Just a pull video of GMS1 from a 40 and then a 60 and decided to go to 160!

 

First of all. I can't beleive you didn't crash and die at 160mph in a cobalt !! Secondly , why are you driving that fast ?

 

Interesting

 

Funny thing is on your second pull all I could really watch was the coolant temp, lol

robk

 

160 and lives to tell about it

 

Holy crap dude, how long was that road? lol

 

Good question, how long was it

 

Its really not bad ive been 152 on gps and it was fine not floaty or darty i was actually surprised I expected it to be terrifying but for me it was uneventful. The thing I took away from it was the wind and road noise it was so loud if I had a passenger I dont think I would have been able to hear them screamand and you could literally feel the resistance of the air on the car at that speed

 

Yeah I mean other than the obvious danger of going that fast these cars, or at least well kept ones, handle high speeds really well. I hit I think 141 in this car and it felt solid. My record is 155 but that was using the speedo in my 96 Cobra so it was somewhere around there. lol

 

I buried the needle before.. It wasn't that scary.. Just loud. It's actually scarier once you let off the gas and you realize how fast you're actually going.

 

I dont remember exactly where the seat belt light is at, but is it me or thats light seems pretty close to where it should be. Going 160 without a seat belt lol thats crazy

 

I think its something aftermarket going on, seat belt indicator is a bigger light than that.

 

I let go of my wheel @ 145 cause this car was so STABLE. That wing I have, tho. PS it takes like an extra mile to go from 145 to 160

 

It seemed unstable at 130 and higher. Maybe it was something to do with the road though.

 

That took forever.. lol

 

Something going that fast would more or less be destroyed if you hit a pole or tree or anything like that

 

I was thinking that too when I watched it. Maybe a little bit too long from 140 to 160.

 

Oh lighten up guys, iv been to 160 a few times. If u got a good clear road it's not that scary, u do it a few times in a row and it's like going 100 u get used to it

 

My first car was a 77 Chevy Monza, I always loved those cars so when I was of driving age I bought one for $1200 and put a 350 in it. Mind you this was before mainstream internet, so I promptly found out you need a special oil pan when my steering knuckles punctured the oil pan. Then winter came. What an experience, near 70/30 weight distribution and marginal tires, I buried that thing everywhere!
It had 13 inch rims, and 2.29 gears, and my brother and I used a protractor to continue the speed increments past 85 on the speedo and removed the peg at 85. We actually hit near 150 one night just to see if we could. Mind you the crude accuracy, but it was surly over 140. Then when we applied the brakes, near nothing. Took near a mile to haul it down. And people say the Cobalt's aren't safe at speed

 

i had an 87 trans am that i pinned out at 140 the scary part was it took so long to get there with the meek 305 tpi. going 140-160 is not that bad if you have a fast car it's just holding it for long periods of time

 

Bad idea.

 

Watching the coolant climb I can't help but wonder what color your exhaust manifold and turbo were. Glad to see it stayed shiny side up.

 

That's an interesting thought
Someone should mount their gopro in their and try for 160

 

If someone didn't want to break the law and didn't care about their brakes you could brake boost in 2nd gear ~60mph for a bit. Should net the same result I would think. I might have to mount my fake gopro in there some time.

 

Not to sure I would want to go 160MPH in any car