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Luke
26th December 2005, 04:28
Could anyone who drives a standard westcoast, what the top speed is? I have had 110 out of mine with plenty left in it.
Ratty
26th December 2005, 04:31
noone can answer this question as the speedo is not accurate, so you would need to get a top speed RR done or use GPS ( a proper one not some crappy cheapo thing)
Luke
26th December 2005, 04:52
Who said the speedo was out? and by how much?
hesslevtr
26th December 2005, 05:08
it will be out they all are it will be about 7mph out at that speed going by my speedo
Luke
26th December 2005, 05:10
Cheers mate. So is it 7mph above or below? I am presuming above lol. and does only happen at higher speeds?
hesslevtr
26th December 2005, 05:12
7 mph above so your not going as fast as you think you are
the faster you go the more out it gets i think its about 2 mph out at the 30mph
Luke
26th December 2005, 05:13
awrite cheers, so really i was doing just over 100 yesterday which means i need it at 117 lol.
hesslevtr
26th December 2005, 05:16
yeah mate well im not sayin its goin to be 7 for certain think the gap reduces with the bigger the wheels iirc dont hold me to it though smileys/smiley2.gif
Luke
26th December 2005, 05:21
Well i got 195/45 15" on mine, which i believe are non standard on westcoasts as i still have the 14" spare.
arran
26th December 2005, 05:47
yeah mate westcoasts do come with 14'

fitting bigger wheels will make a little difference
but once you reach a certain high limit the speedo will lie!!!!
Luke
26th December 2005, 06:02
So if i have a 14" spare, if i have a flat i cudnt really but this on? Must admit with the wider tyres it handles like a dream.
Ratty
26th December 2005, 16:14
best thing to do is say what size tyres you have, what size wheels, the revs and the gearbox etc (gearbox being standard or swapped to vts etc) and we can tell you what you were really doing.
hesslevtr
26th December 2005, 18:15
westy as your a premium member use this click here (http://www.sax-p.com/media/realroadspeed.asp)

it will work out your speed just fill in the details
DjMack22
27th December 2005, 18:41
hence the reason why the police give you 10% leway for going through speed cameras smileys/smiley2.gif
boz
27th December 2005, 19:15
speedo is miles out on saxos mate, road angel tells me true speed and the speedo is way out once you hit 100mph
Luke
27th December 2005, 19:39
So iv told mate yeah. oh well, not to worry! Promised myself i wont take it over 100 from now on lol.
Barry123
28th December 2005, 01:18
You could time yourself between those distance markers on motorways at a steady speed. see what the difference between calculated and indicated speed is.