Re: Why only 115mph as top speed in 16V?

["Rich Zuk" <emt@imcnyc.com>]

Uh?   How did you get 107??
195/65/14's is what I have
FN tranny has  3.89 final drive with  .71 5th gear
115 mph = 4452 rpms
This calculation equals the actual road driving I did.
Car is running fine.
I did not drop into 4th.  I was just cruuuuiiiiiising along in 5th.   :)

Peace
rich Z




> Well, according to that neato thingy you sent the list, 4400rpm in an FN
in 5th
> gear makes 107mph, so your tach or your speedo is off a little. Maybe your
car
> just isn't running right, though. Did you try dropping it into 4th? You
MIGHT
> get more speed that way (6500rpm = 124mph, the usual top speed of 16v's)
>     -Josiah
>     '84 GTI
>     '87 QSW
>     http://bork.hampshire.edu
>
> Rich Zuk wrote:
>
> > Is it the gear ratios??   Perhaps I have the wrong speedo cable??
> >
> > > shit i had my rabbit up to 126 with a 4 K   figure that one out
> > > jonas
> > > damn i wish i had a car that runs
> > >
> > > Night Shadow wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Gots to be your tranny, I have had my rocco (1.8 8v Mk1) up to 122
> > before,
> > > > I'm running a 2H tranny
> > > >
> > > > Eric
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, 12 May 1999, Rich Zuk wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > 88 16V with FN tranny, final drive is 3.89 and 5th gear is .71
> > > > > drving to and from Cincy, I topped out at full throttle at 115mph,
> > ~4400 rpms.
> > > > > WHY so little?!!   (Good thing I had Valentine)
> > > > >
> > > > > Peace
> > > > > Rich Z
> > > > >
> > > >
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