so try not to laugh really hard...
my speedo goes to 85, when does my car actually max out?

 

another...does the fact it only goes to like 85 mean i have a certain model?

 

Like any other vehicle the speed is not limited by the speedo, it is limited by the govenor (if equipped) and what your vehicle can do. Your car can probably do over a hundred unless you have something really wrong with it.

 

When the national speed limit was lowered to 55 mph, many of the manufacturers lowered the speedo limit. Model years after your's had higher speedos, with no changes in the capabilities of the car.

 

oh yes it is an 82...
i asked someone once and he said probably 120...anyway, thanks tho i was just wondering, what year did these changes happen?

 

it must have been 1983, my car's a 1983 GSL and it has a 120mph speedo.

 

Yeah in the 84/85 models they went to 140.

 

My 82 and a few of the others I've seen have 85 as the max indicated.

 

So, how much horsepower can you get by getting a different speedo.........say a 200mph one?

 

Hey I was wrong, my speedo goes to 130 in my 83.

 

can i put an 83 speedo into an 82?

 

yes u can put the 83 speedo inside ur 82...and it will recalibrate itself so that the speed is read correctly

 

By the way...your car will go considerably faster than 85. I don't know the FB's top speed, but it's got to be a hell of a lot faster than 85.

I've taken mine to about 95 so far, and it had pleeenty of room to go faster. Granted, mine's an SE, but I'd imagine it wouldn't make that much difference.

 

Yeah mine says 85 as well...82 GS here.....i bet i can take it faster than that too....i have no mods, all stock though..i wonder...........hmmmmmmmm

 

I took my car to 120 when it was bone stock, so yeah, it can go faster thean 85.

 

well, i don't know how fast i can go...........
but.

 

Detailed info on top speed can be found in this thread:

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showthread.php?t=349730


giggle, snirk

 

Heh heh heh.

 

Mmmmm speeding tickets....

 

Put your headlights down and you can go faster than 125 in that SA22! (picture)

I was clocked and ticketed at 105/65 years and years (and years) ago in my 80LS, so don't believe that 85mph speedometer!

 

where can i find an 83+ speedo to buy?