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DeLorean set for a comeback, I guess you're not ready for that yet...| MattW |
Posted: Feb 25 2009, 06:01 PM
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VOLVO for life!  Group: Advanced Members Posts: 5,179 Member No.: 23,273 Joined: Feb 17th 2007 Location: Southington Connecticut, USA  |
Welcome to the emmisions-strapped 80's.
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| Ayako Watanabe |
Posted: Feb 25 2009, 06:03 PM
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Living In A Amish Paradise Group: Advanced Members Posts: 5,824 Member No.: 2,415 Joined: Jul 30th 2004 Location: York, Pennsylvania |
85mph. I remember that in the movie they had to modify the speedometer in the cluster so that it could read 95mph in order for the needle to be able to get to 88mph. Otherwise it would just hit 85mph and not even beyond that. EDIT: In order words, they changed numberings of the Delorean cluster. This post has been edited by Ayako Watanabe on Feb 25 2009, 06:06 PM |
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| MattW |
Posted: Feb 25 2009, 06:07 PM
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VOLVO for life! Group: Advanced Members Posts: 5,179 Member No.: 23,273 Joined: Feb 17th 2007 Location: Southington Connecticut, USA |
It would do well over that. Every car sold in America in the 80's had to have an 85mph speedo, iirc. I know my friends 5.0 '86 Stang has one. So do all my friends Jeeps from the 80's. This post has been edited by MattW on Feb 25 2009, 06:08 PM |
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| Ayako Watanabe |
Posted: Feb 25 2009, 06:15 PM
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Living In A Amish Paradise Group: Advanced Members Posts: 5,824 Member No.: 2,415 Joined: Jul 30th 2004 Location: York, Pennsylvania |
Well yes it CAN go beyond 85mph. I used to own a 83' Cutlass Supreme and it would only read 85mph BUT, it can go beyond that. But being a movie, it wouldn't look right. Maybe I should have cleared up what I said earlier a bit but you get what I mean  This post has been edited by Ayako Watanabe on Feb 25 2009, 06:16 PM |
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| Bubs |
Posted: Feb 25 2009, 07:17 PM
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DAS BOOT Group: Advanced Members Posts: 4,136 Member No.: 1,079 Joined: Dec 1st 2003 Location: Belmont NH |
Yeah, even my brother's '94 Taurus has a 85mph "top speed". I buried it past that and the car still had plenty of power to give. |
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| MidnightViper88 |
Posted: Feb 25 2009, 08:43 PM
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I apologize for nothing Group: Advanced Members Posts: 15,505 Member No.: 1,034 Joined: Nov 22nd 2003 Location: The 502 |
What the speedometer is just a plastic gauge; Law mandated throughout the 1970s and 1980s that speedometers gauge could display no more than 85mph, which is why with cars like the Mustang SVO, which had a speedometer gauge that displayed further than 85mph, had none of it's tick marks after 85mph labeled...
Of course, there's a difference between what the gauge says, and how the transmission is geared or whether there's a governor limiter or not... This post has been edited by MidnightViper88 on Feb 25 2009, 08:43 PM |
 
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| MattW |
Posted: Feb 25 2009, 09:06 PM
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VOLVO for life! Group: Advanced Members Posts: 5,179 Member No.: 23,273 Joined: Feb 17th 2007 Location: Southington Connecticut, USA |
Omni GLHS was the best.
They removed the stopper peg for the end of the speedo after 85. There was s small sticker put back at "0" that said 135. When you wound the needle back to 0, you were doing 135, and that car could do it. This post has been edited by MattW on Feb 25 2009, 09:06 PM |
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| Midnight Drifter |
Posted: Feb 27 2009, 08:39 AM
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ROLL SOMETHING Group: Advanced Members Posts: 10,467 Member No.: 3,864 Joined: Oct 23rd 2004 Location: Jamesburg, NJ |
XD Now that's some awesome engineering. |
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| WRX DEMON Type R |
Posted: Feb 27 2009, 08:48 AM
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君がつまらないよ。きみの時間が終わりよ。失せろ！行けよ！失せろ! Group: Advanced Members Posts: 13,095 Member No.: 3,276 Joined: Sep 22nd 2004 Location: 君がつまらないよ。きみの時間が終わりよ。失せろ! |
My father had that back in 1988 to 1996. I This post has been edited by WRX DEMON Type R on Feb 27 2009, 08:48 AM |
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| Midnight Drifter |
Posted: Mar 1 2009, 12:02 AM
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ROLL SOMETHING Group: Advanced Members Posts: 10,467 Member No.: 3,864 Joined: Oct 23rd 2004 Location: Jamesburg, NJ |
...................you what? |
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