Dave,
Yeah that is what I have resigned myself to, the only way to know is to run
it at a high speed run. Then you know for sure. There are just too many
variables to try and figure out what they will do. Heck maybe by the time I
do it I will have swapped in a 360 and it wouldn't be a fair test anyway.
And it is estimated Cup cars would be pushing 225 230 without restrictor
plates with the modern aero packages they have. In reality I think the Dak
should be good for something 130-140 without engine mods. Hopefully time
will tell and I can find out for sure. Thanks all for the input on this and
don't worry all testing will be done in a controlled environment and not on
the street where someone other than myself would be in danger.
-Joe
>
> 2. Every vehicle I have owned the speedo is reading at least a
> couple of mph
> optomistic at 60 mph (I believe this is on purpose too)which is a
> 3.33% error
> assuming that that error holds true to 115 indicated you are actually only
> going 111 mph. My experince having been an engineer for a company
> that makes
> instrumentation I would not be suprised if the error up near the
> top of the
> scale is even larger (typically dial type gauges are designed to
> a spec between
> 20% and 70% of full scale). Magazines use radar or a 5th wheel to
> record speeds
> to elminate this error.
>
> Dave Clement
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