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 jonno-t3
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| posted on December 15th, 2004 at 05:04 PM |
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speedo is out...someone help?
ok..i put smaller rims on the car...14x6....then i put 55 series tyres on the rims...now the type 3 looks phat...but the speedo is out by about 20
k's....so i'll be doing 40 and it reads 60 on the clock....anyone know where i can fix this?
i was gonna buy the digital speedo kit from jaycar...but it turns out that this actual kit doesnt take a new reading from the wheel, instead just
takes the speed from ur original able via a bobbin and then digitalises it....
so...anyone got any ideas?
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| posted on December 15th, 2004 at 09:53 PM |
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You can get an aftermarket VDO speedo which has an electronic pickup. Although it might just be easier to put higher profile tires to match stock to
get the speedo back to normal.
btw I think legally you are supposed to stay +/- 15mm of original overall diameter
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| posted on December 16th, 2004 at 10:49 AM |
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you would have to get it recalibrated for the wheel configuration you are using. if you use anything other than the stock wheels the speedo will be
wrong... they will most likely have to put a gearbox in the cable to make the correction to the speedo.
good luck (not sarcastic) :thumb
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| posted on December 16th, 2004 at 11:08 AM |
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I think the speedo can be recalibrated to compensate for the change in wheel OD. Take it to a specialist automotive instrument shop and ask them.
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| posted on December 16th, 2004 at 09:38 PM |
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there used to be one over revesby way i think,very pricey though
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| posted on December 16th, 2004 at 10:07 PM |
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m.i.s. marrayong behind the pub.he is good he fixed my commodore after i changed diff gears and wheels,
cheers.....
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| posted on December 18th, 2004 at 09:13 AM |
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Buy a GPS in the meantime. I sit mine up on the dash and gives an accurate speed for travelling to and from work, past speed cameras, but not through
tunnels.
I wrote a conversion chart onto my speedo that says this speed on the dial actually equals this speed for 40, 50, 60, 100 & 110kph.
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| posted on December 18th, 2004 at 09:36 AM |
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use this
http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html
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| posted on December 18th, 2004 at 11:48 AM |
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Try st George instruments in Carlton. Barry can re calibrte the speedo for you.
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jonno-t3
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| posted on December 19th, 2004 at 10:51 AM |
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awesome!..thanks all will look into al the options you've provided....GPS sounding pretty cool though..
jonno
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