i own a 1995 ts executive magna but i want to make it go to the speed the speedo says it can (180 i think) but when it starts to make a screaming noise when i get about 10 kms away from reaching that speed. i was wanting help as to how i can make my car go its supposedly able to do speed without the screaming noise. (please note this will be done in a controlled situation not where i can endanger others). if anyone has any ideas to help me out then please let me know. thanks

just one question,

why would you want to go that fast???

i own a 1995 ts executive magna but i want to make it go to the speed the speedo says it can (180 i think) but when it starts to make a screaming noise when i get about 10 kms away from reaching that speed. i was wanting help as to how i can make my car go its supposedly able to do speed without the screaming noise. (please note this will be done in a controlled situation not where i can endanger others). if anyone has any ideas to help me out then please let me know. thanks

Well i know someone who got a 4 cylinder up to 195, so i dont see why yours couldn't make it that high (i'm assuming its a 6 cyl, although the 4 should make it anyway)
The best bet to get it up to that speed is to service your car, change electrics (cap, plugs and leads). Make sure OD is ON, 3rd gear will struggle otherwise. Make sure your wheels are balanced and aligned and have proper air pressures in the tyres. All that should make it easy.

If it's an automatic, you won't see much past 180. A manual might get you to 190, but it will be pushing it.

Though, Wednesday first gens can see 185km/h...

4cyl speedo goes to 200, the V6 goes to 220.

Screaming noise, maybe the motor is out of balance and doesnt like that high revs?

Extractors, better cat back exhaust, 2.5" mandrel bent would be fine, or maybe a little smaller for the 4's. Also a high flow cat (usually not required but considering the age it's not a bad idea)

Go downhill then you'll go faster :D . Before this car I have now I had a TR Wagon 4 cyl auto and its max speed was 165-ish maybe 170 on a cold night. So I dont think you will be going too much faster cause they all soon to be around the same mark.

Instant top end power is a replacement panel air filter from K&N. $120 - $130 (Supercheap or Autobarn etc) will give you guaranteed results from the moment you put it in. They are worth their money if you like to give it a bit of rpm every now and then - trust me!!! Also pull out the little bit of air pipe coming out of the air box: I think it is a little bit restrictive. Our motor suck A LOT of air at high rpm for a 4 cyl.

Food for thought but seriously, get a K&N they are GOLD

PS: Greater chance of reaching your target speed :D

i have had my ts 4cyl a touch over 200km/h before, on the flat :D

get bigger wheels :D

Go downhill then you'll go faster :D . Before this car I have now I had a TR Wagon 4 cyl auto and its max speed was 165-ish maybe 170 on a cold night. So I dont think you will be going too much faster cause they all soon to be around the same mark.


I know a few TR owners that have gotten their car up past 180, although one of them fudged their timing chain, blew an oil hose or something, starter motor blew? which is crazy anyway, i think it was from oil spitting everywhere. Basically if your car is serviced, and running perfectly, there should me trouble getting it up to the 200 mark.

Interesting. Makes me think if my speedo was right cause my car was fairly well kept or maybe I didnt give it enough time to wind out - Its scary when you have big flat spots on 3 tyres. Doesnt matter dont thave that car anyway :D

hehe, with the right wheel alignement and a couple mods 200km/h is no problem,

with my current setup at 200km/hr i can switch lanes and go all over the place no problem, on a standard car it tends to get really floaty and one slight twitch and your in the other lane, very easy to loose controll :shock:

i have been in plenty of cars going >180km/hr, some of them are just plain dangerous,

i own a 1995 ts executive magna but i want to make it go to the speed the speedo says it can (180 i think) but when it starts to make a screaming noise when i get about 10 kms away from reaching that speed. i was wanting help as to how i can make my car go its supposedly able to do speed without the screaming noise. (please note this will be done in a controlled situation not where i can endanger others). if anyone has any ideas to help me out then please let me know. thanks

but officer i was just trying to make the needle go all the way to the top of the speedo...

hope next time you try you go through a camera and loose your licence pal

but officer i was just trying to make the needle go all the way to the top of the speedo...

hope next time you try you go through a camera and loose your licence pal


:badgrin:

cops round here anyway wont persue you over 160km/h on the highway or 140 i think it is in town :D

not that ive ever had to test that out :cool:

though i can loose a vt ss commo (V8) thats chasing me without any trouble :D

hmm, probably shouldnt encourage him :doubt:

I heard you cant get caught by a speed camera if your going over 160 cuz the camera doesn't flash in time or something :nuts:

I heard you cant get caught by a speed camera if your going over 160 cuz the camera doesn't flash in time or something :nuts:

not true, it would depend on how they were set up, (i heard it was like 180 or something) i was also told that the readouts on the camera dont go over 301km/h :confused:

I heard it was 360 before the camera can't flash quick enough lol

You can DEFINTELY be done at 160, I was talking to a bogan moron in his commodore at the petrol station I frequent late at night (mate works night shift there) and he showed me his ticket for 183km/h...he thought it was a trophy. Wanker. He was driving unregistered/uninsured/unlicensed.

I heard it was 360 before the camera can't flash quick enough lol

You can DEFINTELY be done at 160, I was talking to a bogan moron in his commodore at the petrol station I frequent late at night (mate works night shift there) and he showed me his ticket for 183km/h...he thought it was a trophy. Wanker. He was driving unregistered/uninsured/unlicensed.

Sounds funny, but how did they know where to send the fine if it was unregistered?

Coz when he got the fine he was registered lol...that fine is WHY he was unregistered :P He just said he didnt give a toss and started doing some bull**** story he made up about the cops being evil to him all the time ...I was like "yeah right mate...Im sure they just pick on you" lol wanker

Sounds like 9/10ths of the population of up where I live... :nuts:

put a few rockets on the car

Easy. Cliff.

To get 180km/hr, or 50m/s, at gravitational constant 9.81m/s2, a fall time of 5.1seconds is required, assuming an initial velocity of 0.
(t=v/g)

To get a fall time of 5.1seconds, you require a height of 127.6m (x=(gtxt)/2)

So drop it off a 150m cliff and you'll hit 180 no worries.

Of course, it gets more complex if you are actually travelling before you start dropping, but...

Easy. Cliff.

To get 180km/hr, or 50m/s, at gravitational constant 9.81m/s2, a fall time of 5.1seconds is required, assuming an initial velocity of 0.
(t=v/g)

To get a fall time of 5.1seconds, you require a height of 127.6m (x=(gtxt)/2)

So drop it off a 150m cliff and you'll hit 180 no worries.

Of course, it gets more complex if you are actually travelling before you start dropping, but...


hahahaha so if I am doing 60, i launch off that cliff how fast can I get to if I am runnung, just thought i would ask before someone else did lol

hahahaha so if I am doing 60, i launch off that cliff how fast can I get to if I am runnung, just thought i would ask before someone else did lol

F@#ked if I know, it's been years since I did any serious physics, that one there would open up a whole can of worms, 'cause you'd be initially travelling perpindicular to the gravitational acceleration, so you'd get some parabolic trajectory thingy you'd have to work out...
If I really put my mind to it and researched I could probably figure it out, but I lost my mind some time ago... :bouncin:

Tech article on how to get your car to do 200:
-------------------------------------------------
What you'll need:

1x Phillips Head Screwdriver

1x Pair of pliers (preferably small flat nose type)

-------------------------------------------------

What to do:

Drop the steering column to it's lowest point and lock it down.
Then remove the two screws in the top of the cluster surround.
Pull the trip meter reset needle really hard and it'll pop out (no need to cut it :nuts:).
Slide the surround out, tilting the top down towards yourself and it'll slide out.

Then there are 2 screws on each corner of the cluster. Don't remove the ones from the middle as they're not part of it.

Undo these and then pull the cluster out, try to keep it up straight.

Once it's out, undo the screws holding the clear plastic cover on and underneath, push the clips in and it'll slide off.

Now that's done, grab the pliers.

With the pliers, pull the speedo needle off

And put it back on so it says 200

Put it all back together and voila, you'll be doing 200 at idle. :cool:

Tech article on how to get your car to do 200:
-------------------------------------------------
What you'll need:

1x Phillips Head Screwdriver

1x Pair of pliers (preferably small flat nose type)

-------------------------------------------------

What to do:

Drop the steering column to it's lowest point and lock it down.
Then remove the two screws in the top of the cluster surround.
Pull the trip meter reset needle really hard and it'll pop out (no need to cut it :nuts:).
Slide the surround out, tilting the top down towards yourself and it'll slide out.

Then there are 2 screws on each corner of the cluster. Don't remove the ones from the middle as they're not part of it.

Undo these and then pull the cluster out, try to keep it up straight.

Once it's out, undo the screws holding the clear plastic cover on and underneath, push the clips in and it'll slide off.

Now that's done, grab the pliers.

With the pliers, pull the speedo needle off

And put it back on so it says 200

Put it all back together and voila, you'll be doing 200 at idle. :cool:


clever yet stupid :0

clever yet stupid :0

That what my mum says about me :nuts:

would open up a whole can of worms, 'cause you'd be initially travelling perpindicular to the gravitational acceleration, so you'd get some parabolic trajectory thingy you'd have to work out...

Oops, my bad, just realised it wouldn't be complicated at all, if you were travelling horizontally it wouldn't make a lick of difference as there would be no initial vertical velocity to take into account anyway.
And say you were travelling at a constant velocity of 60km/hr down a 30degree slope before you hit the cliff, you only need to derive the vertical velocity component, and factor that in...