Technical top speed each gear.

[LSP]

that's great thanks , don't think mine is getting that.

wonder why? hopefully a service will get it back up:chin:

A service won't door anything about gearbox ratio's! These are just fixed plates and won't be able to be adjust.

 

[lyubohar]

260? really?

 

[zooooom]

Different sized wheels possibly.....

just got the normal bravo sport alloys on for now dude

 

[zooooom]

fwiw Does the engine reach the redline in each or the lower gears?(not to be recommended all the time!).If it does, there's probably nothing wrong.
If you try to take off in e.g. 4th gear ( without massive revs and massively slipping the clutch!) does the engine stall? If it does, there's probably nothing wrong with your clutch. Do the engine revs increase without a corresponding increase in road speed when you accelerate in 4th or 5th gear going uphill ,if they don't your clutch is probably fine.
Maybe you can locate a magazine or other roadtest of your exact model and see what the indicated road speeds were in each gear(not necessarily the same as correct road speeds!).
Did you fit different size wheels/tyres? this can alter indicated speeds!
Its generally not a good idea to try to get max. speed in the lower gears, often power starts to reduce after the engine speed where max. power is produced plus you can increase wear and tear. For economy best to keep engine speed much lower and use the torque of the engine to do the work, somewhere around 2500- 3500 revs on many engines.
Just my 0.02c worth.

Al.

all standard so far pal, I don't usually rag the car about but when getting on the motorway etc i notice it. everything seems to be running fine, just not getting the speeds i thought i would be getting. thanks for the ideas though

 

[zooooom]

A service won't door anything about gearbox ratio's! These are just fixed plates and won't be able to be adjust.

was thinking old filters and dirty oil could be choking the engine a little, got a K&N replacement filter coming this week so see if that makes a difference

 

[cardinalbiggles]

Bravo Sport 1.4 t-jet 150:

approximately:

1st: 45 km/ph
2nd: 86 km/ph
3th: 127 km/ph
4th: 155 km/ph
5th: 205 km/ph
6th: 260 km/ph

162mph in 6th? Really??

 

[LSP]

162mph in 6th? Really??

Theoretically... I think so. But I just drove on the German Autobahn and did 5800 RPM @ 230 km/ph.
Not much RPM left than. But at that speed 100 RPM can mean 10km/ph difference.

 

[zooooom]

it's finally stopped raining so took the car to the garage (i have a warranty) there's a few little things i'm getting done. hopefully new turbo etc.

on the way there i turned off the traction control and looks like i'm getting the correct speed. think the tc has held it back a little but when it's off in the wet it does nothing but spin lol,

thanks for all your input though

 

[JayDMistry]

Hi, silly thought

Have you just purchased the car or had if for a long time?

If it's new to you then maybe you need to reset the ECU? once reset it will mold itslef on your driving style. The person you got it from must have driven it at steady speed increases (as advised by Which to save fuel), which lacks power when you need it. If you had it for years, drive a different make of car (your partners, or family) for a few days, you'll realise how different your own car will feel when you get back into it, maybe you're just used to it, that you never realised the changes until you focused on it.

Good luck

 

[zooooom]

Hi, silly thought

Have you just purchased the car or had if for a long time?

If it's new to you then maybe you need to reset the ECU? once reset it will mold itslef on your driving style. The person you got it from must have driven it at steady speed increases (as advised by Which to save fuel), which lacks power when you need it. If you had it for years, drive a different make of car (your partners, or family) for a few days, you'll realise how different your own car will feel when you get back into it, maybe you're just used to it, that you never realised the changes until you focused on it.

Good luck

think that had a lot to do with it, drove my girlfriends swift for a couple of hours and was pulling my hair out, so slow lol got back in mine and felt really greatfull lol, need to change my tyres as well because the asr is kicking in because there's no grip. how do you reset the ecu?

 

[JayDMistry]

think that had a lot to do with it, drove my girlfriends swift for a couple of hours and was pulling my hair out, so slow lol got back in mine and felt really greatfull lol, need to change my tyres as well because the asr is kicking in because there's no grip. how do you reset the ecu?

Wow, Swifts are supposed to be really good, was thinking of getting one before I saw my Bravo on sale

Found this on another website:

This is the basic reset which will restore the various positions back to factory setting.​

Disconnect the battery for a minimum of 45 minutes. Simply remove the earth side (-) and pull to one side.​

When you reconnect the battery and start the car for the first time do NOT rev then engine for 5 minutes. This allows all the postioning motors to go back to default. Once the 5 minutes is up you may stop and restart the car then drive normally.​

All the "reset" does is put the positioners such as the IACV back to factory setting. The car will then relearn the positions required for the conditions you put your car under. However if you drive your car hard from the off after doing this, it will expect to be driven like that al the time and therefore may feel a little sluggish unless really pushed. Also, whilst this relearning is taking place you may experience higher running costs.​

You will not have to reprogramme any keys afterwards and your radio should not loose its code either. You will have to alter the time unless its a H2 where if you put it to an FM station it will pick up the time automarically.​

HERE


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[zooooom]

Wow, Swifts are supposed to be really good, was thinking of getting one before I saw my Bravo on sale

Found this on another website:

This is the basic reset which will restore the various positions back to factory setting.​

Disconnect the battery for a minimum of 45 minutes. Simply remove the earth side (-) and pull to one side.​

When you reconnect the battery and start the car for the first time do NOT rev then engine for 5 minutes. This allows all the postioning motors to go back to default. Once the 5 minutes is up you may stop and restart the car then drive normally.​

All the "reset" does is put the positioners such as the IACV back to factory setting. The car will then relearn the positions required for the conditions you put your car under. However if you drive your car hard from the off after doing this, it will expect to be driven like that al the time and therefore may feel a little sluggish unless really pushed. Also, whilst this relearning is taking place you may experience higher running costs.​

You will not have to reprogramme any keys afterwards and your radio should not loose its code either. You will have to alter the time unless its a H2 where if you put it to an FM station it will pick up the time automarically.​

HERE


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cheers man

her swift is mint, just **** slow lol, maybe them 4x4 ones are quick or the sports, she only got a 1.2 but not bad for a first car at all. she had a go in mine at the trafford centre and **** it hehe

 

[JayDMistry]

ha ha ha, classic

Big change in power with engine size.

I'm actually trying to figure out when to change gear to save fuel, my clutch pedal is stiff so it's always a task trying to get comfortable when driving, usually change gear at 2000rpm like in a Ford but I do waste fuel right now

 

[zooooom]

i think it's more efficient when the turbo is spooled up around 2500-3000,
i regularly get 99.9 mpg out of mine haha, i don't worry about all that to much though lol