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1. Highest Speed So Far (score: 1): Author: "Arlo J. Levisen" <alevisen@gdhscats.org>; Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 11:18:50 +0300; DFLer's: for what it's worth, I was able to get our Plus 8 up to 128 mph last Tuesday. It took a bit of a decline in the roadway to get it up to that speed initially but, once I hit the flats, the ca; /html/morgans/1998-08/msg00074.html (8,127 bytes)
2. RE: Highest Speed So Far (score: 1): Author: "Vandergraaf, Chuck" <vandergraaft@aecl.ca>; Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 13:32:38 -0400; But how do you know you hit 128 mph? Just curious, was it based on the speedometer, tachometer, timed distance? The reason I'm asking is that, back in the '60s, I used to have a TR2 that was capable; /html/morgans/1998-08/msg00075.html (9,492 bytes)
3. Re: Highest Speed So Far (score: 1): Author: Jane McDaid <Murphys@ziplink.net>; Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 18:39:59 -0400; Arlo, Could be time for a Brooklands windscreen, or a cut down full width screen like Fred Sisson's! Jerry Murphy '67 +4 Got it up to 105 on a flat 2 lane one day! Sure was loud!; /html/morgans/1998-08/msg00079.html (8,847 bytes)
4. Re: Highest Speed So Far (score: 1): Author: Oddcarnut@aol.com; Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 20:12:18 EDT; Good job!!!! Perhaps if I found a road which dropped a foot a mile, I might get the Plus 4 to that speed. It must be nice to have roads suitable for serious flogging without a major risk of a mega t; /html/morgans/1998-08/msg00080.html (7,657 bytes)
5. Re: Highest Speed So Far (score: 1): Author: Oddcarnut@aol.com; Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 20:15:43 EDT; With radial tires, the growth at speed is really not significant. This is even more the case if the tires are H or above speed rated, which normally requires use of a nylon top belt. Ken Payne 63 Plu; /html/morgans/1998-08/msg00081.html (7,942 bytes)
6. Re: Highest Speed So Far (score: 1): Author: EPaul21988@aol.com; Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 22:34:29 EDT; << DFLer's: for what it's worth, I was able to get our Plus 8 up to 128 mph last Tuesday. Big deal Arlo. I got the 36 F2 Three Wheeler up to 47.75 MPH today !! Our little town is at the absolute floo; /html/morgans/1998-08/msg00082.html (8,849 bytes)
7. Re: Highest Speed So Far (score: 1): Author: MOGOWNER@aol.com; Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 20:12:38 EDT; If it's speed you want, buy a Vette.; /html/morgans/1998-08/msg00086.html (7,444 bytes)
8. Re: Highest Speed So Far (score: 1): Author: Oddcarnut@aol.com; Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 23:00:39 EDT; Buy a Vette??? Who are you kidding??? They are sorta fast but a Viper makes them seem a wee bit wimpy. Sorta like a 4/4 versus a Plus 8 Cheers, Ken Payne; /html/morgans/1998-08/msg00087.html (7,571 bytes)
9. Re: Highest Speed So Far (score: 1): Author: "Lance K. Lipscomb" <lancekl@mindspring.com>; Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 09:16:48 -0400; 130 MPH in a Vette does not feel like 130MPH in a Morgan. I have driven my Morgan Plus 8 at over 130 (inidcated on speedometer), but it does require brooklands screens. Sensation of speed vs actual s; /html/morgans/1998-08/msg00088.html (8,268 bytes)
10. Re: Highest Speed So Far (score: 1): Author: "Stuart J. Ross" <stuross@nac.net>; Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 11:22:49 -0400; Quite true. Last year I read an interview with Jay Lenno. He was given a new Ferrari Marinello 550 to test drive. In describing his impression of speed, he mentioned his Morgan trike and said that th; /html/morgans/1998-08/msg00089.html (9,169 bytes)
11. RE: Highest Speed So Far (score: 1): Author: "Vandergraaf, Chuck" <vandergraaft@aecl.ca>; Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 12:07:48 -0400; I agree. The best sensation of speed I can remember is as a passenger in a Lotus Seven, with the little posts on the side of the road passing like a picket fence and the windshield located somewhere; /html/morgans/1998-08/msg00090.html (9,093 bytes)
12. Re: Highest Speed So Far (score: 1): Author: harris_simmons@juno.com (Charles A Harris); Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 18:45:04 -0500; I know this is frustrating to late model plus 8 owners, but the contest is twixt 4/4's and plus 4's (the thinking man's and real Morgans) with trikes only above the fray. There is perhaps a correlat; /html/morgans/1998-08/msg00092.html (7,999 bytes)
13. Re: Highest Speed So Far (score: 1): Author: "Lance K. Lipscomb" <lancekl@mindspring.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 18:19:42 -0400; Oh, sort of who has driven the slow cars the fastest :-) Lance; /html/morgans/1998-08/msg00114.html (8,201 bytes)

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