Somewhere along in the late '60s/early '80s the Feds (NHTSB) mandated 85 mph
speedos, to discourage high-speed driving... it didn't work
Gary McCormick
San Jose, CA
roadster wrote:
> Faster than the 1968 and 1969 1600's with the 120 speedo's, natch! What used
> to bug me about my 1982 Maxima was the speedo topped out at 88mph. With a
> fuel-injected 6cyl I often knew I was going way over 100mph, but had no idea
> just how fast with the needle slamming into 88. Datsun was far more
> optimistic with the sixties cars than the eighties cars (must have been some
> federal regs).
>
> Fred
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pam & Paul Bauman" <plhbauman@earthlink.net>
> To: "Autox" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 9:20 PM
> Subject: RE: tach differences
>
> > Faster than what?
> >
> >
> > And I thought it was because they made the 70's faster. ;>
> >
> > My '70 1600 Blondie has a 140 speedo. Never got it going that fast (yet).
> >
> > Fred - So.SF
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "sidney raper" <spl310@hotmail.com>
> > To: <sandhoff@csus.edu>; <dgstoll@mint.net>
> > Cc: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 7:07 PM
> > Subject: Re: tach differences
> >
> >
> > > John,
> > >
> > > I could be mistaken, but from what I read, Nissan put the same speedo
> and
> > > tach in the 70 models to reduce the individual parts count. The 120 and
> > 160
> > > speedos were tossed in favor of a 140 for both cars.
> > >
> > > Sidney Raper
> > > 1964 1500
> > > 1967 SRL311 00060
> > > 1967 SRL311 00076
> > > Jacksonville Florida
> > > http://www.geocities.com/roadsternut/index.html
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: "John F Sandhoff" <sandhoff@csus.edu>
> > > >Reply-To: "John F Sandhoff" <sandhoff@csus.edu>
> > > >To: "Dave Stoll" <dgstoll@mint.net>
> > > >CC: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> > > >Subject: Re: tach differences
> > > >Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 16:47:43 -0700
> > > >
> > > > > Is there a difference between the 1600 and 2000 tachometer in a 1970
> > > > > roadster?
> > > >
> > > >In '68 and 69 the 1600 is 0-7000 rpm and the 2000 is 0-8000.
> > > >I assume the same holds true for 1970.
> > > >
> > > >As an aside, the 1600 speedo is 0-120 and the 2000 is either 0-140 or
> > > >0-160 - theory has it the solex package got the 160 but I know of SU
> > > >cars with 'em too. The 120 case is different than the 140/160 case,
> BTW.
> > > >
> > > >-- John
> > > > John F Sandhoff sandhoff@csus.edu Sacramento, CA
> > >
> > >
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