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#51 of 2482 only1harry by asethi Dec 17, 2000 (2:34 pm)
>..... at 120mph+ on the highway when the road starts turning..   !!!!!!
#52 of 2482 yep.. by only1harry Dec 17, 2000 (5:04 pm)
Near your neighborhood, on 287 Don't try this at home boys & girls..   I 've hit 140-141mph on 287 (w/speedometer error probably 135-6) and the tach was still around 7100rpm, another 1,000 to go! But I can never hit redline in 5th unless I had an S/C or turbo.
#53 of 2482 by shmang Dec 18, 2000 (2:20 pm)
One day, I was cruise at 70mph (with cruise control on) with my Prelude while I saw a speed monitor that tell you how fast you are going, it shows 63. Does that means the tach. on prelude is off by 10%? If that is the case, when the needle tell you that you are going 145, you are really only going like 131mph. Has anyone notice this kind of problem or it is the speed monitor?   I have yet got a speeding ticket with my lude, so I am not sure, anyone?
#54 of 2482 ! by asethi Dec 19, 2000 (3:58 am)
only1harry:   Good thing I've moved to MA now!   shmang:   If you have a G5, it's probably not that old to have such problems. Those speed monitors are not that accurate and it usually takes them a while to calculate speed. I'm guessing you were speeding, cause those monitors are usually at 20-30 miles speed zones. If that's the case then it probably didn't get enough time to calculate your speed.   Looks like everybody here is speeding Take it easy guys, don't speed on city roads, what are the ramps for.
#55 of 2482 by shmang Dec 19, 2000 (6:22 am)
I have a 99 base 5spd. when I went through the monitor, the speed limit is 55mph. (It is at the border of NY state and MA that tell every one to slow down b/c the speed limit in MA before you goes into NY state is 65. So, first off, I was not speeding(70 in a 65 zone is not speeding right?) Second, IMO, the speedo is a little bit off on the Lude and the reading on the monitor is also a bit off, and that might be the reason for such big a different(63 vs 70). Anyway, I normally drive 5mph faster than speed limit if the speed limit is 40 or below and 10mph faster otherwise, unless it is a straight highway with few cars around, I will open it up a little bit, but this is rarely done since Dec. 98 when I got 99 my Lude.
#56 of 2482 01 Prelude Coda99 by trish17 Dec 19, 2000 (9:25 am)
I just got an automatic 01 prelude at 22899 all by email. Edmunds showed 22930 as TMV so I had no problem paying 30 less.
#57 of 2482 by shmang Dec 19, 2000 (12:02 pm)
That is a great deal for a SS prelude, IMO. Congratulations.   What color is your Lude, is it the silver? Please don't tell me it is blue.... Just kidding!
#58 of 2482 Color by trish17 Dec 20, 2000 (8:31 am)
Yep it's silver.
#59 of 2482 trish17 by shmang Dec 20, 2000 (10:31 am)
I am jealous, man! At the time I bought mine(99), silver is not available. I should wait for a year or so to get the silver. Instead, I got the white, which is the closest to silver...
#60 of 2482 innacuracies.. by only1harry Dec 20, 2000 (1:31 pm)
Ok, here it goes. I 've been pulled over several times in my Civic and GSR. I also know exactly what the tachometer error is on the GSR. Prelude shouldn't be too far off since they 're all Hondas. Most of the time I get pulled over (don't have a laser detector yet, my radar is useless in NY but works wonders in NJ). The cops always clock me at 2 to 3mph less than what my speedometer shows, the same with my '97 Civic. I 'm usually going 80 and cops pull me over for doing 77 or 78. It's always these 2 numbers. Luckily I get out of most of these.. Now I guess that at 140mph the speedometer error is a little greater than at 80mph...?? Ok, speedo: When I had my car dynoed earlier this year, you can watch the tach and the RPMs on the computer monitor and of course you get the printouts at the end (I got the actual files of my dyno as well). Everytime the REV limiter kicked in the PC application/monitor showed that my engine speed was just about 8100rpm. The tach inside the car always showed between 8300-8400. So yes, the tach is off as well. In case of the GSR and all GSRs for that fact, the difference is always at least 250 RPM! Prelude should be the same because my friend's REV limiter in his SH always kicks in just shy of 8K RPM instead of 7600-7000. I think they design them this way so we shift when the tach needle reaches redline, when in fact we can shift another 300rpm later or when rev. limiter engages. Maybe they figure this might prolong engine life? don't know, your guess is as good as mine, but I guarantee you these small innacuracies in RPM & Speed are intentional.

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