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dave1
27-10-2008, 11:53 PM
as anyone discovered how far out the speedo is? nearly 170 is only 158!!
i take it thats it if the top speed limiter is still there
Mark CSL
28-10-2008, 12:26 AM
174MPH is a real 164mph 10mph out on my road angel
and thats my csl with the speed limiter

My old csl done 182mph on the speedo :thumbs:

On a track :whistle:
glendog74
28-10-2008, 12:38 AM
Similar to Mark, i've had 175mph indicating on speedo which showed as 164mph true on Garmin GPS whilst on an Autobahn in the summer.

I still had about 1500rpm left though (stage 1 tune) so could have squeezed a few more mph out of it had i not run into 'slower' 120mph traffic...! :whistle:
dave1
28-10-2008, 12:41 AM
it was dark so i could,nt really look at the rev counter lol
glendog74
28-10-2008, 01:08 AM
it was dark so i could,nt really look at the rev counter lol

On the 'A30 speed trial test road' no doubt! :hahaha:
Andyk
28-10-2008, 07:58 AM
So my quetion is.....do the speed limiters speed work or was it just PR to please the German authorities.
david
28-10-2008, 08:52 AM
when I had my Csl stock, car was retricted at 157mph (gps) back from the ring on the autobahn in the german Rürh on my way to belgium, I had 305km/h (ruffly 189mhp) and 297k true speed on the tomtom gps (185mph) and during an other try around 175mph I got passed by a red bullet, a 996 ou 997 tuned by RUF, I just saw the RUF badge..... and car disappeared. he was easelly over 200mph...:119:
cslbecks
28-10-2008, 10:28 AM
Other than shipping the ECU over to BMW Germany - how else can i have the top speed limiter removed?? Does it come as part of the package when you have a remap?? Or can you just have the limiter removed on its own??
Bravo73
28-10-2008, 11:12 AM
Any re-map will/can remove the speed limiter.

Or, if you want, a tuner can just remove the limiter and leave the map alone.
cslbecks
28-10-2008, 11:46 AM
Great - thanks Bravo!!
glendog74
28-10-2008, 12:24 PM
So my quetion is.....do the speed limiters speed work or was it just PR to please the German authorities.

Before my Stage 1/remap the car used to max out at 165mph indicated (approx 155mph). That's now not the case since, so the 155 limiters must do their job until removed.
Andyk
28-10-2008, 01:48 PM
So my quetion is.....do the speed limiters speed work or was it just PR to please the German authorities.

Before my Stage 1/remap the car used to max out at 165mph indicated (approx 155mph). That's now not the case since, so the 155 limiters must do their job until removed.

Cheers, so yes then.