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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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org