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Subject: [Healeys] Speedometer gearing
From: pennell at cox.net (pennell at cox.net)
Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 20:15:37 -0400
Per,

Cannot answer your question.  But is there perhaps enough difference in the 3rd 
and 4th gears in the gearbox of the two cars to require the different speedos?  
Just a thought.  However, 980 compared to 1575 seems like a whopping difference 
for so little variation in the gearbox or rearend.

Keith

---- Per Schoerner <healeyguy at bredband.net> wrote: 
> Hi
> I'm trying to figure out the speedometer drive gearing inside the 
> different gearboxes. I'm helping a friend with his speedometer. He has a 
> 100-6 which was delivered without overdrive. My own car is a 3000 mk2 
> with overdrive. The rear axle gear ratio on these cars are the same, as 
> far as I understand, according to Clausagers book. But the speedometers 
> are different. The 3000 speedometer needs 980 revolutions per minute to 
> show 60 (MPH) and advance the odometer 1 mile in one minute. The 100-6 
> speedometer needs 1575 revolutions per minute to do the same thing. Note 
> that both cars are imported from the states, so both are speedos are in 
> miles.
> Does anyone know what the difference is? Well, I can calculate it of 
> course, but I thought asking on the list would be safe in case I have 
> got something wrong.
> 
> Best regards, Per from Sweden.
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