Talkin engines and stuff...... How fast do they go???

Post by **Grantw** » Fri May 16, 2003 4:00 pm

How fast are these spooks that you guys have. Obviously the highway is the easiest way to get to a lot of these 4x4 places nowadays so what is the quickest you have had your zook? I have a 1600efi with rockhopper and had 161km/h on GPS a few weeks ago. That was with 31' claws on a slight down hill run. It was reving at 5900rpm. Mind you I need the three lanes to keep it on the road...

Post by **greg** » Fri May 16, 2003 4:03 pm

my sleepy 1300 on 34's with a rockhopper 3 will occaisionally sit on about 75 on the speedo which i calculate to be close to 100... but i have very little interest in going any faster than that... i don't think the little car would be much interested in turning or stopping from any faster than that either.

note: it's not a daily driver so i'm not real fussed about performance on road

Post by **camskizook** » Fri May 16, 2003 5:16 pm

My triple carbed turboed 1L zook will do 100 pretty easily on 31s.....but if i come to a hill then i gotta throw back to 3rd and get with the trucks....

Post by **OVERKILL ENG** » Fri May 16, 2003 6:04 pm

37 inch tyres series three transfer and 5.12 diffs. locked in low range 5 gear flat out 30km :finger:

Post by **camskizook** » Fri May 16, 2003 6:14 pm

overkill wrote:37 inch tyres series three transfer and 5.12 diffs. locked in low range 5 gear flat out 30km

AND fukn noisey!!!

Post by **Zookymatt** » Fri May 16, 2003 11:44 pm

I've had mine cruising at just over 140km/h. This was back when I was using it as a daily driver with the vit eng and 32" BFG's. I was just keeping up with the traffic. On the highway, in certain 110km/h zones, people figure if they're going to do more than 125km/h, then they may as well do 139km/h as its the same penalty (15-30km/h over). The BFG's run much more predictably than the swampers. I wouldn't want to go much over 120km/h on the swampers.

161km/h is FAST!!!!!!! in a sierra. I guess you were just checking that you're tyres were balanced :wink:

Regards,
Matt.

Post by **Grantw** » Sat May 17, 2003 7:43 pm

its a tuff situation for me as I use the car for a daily driver as well as offraoder. So I guess I like the speeding around the streets as well as keeping up with the hoons at the lights. However I still want the offroadibility so I was curious to see if anyone has a "quick" spook. I was in the process adding a T25 turbo and intercooler to the spook but cost got a little excessive..... Spook at 180km/h, one day and I will prove it.

Post by **grimbo** » Mon May 19, 2003 11:49 am

I almost bought a lwb zuk about 8 years ago with a twin turbo supra engine in it. nice conversion but waay scary. We had it upto 140 in 3rd gear on the maroondah hwy. he said he had it upto 200 which I sorta believe as the engine was capable of doing it and he was crazy enough to try it. he used to tow a 22' boat behind it.

Post by **Zookymatt** » Mon May 19, 2003 2:13 pm

Grimbo, do you know if the boat trailer had brakes on it?? :lol:

I can just imagine this sierra trying to stop quickly with that huge boat behind it!!! JACK KNIFE!!! :shock:

To fit the supra engine in (I guess you mean a 7M straight six), Was the nose extended or did the transmission tunnel expand and become a bit of an engine tunnel??

Regards,
Matt.

Post by **grimbo** » Mon May 19, 2003 4:25 pm

sorry not a supra a celica my oops. He had discs front and rear and I'd hope he had brakes for the trailer although just for the thrill it wouldn't surprise me if it didn't

Post by **bazooked** » Mon May 19, 2003 9:22 pm

mine does about 120,130 kmh flat out dependin which way the wind is blowin!. i run 31 " wranglers series 1 rockhoppers and a 1.6 8 valve with weber.

Post by **crispy** » Mon May 26, 2003 3:16 pm

camskizook wrote:My triple carbed turboed 1L zook will do 100 pretty easily on 31s.....but if i come to a hill then i gotta throw back to 3rd and get with the trucks....

what rpm at 100km/h

Post by **redzook** » Mon May 26, 2003 3:25 pm

i think cam is jokin :wink:

Post by **camskizook** » Mon May 26, 2003 5:30 pm

at 100km/hr it is revving its arse off....i dont have a tacho, but it would be quite high as it is only a 4 spd..

and yeh tim is right, i was jokin...its just a bog stock 1L

Post by **crispy** » Mon May 26, 2003 9:23 pm

yeah i guessed that, but i was just wonderin wot a 1 litre is revvin at at 100

Post by **Beastmavster** » Wed May 28, 2003 12:18 am

I can get over 160 kph (where the speedo runs out) out of my Vitara 1600 carby - I did that fully loaded to the roof on my trip up from Melbourne to Brisbane. I even have footage of me throwin up rooster tails showing 160kph on the speedo with no forward motion. Considering that has the 30 inch muddies oin it the wheel speed was in excess of 180kph.

Of course there was no wind resistance......

Speed is irrelevant on a 4wd. the question you should be asking is how slow can we idle along at in 4wd Low.... and you'd all kill me on that score.

Dammit - why don't rockhoppers grow on trees?

Post by **Grantw** » Wed May 28, 2003 8:54 am

Yeah.... I know all about the crawling thing.... Just interested if anyone had a sleeper....as well as offroader....

Post by **becky** » Wed May 28, 2003 3:03 pm

My suzi has done over 160k's in high range 4wd in the dirt during a rally we did in the Beerburum Forestry with the BSSC. Mind you she did start to get a bit twitchy & being the big girl I am I made Chad back off a bit.

Post by **RokToy4x4** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 9:02 pm

Very quick suzi that one, say hi to chad for me.....Shane

Post by **Beastmavster** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 10:29 pm

Should I change my avatar to this?

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Post by **skippy** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 12:05 am

my 1300 stock gears, 32" bfgs (when I had them), could sit on 140km/h in 5th.

with the rockhopper in 5th it would pull past that.

no with stock tyres, stock xfer, in excess of 150. but it feels like it about to take off and fall apart.

supercharged with TBI it should go a little harder.

mind you anymore than 140 in a spook is asking for trouble.

Post by **Damo** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 7:50 am

skippy wrote:mind you anymore than 140 in a spook is asking for trouble.

Kenoath! You pricks are f*ckin mad. I'll keep an eye on the paper for your obituaries...

Post by **Max** » Fri Sep 26, 2003 10:19 am

150kmh and it had 1000rpm more to redline but i had to slow down to take a courve...not to mention it was starting to take off like a jet

Post by **skippy** » Fri Sep 26, 2003 12:19 pm

Suzuki Viagra wrote:Should I change my avatar to this?

hrmmmmm, as an avatar it would look less suss. :shock:

Post by **greg** » Fri Sep 26, 2003 12:25 pm

We did this in my sierra when it had it's wheels off and was on axel stands...

Put it in 5th, reved it up to the max then dropped the clutch and the speedo needle whipped straight over and off the clock within half a second... geez it was loud though... oh and the sneeze at the end of it was madness :cool:

Post by **greg** » Fri Sep 26, 2003 12:30 pm

Suzuki Viagra wrote:Should I change my avatar to this?

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I think it would mean more to people if you used it as an avatar here:

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