speedo question help view's welcome

[lee_capri]

righ me new engine and box going in hairyoldtina next week is a lot faster then the old one

 

but that's not the problum

 

me mk3 speedo only go's to 110 mph

 

and i need a speedo that will go to 150 mph

 

the clock's in the other car wont fit any idea's has i dont want to cut me dash about to sort

[Vista]

Where do you plan to be doing more than a 110mph in it? I'd just leave it as is

[V8ian]

if the engine you are fitting will rev to the same max RPM as the old engine, the car will not go any faster top end, and as a result, speedos dont normally need changing about, LEAVE IT ALONE!!!

[lee_capri]

it will go about 40mph faster then it used to flat out

 

tryed and tested on a private road

[Fiesta Steve]

What engine ??

[lee_capri]

wellme crossflow used to pull a ton just

 

me new set up i have had 140 out of and it's a pinto i was very it took a but of distance to go the last 5mph but it did it

 

and if no one belive's me i dont care because it is a bit unusal for a pinto to do that i think

[Fiesta Steve]

You need big bhp to pull big mph, must me 220+ bhp

[lee_capri]

well that's what the speedo said and i was raceing a new saab at the time

 

and dis agree with your bhp mate has me old merc was only 170bhp and that would do 145 mate,

 

got a funny felling it has a lot more to it then i relised and the thing is a good pinto should pull 120 any-way steve and that's with out tuneing

 

it go's round to 130 and creep's to 140

 

[Fiesta Steve]

You might be surprised how much more power you need to find 5 mph

[emu]

You might be surprised how much more power you need to find 5 mph

 

something like 30% increase in power to get 10% higher top speed I beleive

 

Mind your speedo probably isnt that accurate either. They tend to get worse the faster you go.

[lee_capri]

You might be surprised how much more power you need to find 5 mph

 

something like 30% increase in power to get 10% higher top speed I beleive

 

Mind your speedo probably isnt that accurate either. They tend to get worse the faster you go.

 

every thing get's worse the faster you go it can push 135 no problum it's just that last little bit,but im ripping it all out very soon so im going to investergate further and may be whack a set of twin carb's on has well

[lee_capri]

You might be surprised how much more power you need to find 5 mph

 

i know what your saying steve but when i was younger a good pinto would pull 120 any-way like your old 2.0s cappa and they wer'nt 205 block's in the early one's either,

 

the old serria gls i they rev limter would cout in a 135 and make a pingping ping has they were flat out mate

[caprinerd]

use to pull 130 in my old 2.0S on the M1 years back, when i lived in bedford and worked in london

[lee_capri]

use to pull 130 in my old 2.0S on the M1 years back, when i lived in bedford and worked in london

 

 

and back them we did'nt even tune them up and only ran a twinchoke weber

[lee_capri]

You need big bhp to pull big mph, must me 220+ bhp

 

sorry steve read this bit wroung but least i can spell two letter word's but im gone with more then four letter's, which is what through me

 

im going to put it on a rolling road to see what bhp it is chulking out has the lump int that fancy,probley be at classic ford when it's in the oldhairytina

[Fiesta Steve]

You need big bhp to pull big mph, must be 220+ bhp

 

sorry steve read this bit wroung but least i can spell two letter word's but im gone with more then four letter's, which is what through me

 

im going to put it on a rolling road to see what bhp it is chulking out has the lump int that fancy,probley be at classic ford when it's in the oldhairytina

 

Your not kidding (wroung)

 

Should have good horse power if its pulling the top speed what ever it might be

[lee_capri]

psml i cant spell for s**t

[pccapri]

my cappa's speedo goes up to 145 easy, but i know for a fact using a sat nav and road angel that its actually only doing 115-120, she would keep going but scares the sh*t out of me