Top speed from a Westcoast

1. Luke Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2005 Bradford Posts: 26687 '15 Focus ST-2

   #1 26th December 2005, 04:28

   Could anyone who drives a standard westcoast, what the top speed is? I have had 110 out of mine with plenty left in it.
2. Ratty Established Member Joined: Jun 2003 United Kingdom (England) Posts: 1682

   #2 26th December 2005, 04:31

   noone can answer this question as the speedo is not accurate, so you would need to get a top speed RR done or use GPS ( a proper one not some crappy cheapo thing)
3. Luke Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2005 Bradford Posts: 26687 '15 Focus ST-2

   #3 26th December 2005, 04:52

   Who said the speedo was out? and by how much?
4. hesslevtr Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: May 2004 Hull (England) Posts: 18709 1.6 vtr

   #4 26th December 2005, 05:08

   it will be out they all are it will be about 7mph out at that speed going by my speedo
5. Luke Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2005 Bradford Posts: 26687 '15 Focus ST-2

   #5 26th December 2005, 05:10

   Cheers mate. So is it 7mph above or below? I am presuming above lol. and does only happen at higher speeds?
6. hesslevtr Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: May 2004 Hull (England) Posts: 18709 1.6 vtr

   #6 26th December 2005, 05:12

   7 mph above so your not going as fast as you think you are
   the faster you go the more out it gets i think its about 2 mph out at the 30mph
7. Luke Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2005 Bradford Posts: 26687 '15 Focus ST-2

   #7 26th December 2005, 05:13

   awrite cheers, so really i was doing just over 100 yesterday which means i need it at 117 lol.
8. hesslevtr Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: May 2004 Hull (England) Posts: 18709 1.6 vtr

   #8 26th December 2005, 05:16

   yeah mate well im not sayin its goin to be 7 for certain think the gap reduces with the bigger the wheels iirc dont hold me to it though
9. Luke Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2005 Bradford Posts: 26687 '15 Focus ST-2

   #9 26th December 2005, 05:21

   Well i got 195/45 15" on mine, which i believe are non standard on westcoasts as i still have the 14" spare.
10. arran Regular Poster Joined: Dec 2005 bournemouth United Kingdom (England) Posts: 336

    #10 26th December 2005, 05:47

    
    yeah mate westcoasts do come with 14'
    
    fitting bigger wheels will make a little difference
    but once you reach a certain high limit the speedo will lie!!!!
11. Luke Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2005 Bradford Posts: 26687 '15 Focus ST-2

    #11 26th December 2005, 06:02

    So if i have a 14" spare, if i have a flat i cudnt really but this on? Must admit with the wider tyres it handles like a dream.
12. Ratty Established Member Joined: Jun 2003 United Kingdom (England) Posts: 1682

    #12 26th December 2005, 16:14

    best thing to do is say what size tyres you have, what size wheels, the revs and the gearbox etc (gearbox being standard or swapped to vts etc) and we can tell you what you were really doing.
13. hesslevtr Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: May 2004 Hull (England) Posts: 18709 1.6 vtr

    #13 26th December 2005, 18:15

    westy as your a premium member use this click here
    
    it will work out your speed just fill in the details
14. DjMack22 Regular Poster Joined: Oct 2005 Dundee United Kingdom (Scotland) Posts: 388 Scooby, Saxo Vtr, Golf GTI. look

    #14 27th December 2005, 18:41

    hence the reason why the police give you 10% leway for going through speed cameras
15. boz Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2005 somewhere on this planet, doing something..... around northumberland or in the middle of the sea Posts: 8774 Mk2 VTS track mk1 turbo vts scooby engined 2CV

    #15 27th December 2005, 19:15

    speedo is miles out on saxos mate, road angel tells me true speed and the speedo is way out once you hit 100mph
16. Luke Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2005 Bradford Posts: 26687 '15 Focus ST-2

    #16 27th December 2005, 19:39

    So iv told mate yeah. oh well, not to worry! Promised myself i wont take it over 100 from now on lol.
17. Barry123 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Oct 2005 Aycliffe Posts: 32205 Saxo VTS

    #17 28th December 2005, 01:18

    You could time yourself between those distance markers on motorways at a steady speed. see what the difference between calculated and indicated speed is.