speeding and speed

[RED_EL_XR8]

Originally Posted by sourbastard

In the VT Commodore we used to have, there was an Easter Egg that you could activate that would do a digital display of speed next to the odometer on the dash.

I dont know if anything similar is around for fords.

The E-series one is well documented, many a GLI has been sold second hand as genuine police pak after a few button presses!

Originally Posted by sourbastard

In the VT Commodore we used to have, there was an Easter Egg that you could activate that would do a digital display of speed next to the odometer on the dash.

I dont know if anything similar is around for fords.

Efs and Els have similar, but it was a full diagnostics menu.

Hold down the reset trip for 10 seconds in acc, switch the ignition to ON and press the trip quickly 3 times, on the third one leave it pushed in for another 10 seconds, the odo will go blank, or flash F0rD, hit the trip, then you have speed and rpm, gear indicator, fuel tank litres and some other goodies

EDIT Red, beat me by a couple of seconds :

Also has coolant temp, oil pressure, battery voltage, fuel consumption, average fuel consumption via trip meter.

[Mechan1k]

Originally Posted by outback_ute

The readings on those highway speed check signs are not worth the paper they're written on

(ps they are not written on paper - therefore worth nothing)

Hahahaha ... I agree ... I hired a Z3 a few yeara back while in Melb for the fun of it ... and went through one of those speed traps at 110km/h .... in a 100km/h zone ... I was passing other vehicles ... and the speed trap was saying I was doing 85km/h .... I can tell you that's the fastest 85km/h I've ever done.

I'd say the most accurate reading would be from a GPS unit ... probably not dead on ... but pretty damn accurate.

Lets just say accurate enough to keep you safe from being booked anyway.

[gozza]

Originally Posted by Luke..

so that means if your caught doing 51 in a school zone, or 61 in a 50 zone u wont g et booked? yea right.
Luke,

whatever
i was told by an officer who actually new somthing about how they set the speed cameras up...i asked her about the 10% but thats BS or other states

[Mechan1k]

Originally Posted by ArgonEF

Efs and Els have similar, but it was a full diagnostics menu.

Hold down the reset trip for 10 seconds in acc, switch the ignition to ON and press the trip quickly 3 times, on the third one leave it pushed in for another 10 seconds, the odo will go blank, or flash F0rD, hit the trip, then you have speed and rpm, gear indicator, fuel tank litres and some other goodies

EDIT Red, beat me by a couple of seconds :

Also has coolant temp, oil pressure, battery voltage, fuel consumption, average fuel consumption via trip meter.

Damn .... all of these had this option?????
That's cool

[Smoke Pursuit]

I had the police mode installed on my BA XR6 for a few months but got sick of it as you only have DTE reading and nothing else...

The intersting part however was that the cars actual speedo was 3 - 4 kms slower then the Police one, so sitting on 100 on the police one would have the speedo at 96-97 kms an hour... I always set the the car to the 105 on the police readout which was nearly 110, never got done and now I still sit on just under 110 because i know the speedo is that 3 - 4 kms slower, in 110 zones i sit on 115 and dont have any probs.

Another way you can figure it out on the BA's is to set the cruise at 100 for example and reset the average speed function in the trip computer, this will give you a more accurate speed reading, mines usually at 96 when i reset at 100 kms an hour.

BTW this can be installed on any BA / BF / SX / SY !! :

[VilkasBAMIIXR6T]

Originally Posted by vztrt

I wouldn't worry about digital read outs, Accuracy depends on how good the ADC is. But it helps for a quick view. Analog is much more accurate.

But which model/s has the digital speed out?

The BA has the digital speed out and this is calibrated where the analogue one is not. It is not a usual feature of the BA, I am not sure how they change it. Often stuffs up.