I Have Gears!!

[MACH_Daddy_#1]

It's kind of a long story, but I always kinda thought that my speedometer wasn't right or something, even when doing the speed limit it always seemed like everyone was flying by me. It was sitting at a mitsubishi dealership when I bought it three months ago with only 3k on it, naturally they didn't know a goddarn thing about it other than it was a mustang. after i bought it i discovered that it had after market suspension on it(bonus!), a little while later i had it at a ford dealership (suspension was clunking) and they told me it had 4.10's in it, i was extremely surprised to say the least, i still haven't gotten under there and taken a look for myself, but anyway i took her to the track (mile high Denver) and ran a 14.4 @ 96m.p.h but my speedometer said i was doing close to 110 mph, so obviously the gears are causing the speedo read the speed improperly or something. So, really long story short, i am wondering what to do about this problem, a friend told me a mustang shop said i would need to buy an aftermarket chip and they could reprogram it or something. so if anyone knows anything that can help me it would be much appreciated.
thanks,
mike

[mn04mach]

Chip, tune, done

[rhite95]

You need to buy a hand held turner like predator super chip

[Sapperstang]

No need for a tune or a self tuner. You can get a speed-cal to fix your speedo too.

[MACH_Daddy_#1]

a speed calibrator? How much? Where?

[03SHKR]

Originally Posted by MACH_Daddy_#1

a speed calibrator? How much? Where?

It's called a SpeedCal from Dalls Mustnag. You can order it from a few places for about $100. Stangnet's partshopper, or ninosport, and others. Shop around.

[Jlang]

Here ya go:

http://www.dallasmustang.com/index.mvc?p=9910

[SSmith440]

what was the clunking-how was it addressed?

[loathe]

if it is an automatic get it reprogrammed by some tuning prog/5 speed tranny u can just buy something cheap (speed calibrator) from dallas mustang

[Sapperstang]

Oh yeah that is what I forgot. If it's an auto you may have to have the shift points adjusted.

[spanky192]

i'm more concerned about the 14.4 sec et...what the heck is that all about?

[Mustangdude]

Originally Posted by spanky192

i'm more concerned about the 14.4 sec et...what the heck is that all about?

Altitude causes times to be inflated. Adjusted to sea level, it would be a respectable time.

[MACH_Daddy_#1]

Thanks, guys you've been helpfull. the clunking of the suspension was the upper and lower control arms were'nt torqued right, but once tightened all was good. and oh yeah, a 14.4 up here on a pretty much stock mach is very respectable.

[Fosters]

Originally Posted by MACH_Daddy_#1

Thanks, guys you've been helpfull. the clunking of the suspension was the upper and lower control arms were'nt torqued right, but once tightened all was good. and oh yeah, a 14.4 up here on a pretty much stock mach is very respectable.

what altitude are you at? unless it's 6000+, i don't think that'd be very respectable to be honest.

[99whitecobra99]

Phil is selling one right here. Phil is a great guy and I would not think twice about buying something from him.

http://www.mach1registry.org/forums/...ad.php?t=35593

[MACH_Daddy_#1]

Originally Posted by Fosters

what altitude are you at? unless it's 6000+, i don't think that'd be very respectable to be honest.

yeah, i'm in denver idiot where the strip is pretty close to 6,000ft., highest altitude drag strip in the U.S. that i know of, so why don't you shut your f#*@in mouth cause i don't think you know what your talkin about!!! By the way, since that post i have squeezed it down to a 14.199, so i'll come down to wherever your at and smoke your a$$!

[Tungsten]

Originally Posted by MACH_Daddy_#1

yeah, i'm in denver idiot where the strip is pretty close to 6,000ft., highest altitude drag strip in the U.S. that i know of, so why don't you shut your f#*@in mouth cause i don't think you know what your talkin about!!! By the way, since that post i have squeezed it down to a 14.199, so i'll come down to wherever your at and smoke your a$$!

Way to make friends.

[mtm87tx]

what does that convert to for sea level anyways? good to see you are cutting time off

[mach1girl]

In denver, banidmere is one of the highest altiude racing strips in the country. a 14.1999 is very good! Im asuming you race at Banidmere? We havent raced the Mach there yet, but will be there Saturday for Club Clash. We also have a 2004 GT which we race up there. And I dont know the exact conversion for sea level but its around 12 I belive. Better be careful...you're almost in need of a helmet there! Thats my goal!

[gfong]

Originally Posted by MACH_Daddy_#1

yeah, i'm in denver idiot where the strip is pretty close to 6,000ft., highest altitude drag strip in the U.S. that i know of, so why don't you shut your f#*@in mouth cause i don't think you know what your talkin about!!! By the way, since that post i have squeezed it down to a 14.199, so i'll come down to wherever your at and smoke your a$$!

As mentioned above you have a couple of choices here, hand held tuner which would correct the gears or the speed cal.
Tuner can change many things and the speed cal can only change the speedo. Tuner is about 300 and the cal is about 100. If you plan on more mods I would go with the tuner, if you stay where you are I would use the speed cal. Basic tune out of the box on one of those hand helds will perk your car up for sure, nothing insane but you would be able to feel the tune and should get you about a couple of tenths inthe 1/4 and maybe a few mph. Good luck.

[IrishMach]

Originally Posted by Fosters

what altitude are you at? unless it's 6000+, i don't think that'd be very respectable to be honest.

kind of an uncalled for thing to say. you know...to be honest.

[mach1girl]

I agree. A lot of people dont realize how big of difference altitiude makes. Think before you talk! Also...look at the location someones at too!!! Theres no reason to be rude to someone, you never know who that person is,where that person is...just play nice guys!

[Fosters]

I do realize what impact the altitude makes on ET, that's WHY i mentioned unless he's at 6000, which he happens to be, then it would be not respectable - but since he is, it is respectable.

however, since he did come back with the name calling, after failing to read my post, here, i'll turn the other cheek.

Good job on your ET!


which btw, at 6k DA still translates to a 13.3, et from which you'd be staring at my license plate the entire way... so good luck "smoking my ***".

[LS1 H8R]

Originally Posted by MACH_Daddy_#1

yeah, i'm in denver idiot where the strip is pretty close to 6,000ft., highest altitude drag strip in the U.S. that i know of, so why don't you shut your f#*@in mouth cause i don't think you know what your talkin about!!! By the way, since that post i have squeezed it down to a 14.199, so i'll come down to wherever your at and smoke your a$$!

a little touchy are we

[DeVus32V]

Well.....Denver is "The Mile High City"