I usually am

PS.. try avalon airport, or if that doesnt work, just wind er up down the princess highway on the way to geelong, its a very nice road for high speed testing, trust me on this.. 

Sounds like a good move, though we dont want to damage the states radar otherwise the speeding fines will be on the increase again.

PETER

APS

My manual ute has done the indicated 230km/hr thing (cut by the limiter) without the toneau cover very, very easily and it "only" has around 260kw atw - on a closed private road of course..............

So I would expect that thing to run to at least 270-280 unrestricted.

Depends on what you've done to the gearing I guess,

fold the mirrors in and remove the rear spoiler and I'll bet you get a few more K's out of it.

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Am I over educated??

I've had mine to the limiter which is 230 on the digital readout in police mode. At that speed the dial reads about 242K/Hr.

IMO I think you'll see the 300 mark, you'll be wanting a nice FLAT straight road though.

Hmmm, I wonder what the tailshaft will look like at this speed? kel

I reckon 292km/h I'm sure the gearbox will be fine

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Am I over educated??

Credo nos in fluctu eodem esse

Hmmm, I wonder what the tailshaft will look like at this speed? kel

Good point KEL, it might get a bit ugly if it breaks,time for some safety straps and a better tailshaft.

6000rpm in fifth gear with 3.46 should be about 290. Lift the rear end to 3.23 and expect to see 310. High speed harmonic whip will destroy the driven fifth gear in your T5 after about one minute of this though, if the torque load or heat doesn't kill the box first.