Sounds like your tach is WAY off. In 4th gear at 70, you should be
pulling about 3500 rpm. I have similar problems, but not to your
extreme. My tach is accurate at idle, but gets more and more
inaccurate as the revs increase.
Tim Holbrook
1971 TR6
--- Bryan Lepley <blepley@msn.com> wrote:
> From: "Bryan Lepley" <blepley@msn.com>
> To: 6pack@autox.team.net
> Subject: Where is my SPEED?
> Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 13:38:10 -0400
>
> All this talk about top speed has me confused. I drove over to
> Battle of
> the Brits last Sunday, first time I've had it on the highway.
>
> My top speed was 69 mph at 5,000 rpm. I know the speedo isn't off
> because
> every car past me on the highway. The car doesn't have overdrive or
> a 5th
> gear. What gives? Something just doesn't seem right! BTW it has a
> rebuilt
> TRF tranny in it from the previous owner.
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan Lepley
> Kalamazoo, MI
> 1971 TR6
>
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