Just with a bit of work with a few tools ......Ive increased the maximum speed on my car by 10mph !!!


....WOW.....

.....how was its done you may wonder....


...I filled a "club" dash !

Insread of reading a maximum 70mph I can now do 80 !!!

(thans Ken and Joolz for wiring help....its was of course just as you said...but that info got the job done)

Instant faster car

I had 79.9mph coming downhill on the M5 earlier,Sat-Nav accuracy(very). When 2cv is showing an indicated 70mph, it's actually doing about 67mph. And It's still on a Special speedo.

Most I've had in the 2cv is 83.2mph.... Scary!!

GPS 80mph, indicated 140kph... From the Acadiane.

Got 70mph on the mehari (gps reading) - with a trailer

I've just about gopt my hearing back

Its a weird one this van you know..

some days its Fast as Fcuk and others its a slug.

I keep trying to find something wrong or at least causing it, but havent as yet.

and yes, ive had 140kph from it too

I know... Sometimes, the far side of 60mph might as well be a land speed record.



I kept meaning to lob a better breather on it, and I know the little ends are a bit knackered due to a lubrication failure a couple of years ago. That's a lubrication failure as in a failure <whistles innocently> to put oil back in it after draining it and before starting it up to cure the firegum after changing the crossbox...

the most we'v got with just me and my dad was about 78 on the motorway, was certainly quite breezy in the Dyane

I think that my 2CV was probably the only one in the world that had a radar detector fitted. They are illegal in Australia, the fine being about AUD $2,500 (halve that for pounds Sterling). It was fitted under the front chassis (so that it was out of sight) and also so that it had no metal in front of it. This exercise was necessary because I had lost my licence speeding, in a 2CV. Some people are natural over-achievers. There was a time when the police mounted speed cameras in unmarked cars and parked them on the side of the road. Very unsporting of them, but Australia was colonised by convicts, so we were all crooks 200 years ago. It was eventually knocked from its mounts after negotiating a very rough road to a friends farm. Since then I have been lucky.

What is even more fun than going fast in a 2CV is slip streaming a Road Train. These vehicles consist of a prime mover and trailer plus an extra two trailer behind that. They measure over 50 metres long. They are usually referred to as 42 or 48 wheelers. Sitting a couple of car lengths behind them for an hour or two requires a lot of concentration, but gives you a very cheap ride as you get sucked along. It is a good idea to contact the driver on CB radio to let him know. He can then tell you if he is slowing down (say for a railway crossing. It is a very effective way to cash in your life insurance if you get it wrong. Sorry I don't know how to upload a photo of one of these.

Daffy Duck

Brave man! They must throw up all sorts of rubbish from the tyres.. I kept my distance when stumbling across Road Trains, except for a photo opportunity: