Stock rear end and stock tire diameter will give you 73 mph at 3000 rpm.
At this point you can't trust anything, you have to check it all.
Rear end ratio, gears on speedo cable, tach. They could all be changed
and/or inaccurate.
Erich
80 miles an hour or 130 kms which the rest of us use, seems to be
> close to 4000 rpms. Now I have not done the tire to driveshaft check
> yet....maybe mon... but does this seem high to the rest of you? This is
the speed you
> have to do to drive the 400 series hwys' around Toronto the armpit of
ontario.
> I DO NOT need more acceleration, this thing lites the tires up at every
> chance. I also want to keep it close to orginial. If I have a 2.88 what
do I do?
> I want to do appox 3000rpm or less at 120 kms....70mph.. and I do not
want
> to change to a 5 speed..just having a bit of a whinge here but we want to
> travel in this car. Anyway next weeks main project is to get a safety
check done
> and plate the car so it's legal
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