Anyone had this....

[Blue406]

I have a 2L Manual 1996 vintage 406. She had about 160K on her clock when I took her up to 125mph on a German autobahn. I could have likely gone to 130, 140 I think. Can't remember what the rev meter said but she still had lots more power.

I slowed down because seeing the rate of knots people traveling the same way as me were zipping past my window was a little un nerving.

[mjb]

Welcome to the forums!

am not aware of any mods made to her but she goes like stink!!! My wife has timed the 0-60 at under 6.5 seconds, first gear takes me to about 50

Not meaning to be cheeky or anything, but have you got an import with a metric speedo?

From the 'top speed of 131mph' bit I'm guessing you've got yourself a turbo, but mine only does about 50-60 in 2nd. 0-60 in under 6.5 is ludicrously fast too, should be looking around 9-10 secs for an unmodified turbo

Mine will get up to 120 happily enough (with that nice little 4000rpm oomph you get at 100-110!) but then struggles to hit 130 as all the torque dies away.

So far I can't find a long enough piece of road without camers or other users to see what she could do!

Toll roads off-peak are good. Of course I don't mean the M6 toll road because that'd be illegal and stuff *whistle*, I mean the Autobahn yeah... Just be aware the 406 can be shoved about quite viciously by the wind at those kinds of speeds

[Juzza]

What sort of revs are you taking it to in 1st gear to get 50? I wouldn't have thought a standard petrol box would allow for those sorts of speeds without massive revs...could be a diesel box I suppose?
I can't get more than about 35 in 1st at about 6,750 where the limiter is (may be higher on a turbo).

[jameslxdt]

as its a W reg and auto it wont be turbo, its ew10j4, not the fastest in the world, my xu10j4r (essentially the same engine) manual will barely hit 60 in 9 seconds, even the v6 auto takes 8.5 seconds to get to 60, so it must be a speedo in km/h