Most Optimistic Speedo?

[TomHunnisett]

Ok, so what out there has the most optimistic speedo?

Fiat Panda 100HP:



115mph top speed...


1994 Eunos Roadster 1.8



~120mph top speed...

[General Price]

The Eunos is km/h

[Emubiker]

my 205's speedo is very optimistic, can easily "do" 155+ mph and still pulls.

[maniac0796]

Peugeot 309 GRD. Speedo goes to a claimed 140, and has a redline of 4.75k RPM. In 5th gear at 0.8 leptons, you'll be doing 4k RPM

[Black Sport 160]

1.1 litre Mk3 Ford Escorts had speedometer markings to 140mph.

Doubt if they could crack more than 90.

[TomHunnisett]

General Price said:

The Eunos is km/h

Alright clever clogs, that may be true. But in that case it makes it pessimistic!

(Or possibly it makes it exactly where the Japanese-in-their-wisdom put the speed limiter.....112mph)

[BenMk3]

Black Sport 160 said:

1.1 litre Mk3 Ford Escorts had speedometer markings to 140mph.

Doubt if they could crack more than 90.

This, my Fiesta 1.1 has the same 140mph speedo. Claimed top speed is 88 (We barely managed 80 )

[Stu R]

320mph - Nismo clocks in my R33 GTR.

They did read KPH once upon a time.

[Pigeon]

I remember as a kid seeing my dad's speedo momentarily indicate 120mph while he was reversing...

[LukeBird]

My dad's A4 2.0 TDi has a speedo that goes to 180mph.

[ManOpener]

TomHunnisett said:

General Price said:

The Eunos is km/h

Alright clever clogs, that may be true. But in that case it makes it pessimistic!

(Or possibly it makes it exactly where the Japanese-in-their-wisdom put the speed limiter.....112mph)

If it's a UK imported car it won't be as its illegal to run a KPH-only speedo on a UK registered car. Doesn't it say MPH on it anyway?

[kambites]

ManOpener said:

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If it's a UK imported car it won't be as its illegal to run a KPH-only speedo on a UK registered car. Doesn't it say MPH on it anyway?

It may be illegal, but it's not uncommon. I knew a few people with imports that have only KPH.

[tuborgman]

160 mph on a 92 mazda 323 1.3,

have had a few jap imports with kph only counters before Ireland switched, now i have a mph only speedo here, not hard to translate quickly.

[chopper602]

I can take my needle out of the range, beyond the last number, of the speedo and round to the bumpstop . . .



;-)

[.:ian:.]

ManOpener said:

Doesn't it say MPH on it anyway?

If you look carefully the K has been blacked out with pen!

[maniac0796]

On the older cars, it's not hard to get it to read MPH anyway. Just change the speedo cable.

[ManOpener]

.:ian:. said:

ManOpener said:

Doesn't it say MPH on it anyway?

If you look carefully the K has been blacked out with pen!

Probably because it's been converted to MPH then

[Hitler Hadrump]

Anyone else agree that labelling a rev counter 10, 20, 30, 40 x 100 is stupid and 1, 2, 3, 4 x 1000 is much better?

[Emubiker]

Hitler Hadrump said:

Anyone else agree that labelling a rev counter 10, 20, 30, 40 x 100 is stupid and 1, 2, 3, 4 x 1000 is much better?

Nah i like my 10x100's, makes my mum think I'm driving sensibly

[ManOpener]

Hitler Hadrump said:

Anyone else agree that labelling a rev counter 10, 20, 30, 40 x 100 is stupid and 1, 2, 3, 4 x 1000 is much better?