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Old Apr 23, 2009 | 06:23 PM
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Factory tachs are usually wrong.
if my tach is wrong, what should i really be shifting at?
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Old Apr 23, 2009 | 08:31 PM
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No, your car is not a freak.

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ive done 167 as indicated by my gps in a 95 formula a4 with 2.73s. it was still pulling hard, but i was more worry bout the cops that were behind me, so i had to slow down for the exit.
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ive done 167 as indicated by my gps in a 95 formula a4 with 2.73s. it was still pulling hard, but i was more worry bout the cops that were behind me, so i had to slow down for the exit.
Haha yeah i think I would stop caring how fast I was going too if the cops were behind me
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ive done 167 as indicated by my gps in a 95 formula a4 with 2.73s. it was still pulling hard, but i was more worry bout the cops that were behind me, so i had to slow down for the exit.
Exit to pull over, or exit to run?

I would figure that they couldn't keep up past 120+.
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Old Apr 25, 2009 | 05:31 AM
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Originally Posted by nik1703
if my tach is wrong, what should i really be shifting at?
Figure out how wrong it is and go from there. I know mine is 200 rpm off and I want to shift at 5800 so I let it almost touch 6000.

Stock tach gets a little laggy in the high rpm range too so just remember that.

A lot of people over rev and the motors really not making any power to do so.

IMO the stock valve springs are **** and probably shouldn't be revved past 5800.

My car loves to be short shifted. I do the 1-2 at 5200 and it pulls like a train when I hit 2nd, drops right back in the power. Then I shift the rest at 57-5800.

YMMV
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Originally Posted by ss.slp.ls1
Exit to pull over, or exit to run?

I would figure that they couldn't keep up past 120+.
FHP has Marauders that can do 150, also depending on what county your in they will have there little super car. Our county Has an 06 Viper, good luck out running that.
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FHP has Marauders that can do 150, also depending on what county your in they will have there little super car. Our county Has an 06 Viper, good luck out running that.
MARION COUNTY has a badass 09 vette
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FHP has Marauders that can do 150, also depending on what county your in they will have there little super car. Our county Has an 06 Viper, good luck out running that.
I have no idea how fast I can go, the needle is way past 155 though. The speedometer starts to get into a sword fight with the voltmeter. I'd guess ~170mph.
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168mph in my bird in fifth @ 5800rpm with 3.42
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