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Can the OBD II Speedometer data be fxed to give a correct signal past 160MPH?

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Old Jun 8, 2012 | 05:09 PM
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Can the OBD II Speedometer data be fxed to give a correct signal past 160MPH?

I was just wondering if anyone had a work around for this. I am using a Racepak IQ3 with the OBD II interface. As soon as the vehicle reaches 160, the MPH display rolls over, thus 160 read as 0, 161 reads as 1 mph and so on. I believe this is a problem with the OBD II data and not so much the Racepak module. If the setting can be changed within the ECU then I will have my tuner take care of it. If there is a limitation in the sensor then I suppose it cannot be fixed.
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Old Jun 8, 2012 | 06:11 PM
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Old Jun 14, 2012 | 01:47 PM
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Bump for some help.
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Old Jun 17, 2012 | 03:26 PM
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Do you really hit 160 often enough for this to be a major issue?


Plus why is it an issue? Seems like it would be a good thing, instead of just not indicating anything at all.
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Old Jun 21, 2012 | 06:58 PM
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When the vehicle does see these speeds, I would really like to have an accurate way to see speed at a glance rather than doing math at such speeds.

The vehicle is primarily a race car, it only sees these speeds when set up for standing mile events. Here is a video, you will see the speedometer freak out around 160 MPH.

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Old Jun 21, 2012 | 07:23 PM
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Impressive!!
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Old Jun 21, 2012 | 07:37 PM
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Can you use a GPS-based unit, instead of the onboard OBDII information?

I don't know what the "rules" are for those events...
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