Re: [T3] Tire/Speedo online tool

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 8 Apr 2004 at 10:47, wfoh8x9 Martinez-Ortiz wrote:

> I have experimenting with the online tire/speedo tool and was wondering 
> about the location of the speedo on our cars in relation to the one this was 
> built for. If you put a stock tire as 145/R15 (front tires) and 165/R15 new 
> tires (rear tires) it tells you the speedo would be going 5.2% too slow. 
> Because the location the speedo driving gear in T3 would not that be 
> reversed?

Only the front wheels matter on aircooled VWs; there is no speedo drive gear 
other than the left front wheel.

You're right, a smaller front tire would make your speedo read lower, but the 
distinction may be one of semantics: In one case the speedo is 5% high, in the 
other case the road speed is 5% high.  

-- 
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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