max RPM?
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neilly
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The Good book has no load max rpm of 4600
Depends on how brave you are feeling, Personally I use 4K as my limit.
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Depends on how brave you are feeling, Personally I use 4K as my limit.
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Mine will hit 4K quite happlily if I let it, depending on which gear is selected.
Why do you think it will not?
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What are you using to measure the rpms?
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That's because ya pushing so much fuel through, ya pistons would melt above that
Not that tuned.....but that is why I have an EGT fitted...LOL.
I have calculated it out using the measured tyres size and the ashcroft calculator, plus made my own on excel to verify and allow easy adjustment, then marked the speedo to give max speed at 4K. EDIT: the speedo has been checked against a number of different GPS devices and is surprisingly blooming accurate.
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neilly
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No, why can you see any reason that marking the speedo with calculated max speeds at 4K would be wrong.
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I like to keep the revs as high as possible to vibrate all the rust off.
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I have a 52mm VDO rev counter fitted that goes up to 4k, fitted next to the speedo on my 200tdi. I have never had a problem although as stated above the theoretical max is 4600. I never tend to go much above about 3k as you know you are revving it when you get to that point and 3.5k in top gear that is about 85mph for me (disco transfer box, 265/75 tyres) which is flat out with nothing more to give!
I take a feed from the alternator and the gauge is adjustable to fine tune the range.
What rpms does the ve pump start reining back the fuel?
Tbh Im more curious than anything.
