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170 Is That The Limit?????


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Just Been Looking On The Piston Head Site And A Thread At V Max And It Says A Tt Supra Did A Run And It Topped Out At 170 He Says It Had A Limiter On At 170 Is That Right? I Thought Limiters Were At About 111 And Then Sky's The Limit....

 

So what are you saying? That after spending £150 gate money, £100 fuel, and shagging a set of pads he decided not to max out his car?

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No Not Saying He Has Not Maxed Out His Car To The Limit He Was Saying He Hit A Limiter Stopping Him Goin Any Faster

 

Then maybe there is a speed limiter up there somewhere...

 

If you are limited to 180kph, and your speedo reads in kph, when you change the readings to mph, you may be limited to 180mph on the clocks? A genuine 170 would show up at 180mph on the clocks would it not?

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If you are limited to 180kph, and your speedo reads in kph, when you change the readings to mph, you may be limited to 180mph on the clocks? A genuine 170 would show up at 180mph on the clocks would it not?

 

Yes, some cheapo type converters just divide the entire speed signal by 5/8ths to get a MPH reading. In effect, that will give you a limiter at around 180mph.

 

The better ones, like the Thor ones, actually cap the speed signal at around 100mph, so, although the car can increase in speed, the ECU never 'sees' any more than 100mph, thus totally removing the limiter.

 

I've seen way more than 170mph via GPS. Speedo needle pointing just to the left of straight down.:)

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