512tr top speed

Ive had several of my 512TR's over 190+ MPH. (Speedometer indicated of course ......... )

 

Which 512TR is the question ?

Mine should blow a nice clean hole through 200 mph
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Not only is Autocar's top speed wrong but also the 0-60 MPH time. 5 seconds, yeah right. I know people who can really drive the 512TR and have cracked 0-60 in 4.7 secs dead. Obviously the test people from Autocar need to buck up their ideas or seek work elsewhere.

 

I'd like to know who tested the 355 as = to the 512TR in acceleration.

Thats a joke as I've repeatedly blown away 355s in straight line acceleration in my road 512TR

 

That 175mph speed is not on a straight road. The speed is limited by the relatively tight radius on the oval track - Millbrook (sp?) - that Autocar tests on. If I remember correctly, they were only able to get around 180-190 mph from a McLaren F1 on that oval.

- Jon

 

Just did 178 mph in my stock, 86 Testarossa last sunday....... Autocar confused.!!!

 

Ferrari 355 0-60mph -4.9secs Top speed -183.3mph(295km/h)
Ferrari 512TR 0-60mph -4.8secs Top speed -190.7mph(307km/h)
Cant help you with 0-100mph sorry

 

The official facts are for a 355 0-60 MPH time = 4.7 Seconds. And to be more precise the 0-100 KPH (0-62.137 119 224 MPH) time for a 512TR stands at 4.8 Secs. Before any mods had been done to it I have timed 0-60 MPH in my dads' 512TR in exactly 4.7 Secs using a Tag Heur stopwatch with my brother driving. Therefore the 355 and 512TR have identical 0-60 MPH times.

 

Wow..170+ in a TR. You gots to have "Large Attatchments" to take a TR that fast. In the short amount of time that ive had my TR i can tell you it is much scarier to take at speed than my Stradale was. 150mph+ in the Stradale in a blink of an eye, I would hesitate to do the same in my TR!!

why is that???? hmmm...

 

Maybe straightline speed with no deviation, the TR will be fine. But overall, with any twists in the road, any road imperfections, the TR does not absorb/handle the road imperfections anywhere near the Stradale!!!

Maybe it's 10 year newer suspension geometry/technology..I dont know. Just telling you what i feel from the seat of the pants.

 

never timed the acceleration myself, so nothing to say there. but i have had mine up to an indicated 310-320 kph on the autostrada in italy, there was a little more there, but no more road. that is 192.2 - 198.4 mph. lets assume an optimistic speedo by about 5-10mph, and so i was more/less at a real 190mph. car felt solid.

 

The TR gets a little light at that speed, but I have done 170+ on numerous occasions in mine.

I agree whole heartedly, bc turns and bumps at high speeds in the TR are scary.

 

I wouldnt call it scary but it definately gets your attention. Ive had my road 512TR at the limit on the banking at Pocono & on the esses at Watkins Glen and she is very stable, although she like to wag her big sexy butt a little. Thats why you put the race brake pads in the rear

 

William...that might be great for you, I prefer my TR's Big sexy but planted firmly to the road. Cuz when it's not, it makes My Big Fat but PUCKER!!!

 

LOL, it takes a lot of practice but I got to the point where I could actually toss mine around the track. Sort of like the Ballerina dancing Hippo in Fantasia

 

I've seen many publications which state 0-60 in 4.7 as 0-100 KPH is actually 0-62 which was 4.8 secinds.

 

Isnt that becourse your TR is a twin turbo monster
I had a TR as my first ferrari and it was killed by a TVR Cerbra, big time
I have come up against a Standard Testarossa a few times on the road and they cant out drag a 355 from a standing start, no way.

 

No thats my normal 512TR that will outdrag a 355 Challenge car

My twin turbo 512M is close to F40 performance level

then the silver 512TR will blow the doors off an F40

 

hi instead of typing on here all day why dont you get a few driving lessons then your old TR might beat a 355 ha ha ha

 

But Im talking about a stock 512TR not a TR

People at club gatherings are always amazed at how much power the 512TR has. It really is quite a different car from the earlier TR

 

512TRs are lighter than the first series TR, the 512Ms lighter still, a well tuned carb BB will run away from a 355 let alone a 512TR, a 512M will leave one in the dust not to metion drown out the 355s engine note while doing it with a loud screaming flat 12 wail.