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sardine
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5000 rpm at 110mph?
« on: Mar 17th, 2005, 3:25am » |
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doing 100 on private road (obviously) toe down and instant accelleration in 24v cosworth but at 110 I was at over 5000 revs - in my probe it was like this in 3rd gear - I sem to be missing a gear? For a car with a top speed of over 130 - something wrong with auto box?
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Paul B
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Re: 5000 rpm at 110mph?
« Reply #1 on: Mar 17th, 2005, 6:49am » |
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Did you switch the overdrive off to give you better accelaration and forget to put it back on again?
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Badboytunes
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I agree paul, i had my 24v at 130+ and it was only at 5k or so.......
cheers nick
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dexix
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Were you towing a caravan Sardine? The cossie should be just over tickover at 100mph (ok I am exaggerating a little).
Nick
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mr._floppy
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Re: 5000 rpm at 110mph?
« Reply #4 on: Mar 18th, 2005, 3:16pm » |
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Perhaps you Cosworth ( Stifles a yawn ) Scorpio speed freak bores deserve your own page, and leave the rest of us mere mortals in peace pootering about in our piffling 2 and 2.3 litred snail barges.
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low_tom
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Re: 5000 rpm at 110mph?
« Reply #5 on: Mar 18th, 2005, 4:36pm » |
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just remember senor floppy..it's not what you've got...it's how you use it  manual boxes help play lovely tunes
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Mrs Phuturephantasy
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Sounds like you had the O/D switched off or it's not changing into top gear for some reason as Mine at 110 is just over 4000, of course if you're gunning it, it won't actually change up into top until it's above 120+
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sardine
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Re: 5000 rpm at 110mph?
« Reply #7 on: Mar 21st, 2005, 11:51pm » |
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Thanks for replies - I didn't change the OD off but may have 'kicked down' to get to that speed - is it the case then that in 'economy' mode it would stay in 3rd until redline and then engage OD (change into 4th) - I don't think my foot was burried in the carpet?
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