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Re: TR6 speedo help needed

To: iclough@on.bell.ca
Subject: Re: TR6 speedo help needed
From: Martin_A._Secrest@NEB.VOA.GOV
Date: 28 May 97 14:54:42
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Ian --

The proper ªcorrection factorª for low profile tires is ... to go FASTER.

You have to do this because ... your wheels are smaller.  

Forgiving my flip-ness, it is a good question.  I have no idea how one
goes about computing the difference.  To my thinking,
however, if the tranny reads ªone complete revolution,ª and that
revolution is made with a smaller-than-standard tire, you are going
slower than your speedo says you are.  I have the same problem, having
just converted to a smaller (but wider) tire.  My experience is that the
difference is about 5 mph in the 50-60 mph range.

--
Martin Secrest
74 Spitfire 1500

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