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Accent top speed???

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i drove to st louis Monday and there were all these construction signs that measured your speed along with telling you to slow down because of road work. Anyway with 16" tires and 205/40r/16 rubber i was traveling 105 mph on the sign and my speedometer also said exactly 105. So i don't know if it is the difference of my tire size or what. But mine is dead on.
 
Originally posted by cclngthr
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Originally posted by MadHatter
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i drove to st louis Monday and there were all these construction signs that measured your speed along with telling you to slow down because of road work. Anyway with 16" tires and 205/40r/16 rubber i was traveling 105 mph on the sign and my speedometer also said exactly 105. So i don't know if it is the difference of my tire size or what. But mine is dead on.
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Typically, the stock tire size is 175/70/13; and your tires are 2 wheel sizes up from that, and the factory must make sure the speedo is accurate to the factory tires. If yours is dead on, I wouldn't worry about accuracy.
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yeah, i was just commenting on all the prior post about the speedometers being off.

The fastest i've taken mine is 110 and i was just under 5k rpm. Im dont want a speeding ticket :)