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1. [TR] 65 mph (score: 1): Author: auprichard at uprichard.net (Andrew Uprichard); Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:15:35 -0400; Joe! You rarely drive faster than 65mph? I am going to take the fifth on this, but I was speaking to a guy at the Battle of the Brits (annual show for the Detroit Triumph Sportscar Club last Sunday -; /html/triumphs/2011-09/msg00131.html (9,496 bytes)
2. [TR] 65 mph (score: 1): Author: wayne at motorcarriage.com (Wayne Lee); Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:04:49 -0400; I think the most credible data you could gather if you're looking at the Car's honest capability would come from people who have had some track time available. Of course everyone can exchange stories; /html/triumphs/2011-09/msg00134.html (11,352 bytes)
3. [TR] 65 mph (score: 1): Author: tr3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:15:53 -0700; As a rule, I try to stay within 10 mph or so of the posted limit. But there have been times ... anyone care to calculate 5500 rpm in 4th OD? 4.10 axle, 205/55 tires. My previous TR3A had 3.7 gears a; /html/triumphs/2011-09/msg00135.html (8,126 bytes)
4. [TR] 65 mph (score: 1): Author: emanteno at comcast.net (Irv Korey); Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:21:59 -0500; 97 mph in 5th gear at 4000 rpm (GPS confirmed) on the way to VTR Breckenridge. Irv Korey 74 TR6 CF22767U Highland Park, Il; /html/triumphs/2011-09/msg00136.html (8,329 bytes)
5. [TR] 65 mph (score: 1): Author: sumton at sbcglobal.net (oliver); Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:30:51 -0500; I have a very modified TR6. but above 90 I get a little scared. this thing is 40 years old. and open. I did 140 in a relatively new enclosed car with crumple zones and airbags etc. but this little ca; /html/triumphs/2011-09/msg00137.html (9,220 bytes)
6. [TR] 65 mph (score: 1): Author: thenicholls at verizon.net (thenicholls at verizon.net); Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:47:45 -0500 (CDT); I have a totally unmodified 72 TR6. My friend asked if he could drive it. When he got towards 100 MPH, I almost crapped myself. Thing was shaking like it was going to explode. I had muscle cars in hi; /html/triumphs/2011-09/msg00141.html (9,866 bytes)
7. [TR] 65 mph (score: 1): Author: tony at tonydrews.com (Tony Drews); Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:02:20 -0500; Indicated 140 in my old 87 Mustang GT, indicated 135 in an Audi 90 (somewhat downhill), and 127 by tach and gearing / tire calculations going into Canada Corner at Road America in my TR-4 (race car).; /html/triumphs/2011-09/msg00142.html (11,450 bytes)
8. [TR] 65 mph (score: 1): Author: emanteno at comcast.net (Irv Korey); Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 06:22:36 -0500; Assuming your 205/55x15 tires are the same 23.9" in diameter that I found on Tire Rack's website, and a 22% reduction in overdrive, 122 mph. Irv Korey 74 TR6 CF22767U Highland Park, IL; /html/triumphs/2011-09/msg00143.html (9,100 bytes)
9. [TR] 65 mph (score: 1): Author: tr3a.60 at gmail.com (John Wise); Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:55:11 -0400; OK, lets see, I remember doing 1.25 Mach (a bunch of time), at 20,000 feet MSL, atr a USAF instructor pilot in a T-38 (just one letter short of TR). That was a neat job. But then the airplane had be; /html/triumphs/2011-09/msg00144.html (11,023 bytes)
10. [TR] 65 mph (score: 1): Author: ccsimonsen at gmail.com (Chris Simo); Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:09:54 -0400; I can't be sure but in high school I had my TR2's speedometer needle bouncing between 95 and 115...... so I'm saying 95 to 100 mph - and that was fast enough. Where I did this was very stupid, even f; /html/triumphs/2011-09/msg00145.html (9,541 bytes)
11. [TR] 65 mph (score: 1): Author: pethier at comcast.net (pethier at comcast.net); Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:15:47 +0000 (UTC); I only go fast where it's safe. On a couple of long airport runs (totally legal organized events with a radar gun at the finish line) I easily got the stock TR4 (with soft hood erected!) to 100 MPH,; /html/triumphs/2011-09/msg00146.html (9,866 bytes)
12. [TR] 65 mph (score: 1): Author: tr3a.60 at gmail.com (John Wise); Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:32:29 -0400; spurious speeding??? I have been supersonic a bunch of times. Of course I did it at 20,000 feet and as a USAF instructor pilot flying a Northrop T-3A. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_T-38_Talo; /html/triumphs/2011-09/msg00147.html (10,426 bytes)
13. [TR] 65 mph (score: 1): Author: zoboherald at aol.com (Andrew S. Mace); Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:34:34 -0400 (EDT); I drove a '60 TR3A regularly in the mid-1970s. Mechanically it was excellent although shod with oversize bias-ply Dunlop Gold Seals; bodily, it did leave a bit to be desired (lots of dents, some rust; /html/triumphs/2011-09/msg00148.html (9,404 bytes)
14. [TR] 65 mph (score: 1): Author: wbeech at flash.net (wbeech at flash.net); Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:07:24 -0500; 135mph on a Yamaha 250 at Daytona Beach, didn't win but at least qualified for the final. 92mph in Tarbaby trying to show up an old Camaro that though he was hot stuff. Bill Bill Beecher '58 TR-3A TS; /html/triumphs/2011-09/msg00149.html (13,231 bytes)
15. [TR] 65 mph (score: 1): Author: triosan at gmail.com (Chuck Arnold and/or Kathleen Kelley); Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:57:19 -0700; Hit 132 in my Tr6 racer yesterday -- shakes not too bad, wish the brakes were better. -- Chuck Arnold and Kathleen Kelley; /html/triumphs/2011-09/msg00151.html (11,950 bytes)
16. [TR] 65 mph (score: 1): Author: ccsimonsen at gmail.com (Chris Simo); Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:50:03 -0400; ISTR last time I really drove my TR2 in 1977, it was shaking quite violently at 70mph and calming down after 80..... I think I've had it up to 45 mph since I got it running again. I won't be going fa; /html/triumphs/2011-09/msg00152.html (9,177 bytes)
17. [TR] 65 mph (score: 1): Author: TR3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:57:09 -0700; Probably less so for the pilot that did the M1.5 test. -- Randall; /html/triumphs/2011-09/msg00153.html (8,816 bytes)
18. [TR] 65 mph (score: 1): Author: terryrs at comcast.net (terryrs at comcast.net); Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 22:37:39 +0000 (UTC); ...Uhm...no comment. Well, all right. Drove regularly at 4500 rpm in 4th OD. Not sure what speed that makes it, but suspect it may have to do with why I only got a bit over 50,000 miles before the he; /html/triumphs/2011-09/msg00156.html (8,846 bytes)
19. [TR] 65 mph (score: 1): Author: spook01 at comcast.net (spook01@comcast.net); Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:01:54 -0500; You guys are killin' me! The cars do just over the ton, and some are describing encounters where they blew off cars capable of 50% higher speeds! I love my TR4, but it'll never hold a candle to my El; /html/triumphs/2011-09/msg00158.html (7,800 bytes)
20. [TR] 65 mph (score: 1): Author: david.brister at wanadoo.fr (David Brister); Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 11:18:59 +0200; I have reached 100mph indicated perhaps 3 or 4 times in the last 30 years, but when conditions permit I am never happier than in o/d top when I have 80 on the speedo, 70psi on the oil and 3050 on the; /html/triumphs/2011-09/msg00161.html (9,528 bytes)

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