

i'd say about 105-110 mph max!