hey gurgenpb, have you ever timed your car with the mods you have.

 

Car & Driver's recent review of the 6MT lists the top speed as being governed at 146 mph. It's possible that anybody who has topped that may be experiencing some speedometer error. It's also possible that C&D just recalled that data from their last review of the 5AT.

If I ever remember, I can try a top speed run with my Garmin GPS receiver. However, as stated earlier, even that may not be 100% accurate due to the "built-in" error required by the government for all civilian GPS receivers. I don't know if I have the cajones for a top speed run though. I'm not worried about doing triple digit speeds on a good, clear piece of straight road. I'm just worried about getting a ticket.

<font color=red>2003.5 Garnet Fire/Graphite G35 6MT Sedan</font color=red>
Premium Package • Navigation • Winter Package • Aero Package • 350Z intake duct • Stillen high-flow airbox

 

Maybe a good place to find that out is on a dyno......... Just a thought.

<font color=red>GSM</font color=red> <font color=black>Silverstone Coupe</font color=black>

 

That "built-in" error doesn't exist at present. The Clinton Administration disabled Selective Availability and opened up the higher levels of accuracy of the systems to Civilian receivers. It won't be 100%, but it'll be pretty close.

2003.5 G35 Sedan Desert Platinum/Graphite Premium/Sport/Aero/Nav/Winter

 

Look here:

G35 Auto Sedan
http://www.car-videos.com/performanc...?id1=200&id2=0


G35 6 Speed Coupe
http://www.car-videos.com/performanc...?id1=272&id2=0

<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small"><EM>Edited by pestilence on 10/17/03 12:34 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

..edited your linkage.

 

Finally someone has gotten the word about "anti-spoofing" That was during Desert Storm. Since then the whole world has gone GPS. Most car makers employ GPS in their high end cars. I've used both mil and civ GPS. My civilian is as accruate as it gets. But @ 145 mph, you're asking the device a lot. But I have recorded speeds in excess of 300 mph in an airplane.

 

FWIW, I've compared my handheld GPS at speeds up to 75MPH (vs. timing a mile with mile markers and road side radar), and it seems accurate.

My previous car was considerably off, but both my pickup and my G35 are within 1MPH to the speed on the GPS.

I don't know for a fact that the accuracy scales to 140, or even 100. I'm still in my breakin period, and haven't gone past a brief 85 while passing. I doubt I would go 100 unless I was safely on a western state highway, and I'm not the type to risk 140.

2004 Sedan/DVD Navigation/Desert Platinum/Willow

 

New to the board. I've had my G a little over a month, after waiting for 4 months for delivery of the 6 speed sedan. After the break in I took it up to 145. That's all she had. It was stable but the road I was pretty undulating. She was super stable at 120ish.

Danger Monkey
G35 Sedan, 6mt, Black, willow, aero

 

Geez, where can you guys drive this fast? Even on the Interstate here in NM it's impossible to get that fast, too many other cars on the road!

Brilliant Silver/Graphite '04 Sedan

 

Great pic of the dash! And still running cool! You also had the Cruise Control Set?

Reminds me of a time quite a few years back...I rented some kind of sporty car on a San Francisco business trip (forget what) and drove to Lake Tahoe on the weekend to go skiing. As I am crusing over the Donor pass , I see snow for the first time (it was April and being from the East Coast , this was a unique sight in the spring) So I leaned over onto the back seat and felt around for my camera. I composed and snaped a great picture of the snow covered landscape. It was not until I got the picture developed that I noticed the speedo peged below the 140 MPH mark at the botton of the picture! Somethings never change!!

2003.5 G35 6MT Black/Graphite Prem/Aero/Winter
1987 GN Intercooled SFI Turbo (22K original miles)
1970 GS 455 Stage 1 4-Speed (#'s matching)

 

I hit the mid 140 range a lot. Keep an eye out for a silver flash if you drive the 101 in the Valley. I average between 90-120 on a normal basis. Love that 5th gear.

P.S.
For those who care. I drive a Silver Sedan 6MT CA license plate "KRZ HAYN" = "Krazy Hawaiian". A "Shaka" is always welcome.

 

uh... my auto coupe kept speeding even after 145mph ish... im not bullshietin... it did! i did it on 280 south (bay area) around 2 am... yeah ... call me crazy... hahah

 

Don't get me wrong, I do have room for more I just haven't pushed it that extra amount yet.

P.S.
For those who care. I drive a Silver Sedan 6MT CA license plate "KRZ HAYN" = "Krazy Hawaiian". A "Shaka" is always welcome.

 

GSGNG35,
The cruise control was on but not active, I guess between the pictures and the feeling I forgot to shut it off, someone mentioned it becomes innactive at a certain speed sowhere below 90 MPH I think.