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HOW fast have YOU taken your SC300?

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Old 04-27-06, 02:26 PM
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Don't bother turboing if you don't ever plan on breaking 80. It's just spooling up by then. You might want to get a system. Hella cheaper.
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Originally Posted by IronCobra
130ish, got a ticket for it too

G35 tauted me too we were on each other for about 10 miles then i had to take him at 130-135 because he was scared and then the ultimate happen......."I BLEW MY ENGINE". stupid me was tooo anxious and was running on 1 quart of oil. Well engine is getting a complete make over now needless to say. Something very surprising in the next 3-6 months.

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all the way to the damn speed limiter lol
Old 04-27-06, 05:05 PM
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100MPH Today on I-95

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Old 05-18-06, 07:07 PM
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One the way back from the track....after racing the hell out of it all night.....with a little less then a quarter tank i hit somewhere around 150....deff could have gone faster cause the car was still pushin.....it was amazing though.....NOT ONE BIT OF A RATTLE ON THE WHEEL.......started to get a lil worried about going 2 jail sooo i slowed it down
Old 05-19-06, 08:14 AM
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142 on the SC300!!!!!

And 172 miles per hour on my GSXR1000!!!!!!!!
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Old 05-19-06, 08:39 AM
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I went 80 once - it was crazy

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Old 05-19-06, 09:06 AM
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i bought a 1996 SC300 A/T last week from a country that has speed limit. i went faster and faster with various speeds to brake it in. i ended up driving exactly 150mph with 300lbs package and 2 people and i found out this car has more power and goes faster than my 1992 SC400. there are various threads were people say that the SC400 has NOT 250HP, i may agree in the meanwhile.
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Default I backed off too

Well I got the Lexo up to about 110 the other day, but backed off for a few reasons.

1. Gas is fricken 3.57 a gallon right now ...

2. The little accord that was messing with me wasnt even worth the gas!

3. If I was 19 again I would have topped it out!!! I just dont have that fearless energy in me anymore at 30. I more less think about famaly, kids, ya know ! important things like that, when im hitting high speeds...lol.. yea im a soft *** nowadays!!

4. Dont laugh, but I bought some re-treads, and I just dont trust re-treaded tires with anything over 100mph. Your asking for trouble with those..lol..lol..
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how is it that these mid 90s SCs are going 150mph??? i can't imagine going 150 in it.

i went 131 in my 98 GS3 and i thought that was fast...
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Has anyone here taken thier cars on any high speed oval tracks? I've found videos of the NSX club on those things....that would be the best lexus meet if it was put together, could probably get some good speed on a large enough track....

Not to mention bbq, beers, babes.....

Or IF I win the lottery I'm buying a ton of land and putting in my own track

Fastest I've gone is in a 1989 acura integra, yes they have only 118hp, got that stupid thing up to 131mph at 6500 in fifth gear on I-5 outside of Ashland Oregon. (shot a video of it too, while driving).

The SC300 only had to about 120 mph....just don't feel the need anymore as I love the car too much!!! Maybe on a closed runway or track...
Old 05-30-06, 03:22 AM
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140. Not racing, just taking it up a notch... alone on the highway

So exhilirating though
Old 05-30-06, 05:52 AM
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145 in my 1993 sc400 southbound on I-35 north of Ankeny, Iowa at 1:30 a.m.

and so far about 125 in my "new" 1997 sc300 westbound on I-80, just west of Altoona, Iowa at about 4:30 p.m.
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You did not go 150+... what was the tach at? 7000!? My old sc4 got up to 150 ONCE and it was downhill. 300 can't top that... can it?
Originally Posted by GoCarSc300
I just went 152 the other night on the freeway. Crazy multiple car race. First there was a C5 Corvette Z06 pacing us (me and two of my friends which is me in a '97 5-Speed SC300 with one friend driving his '04 IS300 and the other shooting flames out of his 93 RX-7) and then a new STI came up also and everyone started going. It was crazy...
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Originally Posted by markesc
Has anyone here taken thier cars on any high speed oval tracks? I've found videos of the NSX club on those things....that would be the best lexus meet if it was put together, could probably get some good speed on a large enough track....

Not to mention bbq, beers, babes.....

Or IF I win the lottery I'm buying a ton of land and putting in my own track

Fastest I've gone is in a 1989 acura integra, yes they have only 118hp, got that stupid thing up to 131mph at 6500 in fifth gear on I-5 outside of Ashland Oregon. (shot a video of it too, while driving).

The SC300 only had to about 120 mph....just don't feel the need anymore as I love the car too much!!! Maybe on a closed runway or track...

Lexfest is at Atlanta motor speeday this year. maybe they will let us get loose on the track.


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