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Old Jun 24, 2011 | 11:31 PM
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speedometer ????

On my way home from work today, this guy in a brand new Acura thought his car was fast so i had to shut him down.I had my speedometer buried for about 3 seconds then it drop all the way to 0 then back up again.Did this happen to anyone else before?
 
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Old Jun 25, 2011 | 06:16 AM
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Anything over 105 and my speedometer will shut off and the digital mileage reader will read -------- as if there is no mileage on it. I'm sure this happens with most everybodys but most people never find out.
 
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Old Jun 25, 2011 | 06:25 AM
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You have broken the space time continuum?
 
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Old Jun 25, 2011 | 08:55 AM
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Haha, yes, I ordered a flux capacitor from riffraff, just kidding, but as soon as you dip below 105 the speedometer starts working again and the mileage comes back. I passed a nissan altima yesterday and as I did he stepped on it so I ran him. So this is fresh in my mind.
 
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Old Jun 25, 2011 | 12:35 PM
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my truck will not go past 95mph the motor just stops speed limiter, so i cant help you.
 
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Old Jun 25, 2011 | 06:00 PM
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[QUOTE=snakedoc;10501836]my truck will not go past 95mph the motor just stops speed limiter,

me to , theirs must be in the programing. my truck has never seen 100 although ive tried.
 
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Old Jun 25, 2011 | 06:13 PM
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Where in Hawaii (Oahu county) can you find out it will do 105? When I lived in Hawaii county we barley had enough straight road to hit 80 in a super duty...lol
 
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Old Jun 25, 2011 | 10:36 PM
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There are alot of places to hit over 100mph..... country side,H-3,and Like Like hwy.In fact I just shot this video again after and it did it again,this time on video.Might not be a big deal and nothing happens to the truck when it does it.
YouTube - ‪100 mph‬‏
and this is the country side(north shore)were at the end of the the road but its over a mile long.
YouTube - ‪Ford 7.3 Powerstroke vs dodge ram‬‏
 
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Old Jun 25, 2011 | 10:48 PM
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It is most likely a fail safe designed into the speedo. Once the signal goes to high it just resets. The little driver motor in the speedo would probably fail if it tried to keep going.
 
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Old Jun 25, 2011 | 10:54 PM
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Must be an '02 and up thing. My '01 will peg the needle until I let out of it. I can also run above 95 mph in my modified stock tune since I had Jody remove the speed limiter during live tuning last year.
 
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Old Jun 25, 2011 | 10:55 PM
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We had quite a few long streaches on the Queen Lillikilliani highway down by south point and up in Kohala, great spots to stretch them out, but just try and find diesel outside of Kialua or Hilo you better know where to go and what days there open (island time don't ya know) of course I left in '91 maybe it's different now! But I hope not!
 
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Old Jun 25, 2011 | 11:03 PM
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Does it continue to climb as if it was running a double scale?(ie... 110...115...120...ect) that s¥%t would be cool!
 
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Old Jun 25, 2011 | 11:08 PM
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Does it continue to climb as if it was running a double scale?(ie... 110...115...120...ect) that s¥%t would be cool!
Mine seems to stop when it gets to the shift indicator and just hangs there until I back down.
 
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Old Jun 25, 2011 | 11:17 PM
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I have a digital readout of mph on my Aeroforce Scangauge. I have it calibrated to my analog speedometer which has also been calibrated for tire size. I will have to try it out again with the Aeroforce reading displayed and see what it reads, as compared to the stock speedometer, when I exceed 100 mph. Y'all have me curious now!
 
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Old Jun 27, 2011 | 11:21 PM
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I had the opportunity to try out the speedometer digital readout on the my Aeroforce Scangauge on the way to work this morning. I romped on it at 50 mph, in my 60E tune, and took it up to 115 mph as read on the Aeroforce. The stock analog speedometer held steady past 100 at the edge of the shift indicator. Still wondering why the '02's drop back.
 
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