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    Quote Originally Posted by Citizen View Post
    Cool. Any others? DeLoreans that assert/attest 100+ MPH. ??

    ...
    All of them? (that run, anyway). Not much mystery here, apart from the non-owners who are confused
    by the 85 mph mandated speedo. I've just fitted a 170 mph speedo, but have never pushed the car
    to 100, so it's really for looks only.

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    I may or may not have gotten up to 125 mph outside of Knoxville TN over 20 years ago. This was before GPS so had to use the RPM conversion chart.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Helirich View Post
    This almost seems like a joke or trolling to me. Most modern cars can go over a hundred. If they have enough power to reasonably excellerate in traffic, they have enough power to go over a hundred. Certainly, if one particular stock car can do it, all of them probably can.

    The only thing mentioned was about the auto trans not being able to do it. Is this true? Hard to believe it would make that much difference.
    The auto will definitely do 100+, he said he doesn’t like to keep the RPMs high though, so he doesn’t go that fast. 3rd gear in the auto is equivalent to 4th gear in the manual, so I’d guess whatever top speed is in 4th gear for a manual is the top speed for an auto.

    As for why ending the speedo at 95, that’s the top speed shown in BTTF.

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    85mph Speedo/Font Details

    Quote Originally Posted by jeanmariecannie View Post
    Hi,

    I scanned & re-printed the Delorean speedometer to show 95Mph instead of 85Mph ... and finally reach 88Mph

    Attachment 69353
    Attachment 69354
    Attachment 69355
    Attachment 69356

    You can download the files here and print them yourselves:

    https://drive.google.com/drive/folde...oxg5wbBPmwUlkw

    Make sure to get a UV resistant vinyl.

    Here's a rough version of the 3D scan :

    https://p3d.in/jmQU7

    Jean-Marie Cannie

    Awesome job! Do you happen to have just a regular 85mph print? Or could you reference the font/spacing/width in detail? If I could get the exact measurements, I?d like to make one myself. I noticed the ?MPH? font isn?t quite as bold as the rest of the font (ex: RPM/100), and wanted to know the specifics so I could tweak it a bit.
    Mason Fowlkes
    [email protected]
    St. Peters, Missouri

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