highway racer

[sin-city_turbo]

hey guys and girls, a couple of days ago while driving home, i decided to see what sort of speed i could get the city up to. once i hit 130km/h and beyond, it started getting quite shakey and slightly unstable. i stopped at 150 because of the dodgyness of the whole thing.

how fast have you guys and girls got your city's up to, and do they shake like mine did?

I still have the standard rims on there with normal tyres and standard suspension, im guessing that this is the cause of the shakeing?

i know you cant really expect the lil beasts to pull off any speed records but it was around 130..

any input would be sweet!!!

churr

[James]

you might need a wheel alingment or something, people have had them over the limit of the digital speedo which is like 188km/h

[city_racer]

is yours a t1, t2 or pro t?


my standed (completely standed) pro t will gladly do 145 in fourth gear with out shaking at all (it has got a bit left). its a fabulous little car.

[turbocab]

my turbo cabrolet reached 155 and i had the same problems real shakey...
the t2 however has maxed out the speedo and continued to increase rpm for a good 30 seconds without shaking.(all on private roads of cource )
get a wheel alignment and have the wheels balenced should sort it out.
matt

[alex]

my dad hit 170 in my civic on the way to wollongong

[si]

155 in my T2, clutch seemed to start slipping really bad which caused the shaking on mine..

[Mike_NZ]

I've got up to 165 in my stock T2, and it was rock solid, no wobble or shaking or anything. I can see how people could easily go over 188.

[sin-city_turbo]

its a T1. yep sweet il add a wheel alignment to the list of things to get done.

haha cheers people!

[jay]

173 with 4 of us in it, was smooth but after 145 the speedo was like seconds on a digital clock and thats on 15psi

[Smithy]

I got my T2 (now TurboCabs) to 155 on goldcoast motorway, but backed off when entered a section unprotected from cross wind etc...doors seemed to be rattling slightly which put me off, as did a premanition of how much we'd flip if my front tyre blew or something...

but car was steady and slowly working up higher...