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Sikedsyko · 01-18-2010, 10:42 PM

Don't have a Boxster yet. However, the fastest I've ever been in my car is it's electronically limited 115. But, that was when I was 16, I've slowed down a little bit.

Fastest I've ever been is riding shotgun in my cousin's 03 Z06 at around 150.

70Sixter · 12-11-2006, 01:01 PM

I'll take the 5th on this public site, altho I'm sure most of you guys would not rat out a fellow Boxsterite. The car was steady as a rock and I felt no difficulties. But 55 seemed like I was parked while cooling down.

Chills · 12-11-2006, 01:55 PM

I hit 100mph even a couple of weeks after I bought her and she was smooth and stable just like everyone here is describing.

The fastest I've gone is 165mph and that was on my Kawasaki ZX-10R. 163hp and 380lbs dry weight. She'll do 108mph in 1st gear before you hit the rev limiter... I tested it.... and she has 6 gears.

At 165mph the wind is incredible and you get tunnel vision. The bike was still pulling strong but I lost my nerve. I didn't see what rpm I was hitting but I could feel she had a ways to go before she hit the rev limiter.

shift26 · 12-11-2006, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Chills

I hit 100mph even a couple of weeks after I bought her and she was smooth and stable just like everyone here is describing.

The fastest I've gone is 165mph and that was on my Kawasaki ZX-10R. 163hp and 380lbs dry weight. She'll do 108mph in 1st gear before you hit the rev limiter... I tested it.... and she has 6 gears.

At 165mph the wind is incredible and you get tunnel vision. The bike was still pulling strong but I lost my nerve. I didn't see what rpm I was hitting but I could feel she had a ways to go before she hit the rev limiter.

nice choice on the bike... here's my 10R and 6R

Chills · 12-11-2006, 03:58 PM

Nice bikes, shift. What kind of undertail exhaust do you have for your 10R? The bike is definately an 04/05 which is what I have. I really like that exhaust.

The 6R is sweet, too. Did you hear Kawi isn't making a 636 anymore? For 07 they have a brand new 599... supposed to be pretty cool.

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nice choice on the bike... here's my 10R and 6R

shift26 · 12-11-2006, 04:34 PM

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Nice bikes, shift. What kind of undertail exhaust do you have for your 10R? The bike is definately an 04/05 which is what I have. I really like that exhaust.

The 6R is sweet, too. Did you hear Kawi isn't making a 636 anymore? For 07 they have a brand new 599... supposed to be pretty cool.

My buddy at http://www.racetaylormade.com/ made the systems on both bikes... The one on the 10R is a single and it is available on his site for purchase. I was not too excited about the plate mount and tail light that came with his setup so I re-did it myself with some other aftermarket LED's. The system on the 636 is a one-off.... If you want more detailed pics of the 10R's system, email me at atilla@shift26.com and I'll send some your way.

Atilla

Sammy · 12-11-2006, 02:09 PM

I've been fast enough to see 3 digits in my car, but only a for a short period of time.

I'm not as brave as I was when I had a rice rocket that I took to 150+mph (granted this was what the speedo read and probably not how fast I was actually going).

Short story, I was a passenger taking readings in a Cobra R when the brakes boiled over as we were trying to slow down from 150 mph in the straightaway at Grattan Raceway in Michigan. My cheeks pucker (fastest Hail Mary anyone has probably ever heard) as the driver slides the car left and right to scrub off some speed before straightening out into the grass. Fortunately the only damage was to our shorts...

12-11-2006, 02:29 PM

Several years ago, I did the Richard Petty Driving Experience at the Chicago Motor Speedway in Joliet. IL. It was awesome. I participated in the 40 lap driving class. In the final 12 lap set, I had an average lap speed of 153 MPH.

orthofrancis · 12-13-2006, 09:05 AM

In southern California around 2 AM no one on the highway for a mile in front or in back of me. My god was it still smooth and was bucking to go faster easily. I was too scared to go any faster - thinking about the jail time I might face if caught.

Bavarian Motorist · 12-13-2006, 10:24 AM

Surprisingly, I have not hit 100 once since I got the car. I only got up to 99 once to pass an idiot who was hanging in the left lane (people in NY think it's ok to do that and then speed up when you try to pass them)

I would like to go to a track and have an instructor show me what to do. Is it true the 987s have actual roll bars and not just style bars? I can't tell the difference.

12-13-2006, 11:07 AM

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I would like to go to a track and have an instructor show me what to do. Is it true the 987s have actual roll bars and not just style bars? I can't tell the difference.

Yes, the Boxsters (987 & 986) have "REAL" roll bars.

Bavarian Motorist · 12-13-2006, 11:57 AM

So they are track accepted...generally speaking?

orthofrancis · 12-13-2006, 12:14 PM

The question was just how fast you've gone - no specifications, so yeah track speed is fine - we want to know what it was like.

z12358 · 12-13-2006, 01:22 PM

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So they are track accepted...generally speaking?

First things first. Sign up for membership to your local pca.org chapter. Then sign up for a Driver's Education event with them next spring. Depending on high tall you are and what the rules are for the local chapter you will figure out if you satisfy the track requirements. Typically if you pass the "broomstick test" (a broomstick resting on the roll bar and the windshield pillar cannot touch your head with a helmet on it) you should be fine. I'm 6ft tall and I pass with no problem.

MikenOH · 12-13-2006, 06:21 PM

120mph on the back straight at Mid-Ohio; Had the 99 up to 120 on an interstate before I started doing DE's--none of that anymore.

Rodger · 12-27-2006, 06:56 PM

I had my '99 Boxster up to 132 on a totally deserted road in southeastern Idaho. I had just competed in a two-day autocross event and the car had been thoroughly inspected prior to the event. It was rock-steady, but really wheezing over 130. I ran out of straight road so I didn't push it.

I haven't had my '00 S over 85 yet. I didn't want to risk breaking anything after I bought it in AZ since I had to drive it home to Anchorage. I really don't have any inclination to go really fast in it, either. I think I've outgrown the need for speed.

NickCats · 12-27-2006, 10:31 PM

125 mph ( so far )

Car ran smooth as silk, but I was afraid to go any faster...

160 mph on a GSXR-750 is my record.

Oh, to be young and stupid again

( it's a miracle I made it into my 30's )

Nick

billy@EUPHORIAworld · 06-02-2009, 08:40 AM

140 top down

157 top up, on a slight down hill

all freeway

Immortal1520 · 06-02-2009, 08:44 PM

105, and it was only in my garage for a night, haha.

Mike_Yi · 06-02-2009, 10:53 PM

I've had my Boxster pretty fast, but not as fast as my other car. In other words, I'm not going to say anything that will incriminate me.

The car is for the track though. I agree with those who've said that the car is not about straight line speed. It's about the twisties. That's why I love taking it to the track where I can really drive it the way it's meant to be driven.