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Just a quick question, i have a 1995 FTO GPX, and my RPM dial doesnt work, so its a bit hard to judge how high i can go in first gear with out screwing something up, generally it starts screaming at 50-60 kz an hour so i cahnge the gear, anyone know what speed there doing in first when it gets to about 7500RPM (before you have to change to 2nd with out redlining it?

Thanks!

well 50-60km/h is MIVEC already so that's 7-8k rpm

get a monster tacho or apexi rsm

akuma3 wrote:well 50-60km/h is MIVEC already so that's 7-8k rpm

Mine said 80kmph when i reach 8200rpm. And yeah get a RSM or SAFC/II. It show you the RPM & Speed.

FTO338 wrote:

akuma3 wrote:well 50-60km/h is MIVEC already so that's 7-8k rpm

Mine said 80kmph when i reach 8200rpm. And yeah get a RSM or SAFC/II. It show you the RPM & Speed.

?! how the hell do you get 80km/s in first gear?! what did you do?!

I reckon your car does 600+ kms with a full tank as well Kev?

My RSM says that i have reached over 11 000 rpm. I don't that right. It says 230 + km/hr, thats right though

mxysxy wrote:I reckon your car does 600+ kms with a full tank as well Kev?

hahaaha yeah i wish, but if you read the other post, i only get 450km in a tank.

But yeah i do have a few mods, so i guess thats how i get 80km at 8200rpm. Like said before i also reached 9200rpm or 9500rpm (can't remember now) & 192kmph on a dyno.

+600km out of a tank, I think I done that, because when I picked up my FTO from SVI in brissy it had a full tank and I drove it past rocky on the 1 tank, which is about 600km.

i'm getting 600+ kms out of a tank and have been for the past 4-5 fills.

All depends on the type of kms...Kevs doing city driving....I'm on the freeway everyday.

FTO338 wrote:

mxysxy wrote:I reckon your car does 600+ kms with a full tank as well Kev?

hahaaha yeah i wish, but if you read the other post, i only get 450km in a tank.

But yeah i do have a few mods, so i guess thats how i get 80km at 8200rpm. Like said before i also reached 9200rpm or 9500rpm (can't remember now) & 192kmph on a dyno.

NICE! Tell me what sort of mod you did, i want my first gear to goto 80kms too!!!

i've post it around few times already, so it shouldn't be hard to find the list.

I might have change few things here & there since then, but nothing major.

FTO338 wrote:i've post it around few times already, so it shouldn't be hard to find the list.

I might have change few things here & there since then, but nothing major.

and the topic for me do a search is?

I've got a stock engine and it usually gets to around 75km/h before the auto computer shifts.

I gotta weird question actually...........apparently the tip boxes shift automatically when you get to redline even when you're in tip mode. That's what I heard anyway. Mine doesn't do that and will actually let me redline. Any idea why?

akuma3 wrote:

FTO338 wrote:i've post it around few times already, so it shouldn't be hard to find the list.

I might have change few things here & there since then, but nothing major.

and the topic for me do a search is?

Try my user name

FTO338 wrote:

akuma3 wrote:

FTO338 wrote:i've post it around few times already, so it shouldn't be hard to find the list.

I might have change few things here & there since then, but nothing major.

and the topic for me do a search is?

Try my user name

dammit the search function is not working the way i want it to ... no match ... or am i just not using it properly

but kev you probably have written like 1000 posts haha

80kms in first gear wow thats half amazing I pull like 60kms or so nearly not quite but close to 110km in 2nd

Nacho wrote:I've got a stock engine and it usually gets to around 75km/h before the auto computer shifts.

I gotta weird question actually...........apparently the tip boxes shift automatically when you get to redline even when you're in tip mode. That's what I heard anyway. Mine doesn't do that and will actually let me redline. Any idea why?

Nope, it definitely bounces of the rev limiter (which can be a bit embarassing )

cant u change your gear ratios so you get different redlines in every gear than standard...
like change your gear ratios so your max speed is reduced... but ull acclerate faster

or change your gear ratios so you get a crazy top speed but it'll sacrifice acceleration and take sometime to get there?