[Alpines] Speedometer questions

[Ron Tebo]

Mark :

If Nissonger reworked it, they should also have the (bottom) correct 
gear set to fix it. I would contact them first to correct the problem.

Ron Tebo

Mark J Bradakis wrote:

>So we have this Alpine in the shop, Series V, I think (I'm a Triumph
>guy, what do I know? )  The owner says the speedo reads too low,
>following a car doing 55 mph his reads 42 mph, roughly 75% of
>what it should.
>
>It appears to have the original 3.89 ratio final drive.  It takes 4.25
>revolutions of the driveshaft to make the speedo cable complete
>one revolution.  The numbers on the Jaeger speedo are 5324/50 1020.
>
>The owner claims that the speedo was redone by Nissonger recently.
>The cable turns freely, no kinks, no binding.
>
>Any ideas why the speedo reads so much lower?
>
>mjb.
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