Jeeze there is some great results here! my old A12 is sounding a bit rough now and has just started leaking badly from the rear main seal, good thing the A15 is almost ready to replace it, I worked out that if I was doing 5200rpm with the auto at 150kmph I should see about 245kmph at 8500rpm, not sure if i will ever try though!

Stock A12, stock carbie, paddock spec - 145-150 kph main straight sandown....was happy with that!

DATRATS A12 off the clock with no needle visible (square guage face) in 4th and not even close to struggling and a gear to go

Late 1980s, VB110 wagon, a-12, 4 speed, stock everything...max speed 6600rpm (valves bouncing) in 4th on the flat.

that sucks, whats wrong with my heap.

ive only had it to 140 or so and that was revvin the ####e outta it in 5th gear(toyota box i might add)

I've done 120mph, with plenty left. Thats actual speed too, not what a dodgy at best datsun speedo read.
It's hard to belive that movie is based on a real person. I saw a picture in the paper of the actual bike he rode. (Not the replica made for the movie) It actually looked even dodgier than the one in the film. He converted the sidevalve indian motor to OHV using the cylinder head off a BSA.

KIWI INGENUITY!!!!!!!!!!

i have a A14 with a 56a 4speed box. if somethign breaks on the ute that gives me a reason to pull it off the road and start the reso on her. that is prob the only reason why i want it to break for

i got my original A12 powered 120y auto to 160km, it took a lot of road but it got there.
i recon that with the work i've done to it now it should be good for +180 km with a tail wind.

Driven dads race car(a15) at winton raceway to

8500rpm in fourth gear with 4.8:1 diff ratio and 205/60/13 tyres with a rolling diameter of 570mm

which i think works out at190kph

I ve run my turbo A15 roady out to over 6000rpm in 5th gear with a 3.7:1 diff which i worked out to close to 220kph had to pull speedo out after that it got stuck on about 200kph as in round the dial past 0 again

come on guys, the "indian got 200mph...
and was casting his own pistons..

the fastest i ever got was 110mph a stock a14 with a four speed wringing the crap out of it...
i was trying to blow it up so i could put the ca in... (no major overeving, just thrashing)
i never did blow up that motor
then put in the ca and blew 3..lol