1.3 55 in second when will it blow?

[JMallows]

I cant really get mine a lot over 40 in second, it doesnt sound right! The red lines on the speedo are the limits for that gear (they should have one red line, two red lines, three red lines etc...). Incidentally, what year is your golf? If its a later model, it wont have a rev limiter (after the 88spec upgrade it doesnt come with a limiter) so not wise to try and find the limit

[mattneck(Beavis)]

you sure they are for each gear?? on mine with a 5 speed box.. it seems to be in 5th that those lines match how many k revs im doing?

[...joe]

ive had an indicated 60 out of my 1.3 golf in 2nd, sounded like a whiurling dervish,

really? a turkish bloke spinning around sounds like a 1.3 getting ragged? hmmm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJIofU-0jC0

[Chris-White]

 

[vwjack]

haha my 1.3 dont sound like that!

[JMallows]

you sure they are for each gear?? on mine with a 5 speed box.. it seems to be in 5th that those lines match how many k revs im doing?

They are in mine yeah. I'll find a pic, see if yours are the same? I only have the ones up to three lines obviously as only have four speed box.

[mattneck(Beavis)]

mines exactly the same and calibrates almost perfectly with my rev counter to being at 1k, 2k and 3k in top gear... 

[JMallows]

I'm slightly confused by this... Are you saying that in fifth, 25mph is 1k revs, 43mph is 2k revs etc? In mine, in first gear, the revs are on the red line at the red line, second gear is on the red when its at the two red dashes etc... I think it says in the instruction manual thats what they're for too?!

[Ben Lessani]

I'm slightly confused by this... Are you saying that in fifth, 25mph is 1k revs, 43mph is 2k revs etc? In mine, in first gear, the revs are on the red line at the red line, second gear is on the red when its at the two red dashes etc... I think it says in the instruction manual thats what they're for too?!

You're right, but what he's saying is that there's always some kind of sweet spot when driving where the tacho seems to move at the same pace as the mph needle. In my Pug, 4th gear aligned perfectly with the revs, the needle moved and dropped at the same pace.

[Dec]

i sooo bad want a rev counter


Mines got the red lines aswell its a 1.6 5 speed though but only has it in 3 places.



My clocks still 10mins slow from when i changed the battery on wednesday