[Alpines] Speedometer questions

[Jim Stone]

You might also want to check to be sure the wheels and tires are roughly
right.  Tires that are too large relative to original equipment would make the
speedo read slow.

> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:39:53 -0600
> From: mrtebo at shaw.ca
> To: mark at bradakis.com
> CC: alpines at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Alpines] Speedometer questions
>
> 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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