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Old 02-21-2011, 07:53 PM
 
Location: Dallas
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106 on two wheels in a '88 Taurus wagon
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Old 02-21-2011, 08:34 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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I think I would have no problem doing 100+ in my Z06 but I wouldn't attempt it with all the traffic and cops.
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Old 02-21-2011, 09:02 PM
 
Location: Hutto, Tx
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You guys are nuts!!
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Old 02-22-2011, 06:47 AM
 
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65 is easy peasy on that flyover, pretty much the minimum speed I take it. I won't go on record with how fast I've taken it, but I will say that taking it speeds north of 80 are not a big deal, or so I've heard

What's kinda fun is to take the SB Mopac access road to NB 183 access road corner. Nice wide slightly on camber turn with no driveways in the middle. It wouldn't surprise me if one could go triple digits on a motorcycle on that corner
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Old 02-22-2011, 11:05 AM
 
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yall crazy
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Old 02-22-2011, 02:17 PM
 
Location: Austin TX
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Margins for error not good enough for me to try, but I would think that a high performance sedan would be able to hang on to about 90ish if the driver knows what he is doing, and a Z06 like mentioned above should be good for 100 and some change again if this is someone who is an advanced driver who drives on race tracks ie who knows what they are doing!!! a lot of the performance has to do with the placement of the car on the curve!

And don't anyone do it because it is a very ugly place to die.!
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Old 02-22-2011, 02:38 PM
 
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And don't anyone do it because it is a very ugly place to die.!
Yeah, save it for a much prettier place

I forgot to mention, one of the most annoying things about that flyover is that universally the slower traffic will drive in the left lane (basically folks just stay in the lane that they exited Mopac from and don't move over to the new right hand lane) so the majority of time I'm passing people in the right lane on the outside of the corner, which is kind of odd.

Out of all the combinations, I think that the NB Mopac to NB 183 is the easiest to go fastest (it has the widest radius and the two lanes). All the others are sharper and/or only have a single lane (e.g. NB Mopac to SB 183).

Agree with others though in that those flyovers are not the place to be stretching one's abilities. There is very little to no margin for error, even more the case if you're on two wheels, those barriers are designed to prevent cars from going over, not people.
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Old 02-22-2011, 06:47 PM
 
Location: Dallas
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I'd hope no one believes a 20-year old Taurus would do 106 on a ramp
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Old 02-23-2011, 12:39 PM
 
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I'm hoping this thread won't prompt any stupid behavior- especially when I am out driving around. You want to kill yourselves or each other fine. Just leave me out of it.
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Old 02-23-2011, 12:47 PM
 
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I'd hope no one believes a 20-year old Taurus would do 106 on a ramp
I wasn't sure at first but the "on two wheels" had me sold

I think the only way an old Taurus like that would do 106 on that ramp is right after it went over the side
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