Kph - mph


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Ped

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can you put in English dials with MPH on rather than KPH as i know the dials are similar to some civics/tegs released here?

Or do you just go by KPH with some quick mental maths? lol
 
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ah cool. so the dash is measured in kph so just to get my head around it, without the conversion it would read 100kph at 62mph (obvious) but after the conversion 100kph would actually be reading the 100mph?

would that not mean hardly any of the speedometer us used?
 
Ped said:
ah cool. so the dash is measured in kph so just to get my head around it, without the conversion it would read 100kph at 62mph (obvious) but after the conversion 100kph would actually be reading the 100mph?

would that not mean hardly any of the speedometer us used?
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Yes, it would be around 100mph at 100kph. Not quite sure what you mean by the speedometer will be hardly used.
If you mean that the needle will hardly go past the "12 o'clock" then yes, as if you are going at those speeds on the public roads its illegal :dance:
 
IntermaN said:
Yes, it would be around 100mph at 100kph. Not quite sure what you mean by the speedometer will be hardly used.
If you mean that the needle will hardly go past the "12 o'clock" then yes, as if you are going at those speeds on the public roads its illegal :dance:
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yeah thats what i mean haha. on a balanced clock 70mph is usually at 12 oclock where is 70kph on these?

i think on the Vayron or the Carrera GT 70 is at 9oclock haha...
 
Here you go a picture of the cluster:

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ah nice. thats good, it will still be clear what speed your doing when using the KPH numbers for your mile an hour... wonder how far round the clock you can get then? (on a private road, you know how it is ;))
 
Just go & google kilometers to mph...then write it on a paper keep it on your sunvisor until you memorize the Important speed limits!
 
tico_ek9 said:
Just go & google kilometers to mph...then write it on a paper keep it on your sunvisor until you memorize the Important speed limits!
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I was thinking that... plus it looks much cooler if you do somehow (true import style)
theres only maybe 4 speeds you need to remember, 30, 40, 50, 60 and 70... okay 5... but they are pretty much 10mph intervals...
 
watch the rev counter, when the yellow needle bouncy off the 9k change gear :D
 
Ped said:
I was thinking that... plus it looks much cooler if you do somehow (true import style)
theres only maybe 4 speeds you need to remember, 30, 40, 50, 60 and 70... okay 5... but they are pretty much 10mph intervals...
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It has to display in MPH to pass your MOT.
 
Fagan said:
Are you sure about this?

Mine passed it's MOT 2 days before I bought it and reads in KM/H
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I think it depends on how picky the person doing the MOT is. On other forums I have seen people posting that they failed their MOT for having KPH only.

Taken from the department for transport:

'Imperial Speedometer
Great Britain uses imperial units for speed measurement. The law requires that speedometers must
include a miles-per-hour display.'

Source: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.....gov.uk/adobepdf/165240/224107/importintogbv2
 
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