120 mph

[epo]

am sorry to bother u all its just u seem 2 all know ur stuff bout novas and ive got a quick question if u dont mind
in all the mags it says the sri will only do 100 mph - 109mph if this is true how come ive had 120 mph out of mine when alls ive got is a straight through exhaust and a k&n but i do keep the engine very clean also its only got 14"'s on at the mo is my speedo out or r the mags talkin bollox

[snapper]

that 120mph is indicated though, isn't it? nova speedos aren't known for their accuracy and they can over-read by up to 10%. or so.

[Will]

My SR Sting does 125mph, but then againt hats nothing to jump up and down abt.

The reason my is so fast is cause im rebuilding a prototype of the 125 Sting...... ask fester or cambridge abt it ;)

will

[techie]

Mines been off the clock and back around again.

But having said that according to my speedo I can do 60mph in first...lol

[blaiz]

yer, nova speedos def aint renowned for their accuracy..!!

[epo]

would it matter that the speedo just been changed

[Stuart]

yesterday while trying to find a useful excsue for not writing my dissertation i made a spreadsheet to calibrate your speedo from your rev counter. (even takes into account diff wheels and tyres)

i sent it to kev and he made it "online" but you need to ahve office XP things installed to view it (or ask me increbicly nicely and i might email it to you)

[Fester]

the Sting 125 - rare! I had a Sting 118 but upgraded. 1.2 16v rarer than the Sport, Irmscher injection etc

as for the speedos, well theyre good for a laugh arent they?

[Ste_Nova]

120mph.... lmfao
http://mig.lathwood.co.uk/upload/s/speedo.jpg

[Nova-Boy]

your very proud of that pic aren't you ste. 8) The speedo will be out some on your car and the tests in the mags may be from a new or thrashed nova not a nice clean well run in one. + the exhasut and filter will help a bit.

[Ste_Nova]

my speedo has been checked against gps and rolling road and overreads by 2mph @ 100mph indicated

[mikeoxford]

PMSL the amount of times we seen that pic :P

[Dicko]

in my sri (full magnex including decat/4branch, green cotton induction kit, runing of optimax) iv had an indicated 118mph but then again it was windy and iv never really tried for top speed sisne then. had it at indicated 135mph a number of times when 1.6 16v was in.

[Ste_Nova]

PMSL the amount of times we seen that pic :P

http://mig.lathwood.co.uk/upload/s/stenova2.jpg
happy? :lol: :P

[Ste_Nova]

http://mig.lathwood.co.uk/upload/s/stenova.jpg

[mikeoxford]

:lol:


yes and those ones too :lol: :wink:

[CP]

That picture is a poofs picture

I managed to get both my needles off the clock so ner:p

:lol: :lol:

[Stuart]

i just find it hillarious that ste is perfetcly happy doing speeds like that in a very small steel can that will fold up totally in a crash. but hes "affraid"/unwilling to go on a train that goes 100 mph lmao (like they ever get to those speeds anyway)

[Snowface]

all you have to do is alter the offsets so they are 60mph to fast and the rev's are double. then u can do 120mph with out getting stopped by Polize.

[mowgli]

There are a lot of opel corsas with kmh clocks, they get your speed up really well, and nobody has mentioned the obvious benefits of the Max Power sticker, or the aerodynamic benefits of the reversed baseball cap.

seriously though, if you want huge top speed, just stick a gearbox from a diesel vectra in on big wheels with big tyres.

[NOVAS RULE]

are thier any fixes for this speedo problem

[blingmachine]

get it recalibrated, should think any guarage with a rolling road would be able to do it. :)

[Stuart]

ftp://213.105.253.72

username: nova
login: novaload

use that spreadsheet by changing the numbers in the bold box to suit your needs.

will tell you what rpm=main speeds