Box CV 140 mph speedometer differences?

[87gtVIC]

Been in my watch list for a few years. I dont particularly want to do it but want to see some results of others.

[DerekTheGreat]

Saw this on E-bay. Interesting to say the least! WagonMan

https://www.ebay.com/itm/40114433712...evt=1&mkcid=28

Gah! What an eye sore..

[clutch47]

In the spirit of using an overlay like that, could you guys educate me a tad.
What'd have to change (speedo gear, etc.) to make something like that accurate assuming you had a perfectly proportioned scale placed dead to zero.?
The example shown is so busy to my eye I couldn't even begin the thought of trying it.
85 is plenty. 140 is legendary. 160 is a wish come true.

[WagonMan]

Did 140 speedos ever come with a trip odometers? WagonMan

[VicCrownVic]

'90+ did, but that's a whole different animal.

[slack]

The trip meter was sort of a bummer losing when I switched to 140 on my car. I used to like using it to calculate the MPG when I filled up the tank. (Never remember the start mileage on the main odometer to do it these days.)

[DerekTheGreat]

85 is plenty. 100 or 120 would be perfect. For 95% of the freeways in the states, 70 is the legal speed limit. I used to do 79 all the time until I fell in love with box life. So I'm plenty happy with the resolution offered by the 85's as all of the real estate to the right of that on the 140 models is wasted. Guess it really depends on the driver and how often they see themselves going beyond 85.

[sick88tbird]

85 is plenty. 100 or 120 would be perfect. For 95% of the freeways in the states, 70 is the legal speed limit. I used to do 79 all the time until I fell in love with box life. So I'm plenty happy with the resolution offered by the 85's as all of the real estate to the right of that on the 140 models is wasted. Guess it really depends on the driver and how often they see themselves going beyond 85.

I’ve spent hours upon hours with my 140 speedo floating on the 110-125 range on my ‘85 Coupe...it’s how I turned a 3 1/2hr drive down mostly country roads into a 2hr drive every other weekend for 6 months. Those days are solidly behind me, but I still love my 140...sweet sweet memories. I can’t explain the emotions tied to those long drives, every other Friday night, I’d clean up and pack up after work and haul ass to see my the love of my life(married now, but only dating then).

[DerekTheGreat]

Yah, there's a word for that- illegal.

When I was a younger man I spent many a night on 696 doing 100 or 110 in the Fireturd myself. Those days are also behind me, I just don't trust others nor do I want to wreck the coolest family heirloom I've got.

[Mainemantom]

A few minutes of stupidity is not worth losing a driver license, high insurance rates because of that. Criminal record depending on the State laws. An expensive ticket, maybe jail time, plus the possibility of killing or injuring others. Having the vehicle impounded too.
There is a saying... " I did that when I was young and dumb"

[sly]

I've done triple digits... I was always the slower car and "somewhere south of the border" rather in the middle of nowhere when doing so... except that one time when I was getting some distance between me and some jacknut in a M30 that kept cutting me off with little to no space to spare.

The longest run was a good hour at 95-100 about 1/10 of a mile behind a late model Charger. About half way to the big city... he took off (probably 110-120) and I caught back up just before the big city when we slowed up for traffic.

[Rodentkiller]

I had to contend with a jerk driveing a BMW and he was getting to frisky for my taste buds so I yelled at him" lets dance" and hit the gas and blew past him in my CV.

[sick88tbird]

A few minutes of stupidity is not worth losing a driver license, high insurance rates because of that. Criminal record depending on the State laws. An expensive ticket, maybe jail time, plus the possibility of killing or injuring others. Having the vehicle impounded too.
There is a saying... " I did that when I was young and dumb"

Yeah, that’s why I never did that sort of thing near civilization or any type of traffic. It was common to see another car once every 15-20mins at those speeds, at which point I’d slow down until they went by, then pick back up. The only danger, ever, was to myself. I know how to speed responsibly.

[mcb82gt]

Some toll roads in texas around Austin the speed limit is like 90, ran 95 for many miles. Thats the only way to get across that state.

[clutch47]

Virginia is for lovers. Virginia is not for speeders.
Going back for a hearing for 7MPH over not so much a fun time.