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[V6_MAT]

Quickest car I have driven was a Nissan R33 Skyline GT-R and it was every bit as good as I hoped it would be..

Had a passenger ride once at Rockingham by the Lotus On-Track guys - I went in an Exige with a supercharged Honda Type-R engine with 300bhp.  That thing was completely mental for both power and handling and how people drive them on the road and keep their licenses I don't know!

[elvin315]

Back in 1971 my uncle traded his 1963 Chrysler 300, (non-Letter Series) with a measly 300HP, for a Plymouth Barracuda with a 426cu Hemi V8 putting out 425HP. Back then we weren't concerned about handling. Drag racing was the thing and that car sure could move. What a kick in the ass when he floored it. And what sound. Never did get to drive it but I'll always remember that ride.

Elvin

[theolodian]

my memory doesnt serve me that well but quite recently i was in a mate's leon cupra R which had been chipped to 250hp

ALOT quicker than i thought it would be!!

Chipped it should be 300+, go pretty well.

[lee4206]

Most powerfull ive been in was my mates granada drag car at santa pod thats running 1000bhp+ and quickest (hopefully)  will be in 3 weeks when i get to race a nascar in florida

[amigov6]

 :)Quickest driven was next doors Mitsubishi GTO twin turbo manual.
   Passenger in EVO6 (rather' mind blowing) with driver who knew what he was doing with it.
    Many years ago 68/9 Plymouth Barracuda 7.? litre. Totally unrefined like being hit up the a**e by a truck & as hard to hold onto but i guess that's the point really! (plus the sound even ticking over)
  I had a Dutton Phaeton with 1600GT X-flow years ago which was a great laugh but a bit tired by the time i got it but still had that "raw" feel these cars give you. Love to try a modern version one day.
    My personal favourite was a 77 MK2 Eccy RS2000. Light mods, twin 40's (battery in boot) slightly stiffened shocks & a quick rack, not supercar fast but could hold it's own on a A/B road blat.
   Lastly i'm going to admit to once owning an MX5 (cue the jokes) but i like 'em. Not that quick but cheap RWD fun & reliable.
      Still, it's the Eccy for me.

[Ken T]

Prob the most powerful car I have driven was a Mondeo ST24. It was a hire car. We were used to getting base model Vectras so this was quite a surprise, and great fun too. I guess the speed cameras on the M11 weren't working that week!.

As far as bikes, I used to have a BSA 350, fairly heavy but got up to speed eventually. A friend let me try his BSA650, which had a Wal Phillips fuel injector and a few other goodies, so I headed off. Came to a normal road and wound open the throttle as I did with my own bike. This was a bad idea, cause the 650 took off like a rocket, and it was all I could do to hang on, never mind trying to grab the brakes or clutch. Fortunately a hill came up which slowed me down!.

Ken

[Kevin Wood]

Probably not the most powerful but the most fun:



Was kind-of the "sister car" to my Westfield. Mate of mine came across the bits languishing in a barn. Guy had lost interest in building it just as I was starting my build so we built the two cars together.

It's a Dax Rush with a 270BHP Cosworth Turbo.

I still wonder why my mate sold it

Kevin

[dbug]

Liked my TR6 but really enjoyed driving ex Le Mans winning Ford GT40 many years ago.  Capable of 220mph + and bloody quick off the line!!

[brett1408]

awsome lotus carlton! its great to see one, most powerful car, its got to be the nissan skyline r32 twin turbo, it was owned by a chinese lad who brought it into the garage where i used to work, he reguarly let us all take it out, it was modded to about 600bhp, a total animal! but still the best will always be my neighbours '84 911 carrera 3.2, you just cant beat them can you!

[Crazydad]

My mates 480 bhp Corvette such a fast car unbelievable

[Phelan65]

Once upon a time in a land far far away (ie NZ) I bought a 72 Mini with a clubman nose, 1320cc 100bhp at the well hubs,it had 4 disc brakes, wide minilite mags and yokohama 165/70/10 tyres, a custom MG/B instrument set, no grill, an oil cooler on the front bumper between two Hella 160W rally spots, a battery kill switch on the right of the boot and a 8˝ gallon petrol tank and a full roll cage, custom extractors and a single cooper box into a twin tip on the back  8-).....stereo..we dont need no stinkin stereo  
colour.....spraycote matt black  
fast....hhmmm...... does 'clocking' the 100mph on the speedo then back around to 30+mph count as fast  :-? I figure that meant it was going about 140+ mph at 6"s off the ground never got it too it top speed due to running out of straight road   it was a purpose built rally/circuit race car let loose on the roads
ps the fastest/widest one I know of is the only Audi Group B rally car left out in the wild...ie not locked away by Audi, it was the 'spare' they brought to NZ for the NZ Rally and a friend bought it, but wont let me drive it  

[Craig_R]

Had to have a think about this and i think it was a Renult Willams Cleo limited Editon, When i was Working in a garage many moons ago.

Edit lol it was my mates GF dads Ford Sierra Cosworth in mint mint condition it now lives in his garage with a brand new engine from Cosworth with no milage hardly, Its a totaly waste a car to be driven not stuck in a garage, but i do remember it sucked fuel like there was a hole in the tank

[Vamps]

Is it about the most powerful? Or is it about the most fun!!!!!!
Lets be hones supercars are mostly too fast to be legal or safe on ordinary roads, Track days etc, well that is a different story.
Read the story of the Mini in NZ, Speedo can not go around again but never mind.
Surly it is about fun, I remember a night in 1991 going from Hertford to the Beehive Pub in Epping Green, I was in a new Mini Cooper, they only were going to build 1200, and noticed lights in the mirror, long and winding roads he gradually caught me up on straighter bits, left him miles behind on the bends. Coincidently he pulled into the same pup car park, he was a yuppie in an mx5. No massively high top speeds, kept to speed limits!! Honest, but great fun. Is that not what it is all about, enjoying our cars?

[Phelan65]

Hi Mike,
yes you are right there was a little pin that used to stop the needle going past 100mph but when you looked at the speedo you could see where it used to be and the pin used to roll around at the bottom of the gauge....I wonder why.....
It was an old smiths mechicanial gauge

[Vamps]

Yep, I remember then well. Thought they were either 90 or 110 mph.