Re: gear speeds and RPMS questions

[kevin@pelican.net (Kevin McGrath)]

>At 04:26 PM 10/24/96 -0400, you wrote:
>>I just got my car back from my mechanic $494 bill.
>
>This is with the 16V installed in the GTI?? WOW, that was fast!!


No that was my scirocco. I wont get the 16V in the GTI for a little while,
SOrry to confuse everybody


>>The car runs awesome now, but I now think something else is wrong.
>>
>>If I put it in 3rd and floor it, I hot about 75MPH@6000RPMS and the car cuts
>>out just like hitting the rev limiter. Shouldn't the revlimiter be at
>>7200RPMs or so? Also I could have sworn I used to hit ~88-90MPH at redline
>>in 3rd gear. Maybe I was fooling myself or something?
>
>Sounds like you still had 1200 rpms to go. Right? As for it cutting out, I
>dont know know why your rev limiter would have kicked in at 6G. You used the
>brain from the 16V right? then it should start working at 7200. Something is
>a miss in there. Time for a 16V expert to show his face in here.......

It just feels like a rev limiter something stopped it around 6000RPMS though.


>>Could my Tach be inaccurate?
>>Also I think my speedo reads a little fast since I have 15" wheels on the car.
>
>No, the tach will be working fine if it worked fine before.  
>What size tires do you have? 195/50/15 should read pretty accurate. 
Kevin McGrath           |                   | kevin@pelican.net
1211 Pridgen Road I4    |                   |http://www.pelican.net/~kevin
Myrtle Beach SC 29577   |                   |Happiness is a screaming tire!


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