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jeepgod · 08-21-2010, 10:33 AM

lliamsdad is right, my xj's speedo doesn't work in reverse

shortbus · 09-05-2010, 03:24 AM

mine did! hit 20mph. but also note in park it will jump to 15-20 once it reaches about 3000 rpm

XJHoss · 09-07-2010, 10:26 PM

Went 95 on the Killpatrick Turnpike in my XJ. That thing was shakin like crazy.

shortbus · 09-07-2010, 10:37 PM

had my moms 98 five speed doing 111. something in fourth, just did the math to covert from km's (did 180) thing was surprisingly smooth.

indianoutlaw · 10-08-2010, 12:37 PM

I got pulled over in Iowa clocked at 130mph (just shifted to 4th gear when I saw the lights.) I won the race with the tbird supercoup too. I still have the stang I did it in but my brain has matured a bit. oh and 110mph on my crotch rocket ... that was dumb. :P

**stamp** · 10-08-2010, 02:29 PM

i sure hope that was going forward?

4.3L XJ · 10-08-2010, 08:10 PM

Fastest I went in reverse was in my CJ5 backing down a huge sand dune at the Oregon coast. It looked really scary because I was doing about 30 mph I think. But it wasn't because I had dual levers on a D20 tcase and was shifting the rear axle out and let the front act like an anchor.

jeepgod · 10-09-2010, 09:37 AM

Dang, that would be scary especially in a CJ!

4.3L XJ · 10-09-2010, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by jeepgod

Dang, that would be scary especially in a CJ!

It wasn't really. by shifting out the rear axle, the front acted like an anchor. Just like going down in two wheel drive forward really. I did that about six times and kept going up my tracks and finally made it up "The Wall"

jeepgod · 10-09-2010, 10:05 AM

Going forward is no problem lol....it is the going backwards that fast....I nuderstand the anchor part as I owned a cj7 but the short wheelbase would be enough to make me a tad nervous

Not much room there for mistakes.

REWSTER · 10-09-2010, 10:54 AM

i don't know how fast i was going in reverse but i had this pos dodge neon that i drove like a rally car, in a empty parking lot in the snow i had it in reverse floored it got a good speed going pulled the E brake and whipped it around to go forward and the speedo was around 30 after going straight

buckshot500 · 10-26-2010, 06:33 PM

So basically this thread is full of folks who drove like maniacs when they were younger.

Sounds like the makings of a new thread to me.

riderxmjk · 10-26-2010, 07:03 PM

did bout 20 tryin to hillbilly unload a 1000pound log outa my buddys truck lol