Cars with ambitious speedometers
Discussion
I was having a look at a 1.8 Audi A4 earlier and noticed that the speedometer went to 180mph. I know the speedos are standardised across the different engine options of a car, but I did chuckle at a car with a 140mph top speed having a speedo pegged 40mph higher than the car could achieve from the factory.
It also looks like the speedo isn't weighted (where the lower speeds take up more of the gauge), so your legally useable speedo range is from the 6 o'clock to the 10 o'clock position.
Anybody else know of some similarly ambitious speedometers?
It also looks like the speedo isn't weighted (where the lower speeds take up more of the gauge), so your legally useable speedo range is from the 6 o'clock to the 10 o'clock position.
Anybody else know of some similarly ambitious speedometers?
Most Mercs seem to be set to 160 top whack now, so it's not as bad.
I suppose that the days are gone of actually getting your boggo spec car "off the clock" - back in the '80s I'd regularly get my 1 litre Fiesta to go over 100 on a long downhill or whatever. Probably only about 90 in reality
I suppose that the days are gone of actually getting your boggo spec car "off the clock" - back in the '80s I'd regularly get my 1 litre Fiesta to go over 100 on a long downhill or whatever. Probably only about 90 in reality
Way less odd than the requirement in the USA in the 1980s that the maximum speed that could be indicated was 85MPH.
http://www.classic-car-history.com/85-mph-speedo.h...
http://www.classic-car-history.com/85-mph-speedo.h...
sebhaque said:
I was having a look at a 1.8 Audi A4 earlier and noticed that the speedometer went to 180mph. I know the speedos are standardised across the different engine options of a car, but I did chuckle at a car with a 140mph top speed having a speedo pegged 40mph higher than the car could achieve from the factory.
Think RS4 as having the same standard speedometer.sebhaque said:
It also looks like the speedo isn't weighted (where the lower speeds take up more of the gauge), so your legally useable speedo range is from the 6 o'clock to the 10 o'clock position.
Thats horrible ergonomics for whats supposed to be a premium manufacturer, especially in our profit driven marginal speed offense climate. As its all electronic anyway its so easy to make it better.My first car was an '84 passat auction bargain bin (with presumably a replacement binnacle that was geared wrong) so itd go past the max of 120 and do about 150 according to the speedo. Not bad for a 90bhp estate.
My GT-Four had a 180mph speedo and was limited to 112. Until I removed the limiter.
The Elise is 140 or 160, which seems optimistic.
The snotter had a digital speedo, so potentially as much as you need?
The Elise is 140 or 160, which seems optimistic.
The snotter had a digital speedo, so potentially as much as you need?
Toptrumps2 said:
Turns out he had his W212 E-class (1.8 diesel) with do 160MPH, and it was silent at that speed.
bristolracer said:
My old smiley faced transit van had a speedo which went to 150
Using a sat nav as a reference, the max I ever managed was 84 downhill (private road officer- honest)
Don't think it would have achieved 150 falling off a cliff
Ah, yes, but you forget the falling out of a helicopter scenario...Using a sat nav as a reference, the max I ever managed was 84 downhill (private road officer- honest)
Don't think it would have achieved 150 falling off a cliff
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