Pedigo, Jeff wrote:
>
> The speedo on my '70 TR6 is reading about 40% high. It doesn't bounce
> or anything, just reads high (unless I really am going 120 mph down the
> freeway!). I've tried a new cable, but that didn't seem to have any
> affect. Any suggestions?
I'd suggest figuring out the conversion, so that you
know what it is, and making the adjustment mentally.
Alternatively, if your tach is steady, you can use
the tach number to figure speed. (In 4th gear, the
ratio is very nearly 2:1 for mph to hundreds of rpms.
That is, 3000RPM = ~60mph.)
However, the 40% high speedo is really helpful for
when you want to take somebody unfamiliar with Triumphs
onto a windy mountain road, and impress them with
Triumph cornering around those turns with the "30 mph"
warning signs -- these will suddenly become readily
navigable at "60 mph!" With the top down, a monza
(loud) exhaust, and the various rattles / creaks
of a TR6 body & frame in hard cornering, the 60mph
number is believable from a "It sure *feels* like
60!" perspective. Your passenger will be hanging
on for dear life, and will then either never get in a
Triumph again, or will scan every want ad for a Triumph
for sale within 200 miles... :-) :-)
Alternatively, you can get the speedo fixed, and then
come to the realiziation that automotive technology has
advanced so much in the past 20 years that a typical stock
1990s sedan poses a close match for a stock TR in the
handling department. Of course, if you "retrofit" some of
that '90s technology to the TR, the weight advantage of
the TR becomes a major factor in handling...
--ken
VTR WWW Maintainer -- http://www.vtr.org
'74 TR6 Daily Driver, well, at least for 6 months each year
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