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Offline e-lustrious

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Speed.....
« on: 03 February 2004, 18:04 »
123mph....That is what I have gotten out of my G 1989 8v.....Is this the norm for a bog standard mk2 with no mods, or should I be looking at more speed....Let us know what you have got and what is the cheapest way of getting more speed....
         Cheers all.. :o
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Re:Speed.....
« Reply #1 on: 03 February 2004, 18:07 »
123 sounds alrite enit? what does you speedo go up to?

my cars still a virgin (havn't opened her up yet) :P
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Offline davidhawkins_78

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Re:Speed.....
« Reply #2 on: 04 February 2004, 11:44 »
Well remember your speedo isn't gospel so it'll be anything from say 110 to maybe more than 123 as you have to allow 10% for inaccuracey.

120 ish sounds about right though - 8v and 16v had close ratio's so where never gonna win any top speed awards, but serious how much more would u want top end ?

Mine has hit the limiter just off the clock with 120mph clocks - unless yours has been *fettled* with that's your lot! the 8v peaks power-wise @ 5400 rpm so u'll need the wind behind you to get any more
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Re:Speed.....
« Reply #3 on: 04 February 2004, 12:12 »
I had the road angel reading 125 aswell as my speedo, but then I ran out of road  >:(
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Re:Speed.....
« Reply #4 on: 04 February 2004, 12:47 »
kewl! Road angel has a speedo on it aswel then. When I get the extra funds i will be getting one :D
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Re:Speed.....
« Reply #5 on: 04 February 2004, 12:55 »
it's GPS. it knows were you are and updates every second therefore working out where you've moved to. it displays your speed on the screen. it's a little laggy cos it only updates every second, but always within 1mph of the speedo.
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Re:Speed.....
« Reply #6 on: 04 February 2004, 20:41 »
112MPH is the most ive got out of my Modded MK2 CL. Mind you my car has no rear seats so its very light  ;)
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Re:Speed.....
« Reply #7 on: 04 February 2004, 20:45 »
have had me new mk2 8v (89) balls out and reading 120mph, me mk4 gti varies somedays 120 the most i can pull then on a good day with optimax running and a backwind i can see 130-135mph, book speed is 125 for it so guess thats about right!! ;D
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Offline tinman

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Re:Speed.....
« Reply #8 on: 05 February 2004, 10:36 »
Quote from: kniterider on 04 February 2004, 20:45
have had me new mk2 8v (89) balls out and reading 120mph, me mk4 gti varies somedays 120 the most i can pull then on a good day with optimax running and a backwind i can see 130-135mph, book speed is 125 for it so guess thats about right!! ;D

i've had the vavler up to 121 GPS since its been redone. It still had plenty of travel left on the accelerator, and still had over 1k of revs to go before the dreaded rev limiter kicks in. The only thing that stopped me was that the engine had done less than an 100 miles since its rebuild and i didnt fancy pushing it any further that day.
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Offline D Owen

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Re:Speed.....
« Reply #9 on: 05 February 2004, 10:40 »
i saw a two honda civics type r yesterday and today with a little instrument on the dash - is this the road angel that is fitted as standard on them ???
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