top speed somebodies telling porkies!

[fergusgorman]

came along this advert thought you might find it intresting.Very suspicious of that top speed though!146!?Maybe 130.Comments guys

http://sd1.co.uk/350i/photos/003.html

[wedg1e]

The 390SE was quoted as 146... 138 IIRC for the 350.

[ssc1]

well the TVR handbook quotes 146 for the 350i so it must be right and where do those indicator stalks come from as they look better than my old SD1 bits ..

[wedg1e]

ssc1 said:

well the TVR handbook quotes 146 for the 350i so it must be right and where do those indicator stalks come from as they look better than my old SD1 bits ..

In that case the 390 must be good for 160...

IIRC the later cars used Granada switchgear.

[jvaughan]

400SE ... 153 according to my GPS on the way to Le Mans this year
with the roof off, struggled to get past 145-146 ish

[ssc1]

so you see just goes to show that the wedges do travel quite fast although not in the same way as the chimeara does.

[Frenchtvr]

They are indeed Granada Scorpio stalks and column. Fitted to later cars and can be retro fitted to the older cars as I have done.

edited to remove the lower case I or should that be i

>> Edited by Frenchtvr on Wednesday 1st September 19:44

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firefox1712 said:

Alas, I was on a single lane road, (single lane in each direction) so NSL of 60 mph applied.

Bad luck. Stuck in third then