burying the needle

[mynismo]

this is a true definition of what burying the needle looks like in a 240sx

http://northeastnissans.com/videos/m...the-needle.MOV

[dampachi]

Cool. But I thought you were talking about shooting heroin..and damn..your shit pegs at 110?

[drftk1d]

he needs a different speedo, the 240's doesnt go past 110.

[CamaroSSBoy346]

mine goes up to 120.. when I get some extra cash I'm going with the ScottH 165 MPH Gauges... (heh heh heh)


....soon to be converted too...

[clawhammer]

Is that your car? Why do they make speedometers that don't go high?

A mechanic friend told me that once he took a customer's Ferrari for a test drive at night (speedo only went to 85), and he got it up to about 60-70, the second time around.

[Sleepr awd]

mine goes up to 150, i'm not burying it anytime soon

[CassiesMan]

Originally Posted by Elchicoloco86

mine goes up to 150, i'm not burying it anytime soon

*Takes a mental count of all the FAFMO century and a half plus runs I've done*

...Woman!

[-The Stig-]

Originally Posted by clawhammer

Is that your car? Why do they make speedometers that don't go high?

A mechanic friend told me that once he took a customer's Ferrari for a test drive at night (speedo only went to 85), and he got it up to about 60-70, the second time around.

Back in the early '80s, just about all cars had a 85mph speedometer. Even Ferrari's, Corvettes, DeLoreans and various other fun cars.

It wasn't till the late 80's, like 1989, that it was changed. And cars started getting speedo's up to 100, 110 or what have you.

Fun tid bit about the Back To the Future DeLorean, in the scene where Marty says "Lets see if you bastards can go 90" and steps on it. They show the cars speedometer race up to 90mph, But the DeLoreans only had 85mph speedos. I know, I've ridden in one several times. Maybe they put in a Eurospec guage cluster?

Great movies either way.

[eps]

Hey, my '86 goes to 140! bitches

[mynismo]

it only goes to 110 because it came with a 155hp engine... nevermind the 500hp engine i have now

they make 180mph needles but i like to see the needle fly, and dont want to bother paying money to see my mph needle go up slower.

[-The Stig-]

hahah... needs more power then

[BlackGT2000]

One night last summer on the highway I had it up to 150 that is my record. Only once have I done that, I was worried that deer would jump out and get disintigrated. I know what you mean about 80s cars only having 85mph spedos. My friend had an 87 GT that looked like a hot wheels car because it was yellow with chrome hurricane looking wheels it had Boss 302 heads and some other shit, but only had an 85 MPH speedo. It would burry the needle before the end of 3rd gear. He always talked about driving by one of those traffic signs that clocks your speed at full speed and seeing what it could do. I told him that I didn't think they had 3 digits to show him.

[drftk1d]

my moms 93 explorer's speedo only goes to 85. i've taken it past that though.

[dampachi]

I've been everybit of my speedometer. Being at the top of 5th gear is strange..you want to shift..but theres nowhere to go.

[Sleepr awd]

Originally Posted by CassiesMan

*Takes a mental count of all the FAFMO century and a half plus runs I've done*

...Woman!

hey! i've hit a curb and spent 2k fixing it, an 8th grader...(he ran in front of me) AND hit a deer last month and that was 3500$ worth...i'm broke and i don't wanna and you can't make me!!!

i did my 89 taurus up to about 90-100, i dunno speedo only went to 85