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1. Midget Top Speed (score: 1): Author: mgrazian@ltcm.com (Michael Graziano); Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 09:19:22 -0400 (EDT); Hey all. I drove my 1500 Midget to work today on the highway (for the 1st time). It's top speed was around 50mph @ 4500RPM. Is this correct or is there something else the matter? Mike '78 MIdget '87; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00328.html (7,273 bytes)
2. RE: Midget Top Speed (score: 1): Author: nevardc@sky4.bskyb.com; Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 14:49:33 +0000; Not totally sure about a 1500 but my 1275 at 4000 will be doing around=20 60mph......I can get upto 95mph (scary and not too often) in a straight lin= e=20 with a following wind at around (just over; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00329.html (8,092 bytes)
3. Re: Midget Top Speed (score: 1): Author: "Dick watson" <dwatson@feist.com>; Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 10:01:14 -0700; I drive my '78 1500 Midget to show in the midwest and my speed at 3500 RPM is about 60 MPH. Even though I don't take it above this too often, at 4500 RPM I'm over 70 MPH. If your driving at 4500 I h; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00337.html (8,241 bytes)
4. RE: Midget Top Speed (score: 1): Author: "mike cook" <mpcook@highaltitude.com>; Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 11:54:14 -0600; I've had mine on the highway up to 65-70, with seemingly a bit more to spare. Was a bit scary, though. Didn't look at the tach, I'll check it next time I'm out. And of course I have no confidence tha; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00350.html (8,508 bytes)
5. Re: Midget Top Speed (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 15:17:41 -0400; Check your speedo against a friend driving beside you. If your engine is worn and a bit out of tune it's somewhat reasonable to top out at 4500rpm in top gear, but that should be a lot more than 50mp; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00358.html (8,288 bytes)
6. Re: Midget Top Speed (score: 1): Author: "Gary A. Graham" <ggraham@edcen.ehhs.cmich.edu>; Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 20:58:14 -0400; Are you sure you were in 4th gear? Gary 74b; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00380.html (8,148 bytes)
7. Re: Midget Top Speed (score: 1): Author: gorms68@juno.com (C A G); Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 19:13:29 -0700; We have a 1975 Midget with a weber and improved exaust and intake manifolds , we cruise at 65 mph at 4000 rpm. Not sure what the top speed is, but 80 at 5000 is pretty easy to come by. As others on; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00386.html (8,685 bytes)
8. Re: Midget Top Speed (score: 1): Author: robert weeks <robert@woozy.com>; Date: Sun, 7 Jun 1998 01:16:11 GMT; That's definately not correct. I had the Midget out this a.m. and looked at what speed I was getting at what rpm: I hit 50mph @ 4000rpm in second gear, 70 @ 4000 in 3rd gear, and the fastest I've ha; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00442.html (8,785 bytes)
9. RE: Midget Top Speed (score: 1): Author: "Orjan Lovoll (BEST Consulting)" <a-orjanl@microsoft.com>; Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 12:07:58 -0700; Consider yourself lucky. My 67 Midget can barely hit 60 without redlining. At least I think it is sixty. I just kinda take an average of the low and high points the needle tends to bounce between. An; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00525.html (9,517 bytes)
10. Re: Midget Top Speed (score: 1): Author: "Harlan Jillson" <hjillson@argolink.net>; Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 17:21:24 -0500; Hi all, This discussion of midget top speed has been going on for a couple of days now, so I thought I'd throw in my $0.02 worth. The clarify ( or muddy) the waters a little, I looked up the rear axl; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00546.html (11,244 bytes)
11. Re: Midget Top Speed (score: 1): Author: JustBrits@aol.com; Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 19:48:59 EDT; << Any faster and my spoke wheels give me the speed wobbles anyway. :) One more idiot running the roads in an UNSAFE vehicle; is it the wheel(s)??, is it the hub(s)??, is it the rotor(s)??, is it the; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00550.html (8,258 bytes)
12. RE: Midget Top Speed (score: 1): Author: "Orjan Lovoll (BEST Consulting)" <a-orjanl@microsoft.com>; Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 17:03:00 -0700; The entire front end of my car has been rebuilt in that last year. The problem is the wheels are barely out of true. This is absolutely unnoticeable at lower speeds. I would save your name calling fo; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00553.html (8,918 bytes)
13. Re: Midget Top Speed (score: 1): Author: JustBrits@aol.com; Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 20:27:44 EDT; << The entire front end of my car has been rebuilt in that last year. The problem is the wheels are barely out of true. This is absolutely unnoticeable at lower speeds >> "Entire"??? Doubt it. "Barel; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00554.html (8,199 bytes)
14. RE: Midget Top Speed (score: 1): Author: "Orjan Lovoll (BEST Consulting)" <a-orjanl@microsoft.com>; Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 17:52:27 -0700; I think I understand now.. I must have bumped into the lists "resident fragile ego a**hole". I guess every list has someone to be ignored. FYI Mr. R.F.E.A Entire: Close enough to call it entire. And; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00556.html (9,119 bytes)
15. Re: Midget Top Speed (score: 1): Author: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison); Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 22:57:23 EDT; Is that like being "barely pregnant"? Irregardless of the ethics of testing top speeds on public roads (which by the way, in some of the more enlightened states, would not neccessarily constitute an; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00568.html (8,412 bytes)
16. Re: Midget Top Speed (score: 1): Author: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison); Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 22:57:23 EDT; Just to mess up your numbers Harlan, Later 1500 Midgets had a 3.75 rear axle. (helped them meet the Fed's emission and MPG regs) The 4.22 rear axle ratio was used on the earliest Midgets (Mk 1's) wit; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00569.html (12,287 bytes)
17. Re: Midget Top Speed (score: 1): Author: "Harlan Jillson" <hjillson@argolink.net>; Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 10:17:54 -0500; Thanks for the info. I was going by the numbers listed in the Moss spridget catalog I downloaded along with their 'B' catalog. I'm not a midget owner myself, just trying to understand the problem as; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00605.html (13,844 bytes)
18. Re: Midget Top Speed (score: 1): Author: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>; Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 11:36:07 -0400; For what it's worth I have 185SR70x13's on mine. Larry Macy 78 Midget Larry B. Macy, Ph.D. macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu System Administrator/Manager Neuropsychiatry Section Department of Psychiatry; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00608.html (8,528 bytes)

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