Driving Ban for speeding in France.

[gibberish]

Ian, that's what I thought at first, but if you look real close, the inner circle of figures are in much higher numbers, suggesting that the 200 is actually MPH.  F***ing awesome if true!

Oh, and it says MPH on the outside edge of the dial    

[Rusty]

RUSTY,  where the hell was that taken..........incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was grabbed from a video shot by my pal Tony riding shotgun in Simon's SV on route to ** **** last year.
Simon is f**k*ng insane!!!
Tony has since moved to the south of France and is living out the quiet life.
Rusty

[gibberish]

Simon is f**cking insane!!!
Rusty

You'll get no arguments there.  The geezer with the video camera desrves a medal.

[IanB]

Me and my big mouth yep apologies its MPH.. The mutts nuts!!

[Brian(Liverpool boys)]

RUSTY,  where the hell was that taken..........incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was grabbed from a video shot by my pal Tony riding shotgun in Simon's SV on route to ** **** last year.
Simon is f**cking insane!!!
Tony has since moved to the south of France and is living out the quiet life.
Rusty

Rusty, is it true that Tony did not intend to go to the South of France, it was only after Simon did an emergancy stop just outside Le Mans and Tony reliseing that he was not wearing a seat belt left via the front screen. No wonder he is living out his life quietly.
Great shot, as stated that is f*ckin awsome.

[Matt Harper]

This all I have to say.
Watch out for dayglo orange lambos.
Rock on Simon

Hi Rusty - long time no speak. I'm mega impressed but somwhat troubled by the Lambo speedo shot.
It looks genuine - except for a couple of niggles - maybe (I'm treading cautiously here!) I think the oil pess and coolant temp guages should be in shot (top left and top right respectively - I think). The guage is slightly out of focus but the needle is in sharp focus (could be a depth of field thing, perhaps). Absolute flat-out top speed of SV with no power steer or ac is 204mph on banked (Nardo) test track.
This car has to be modded for more than the stock (which is totally insane) horsepower to achieve this on a public road.
I'm not flamin' ya, dude - could well be the real deal, but I know you are a graphics man.......

[Robbo SPS]

Matt , it may indicate 200 mph , but true speed maybe somewhat more or slighly less.

Suzuki Hayabusa states 186mph, but a Bike mag this month BIKE with data logging kit at Bruntingthorpe could only get a true 173mph( still quick )

Anyway Matt , are you worried, my Mini will be that quick one day.







Probably when its been re-cycled into the sterring pins on an F1 car....

[Rusty]

This car has to be modded for more than the stock (which is totally insane) horsepower to achieve this on a public road.
I'm not flamin' ya, dude - could well be the real deal, but I know you are a graphics man.......

Hi Matt,
No digital trickery here by me matey.
I did speak to Simon in Andorra today to check it's genuine before lobbing it on here, and he confirmed it was. I have no reason to doubt him as he is a f**k*ng looney and I saw the original video on camera when they arrived at LM last year.
As Robbo quite rightly says, speedo and true speed is somewhat out, but still impressive none the less.
BTW just for the record, he runs straight through race exhausts and no cats just for starters. f**k*ng loud is an understatment.
Rusty

[Matt Harper]

I hear what you're saying Robbo and absolutely agree. I have a 1200 Bandit at my disposal and the clock is wildly optimistic (not sure if that is just a Suzuki trait). The point I was clumsily trying to make (because that speedo shot could easily be genuine) was that the fastest a Diablo SV has been documented is 204mph. Most motoring press reckon 185mph is nearer the mark.
I am by no means a Lamborghini expert and don't really know what the tuning possibilities are with the 'raging bull' engine.
I do know that to make the LT1 motor in my car powerfull enough to haul it to 200mph (as done by Lingenfelter, Callaway, Mallet to name but 3), means an investment of around $30K in engine internals alone - more than half the value of the car. So, f**k only knows what razzing up a Lambo Diablo would cost.
I'll tell you what, Robbo, with all this hype your Mini better be the dogs bollocks when it's finished!

[Rusty]

200mph kipper

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[Matt Harper]

'kin 'ell Rusty - she's a game old lass isn't she?
No cats would make a difference, clearly, though the biggest engineering challenge is getting gasses in in sufficient volume to create the horsepower required, rather than evacuating them.
The law of deminishing returns certainly comes into effect when pushing roadcars, however exotic, to the limit. I think it's entirely possible - even with a stock car, if the conditions are perfect. We all notice that our motors run better when it's cold and damp - though hardly ideal conditions for a 200mph+ honk on a public road.
Aside from the obvious minor dramas, like, say a pissed-blind farmer driving his tractor out in front of you, I would have sneaking concerns about the tyres being able to stay together - even Y rated, as fitted to the Diablo. Scary stuff - hat's off to the lunatic!  

[Rusty]

She's much scarier than riding at terminal speed with Simon.
Hitting that pissed blind frenchie driving the tractor seems a pretty attractive proposition if that is all you can pull in a Lambo.
Rusty

[Andy Zarse]

[Hi Rusty - long time no speak. I'm mega impressed but somwhat troubled by the Lambo speedo shot.
It looks genuine - except for a couple of niggles - maybe (I'm treading cautiously here!) I think the oil pess and coolant temp guages should be in shot (top left and top right respectively - I think). The guage is slightly out of focus but the needle is in sharp focus (could be a depth of field thing, perhaps). Absolute flat-out top speed of SV with no power steer or ac is 204mph on banked (Nardo) test track.
This car has to be modded for more than the stock (which is totally insane) horsepower to achieve this on a public road.
I'm not flamin' ya, dude - could well be the real deal, but I know you are a graphics man.......

Oh ye of f**k all faith! It must be terrible to go through life as cynical as this. I'll bet you believe there's no WMD too, eh Matt.? Such terrible cynicism.

Spoke to a friend who works for Carrera Sport (and also an avid Le Manner BTW). Chris is an expert in all thing Lambo and reckons if the speedo says 200 it's likely doing around the 180 mark; as Rusty says, this is still pretty friggin' impressive, the road certainly narrows up at those kind of speeds. Chris also got really pissed on Saturday and some of his pals drew glasses and a tash on his face after he'd finally conked out and it hasn't quite washed off. As you can imagine, it was hilarious, you had to be there.

[Ruptured Duck Motorsport]

200mph kipper

Bloody hell, the number of times that I have seen that and it still puts me off my cornflakes.

[Barry]

Was told last year at LM what strech of road the SV was on when that photo was taken of its speedo, won't say on a public site which one, don't want to give 'les flics' any info.
First reaction was awesome , then wondered if Simon likes French prison food , as it's about x4 the speed limit.