can you go 100mph down a hill??

If trucks can pull the grapevine LOADED @ 70-80....im going to go out on a limb and say with the right power/trans/final drive that 100 DOWNHILL isnt going to be a problem.

(wow i cant believe sometimes how DUMB some can be when their young- the guy couldnt have been more than his early 20's)

 

did that wednesday night on the way home on the 2 lane. Made a bit of a misjudge because the car had it's lights on put her to the floor turning 2000 on the tach to get around that pickup...and ya gotta love it when that 4 wheeler won't run 55 in a 65 when you're behind him but he'll wind it up to 70 in a 65 when you're passing him. Guess my trucks legs were a little longer than his no replacement for displacement...if it were only on the road

 

What if you need to brake before the uphill?

I've topped out every vehicle I've ever had. My 94 ZX-9 was supposed to do 156. At almost 170 indicated, I figure I got pretty close!

A fast sled on a powder-covered lake is like riding the clouds!

 

Why does the lake have to be powder-covered? You don't get a thrill going fast over the lake when it's frozen. You get the thrill when you're going across a lake that isn't frozen thinking "Oh #### do I have enough speed to make it across or am I going to sink"

 

Guys used to run triple digets out west all the time. Don't think its to common anymore though.

 

Wrong thread hammer

 

If the question is "could he" run 100 mph down the hill the answer is absolutely. Drop of any 6% grade loaded and just don't hit the brakes, you will be running 100 in no time. If the question is "did he" run 100 mph down hill the answer is probably not, especially is he was bragging about it. The key to the tall tale is the ISX v/s Detroit argument, its almost asrridiculous as saying it can only be done in a pete and not a freightliner. And besides, 100 mph is not hard to reach in any truck these days, just remove the governor setting in the ecm and there you go. Bottom line is 100 mph in a truck on public highways is just stupid! Been there done that in an 85 KW cabover running a 425 b model cat with 13 overdrive a long time ago when I was a little younger and a lot dumber.

 

I no what you were thinking...

 

It doesn't matter what engine. That was his way to get out of show himself lieing. There are a few trucks that have triple digit speedos. There are a few trucks that need them. Fewer drivers that have seen telephone poles looking like pickets in a fence. I have never seen a truck of any make or model that can go up the grapevine at 70-80 miles an hour loaded. I had many trucks that could do it ....... Bobtail.

 

Yeah yeah. I figured you were some kind of stick hauler. What was that in, a DeHart or Johnson Brothers truck? lol