[Spridgets] Am I running the wrong Speedo drive gear?

[Mike Rambour]

  Am I really the only one who thinks absolutely the easiest would be to 
find someone with a smartphone and turn on the GPS, or find someone with 
a GPS ?  You won't get much more accurate speed then one of those.

     mike

On 06/22/2012 02:45 PM, GUY DAY wrote:
> Mark,
> Surely the easiest solution would be to pace a car driven by a buddy 
> travelling at a known speed.
> Once you know your speedo is showing right or wrong and by how much, 
> you can then move onto tacho and speedo ratios.
> Typically the speedo may show a 5 to 10% overread.  (Stops you from 
> getting done for speeding.)
>
> If your buddy is wearing different gear that is his business.
>
> Guy R Day
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <dwoerpel at wi.net>
> To: <spridgets at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 10:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Am I running the wrong Speedo drive gear?
>
>
>> Um, the winters are really really long there aren't they Mark? ;-)
>>
>> If it helps, my Bugeye with original tach, speedometer, 948, smoothcase,
>> and 4.22 diff. indicates 4300rpms @ 65 mph.
>>
>> Dave W.
>>
>>
>>
>>> I think that the bigger question should be- Why do I have a gear in my
>>> Speedo???
>>>
>>> and yeah, the engine sound does correlate with what the BE sounds 
>>> like at
>>> 3,
>>> 4, 5 and 6000 RPMs. the feel of the car just isn't fight for what the
>>> speedometer is indicating. I did rework the speedo last year (thanks
>>> again,
>>> PPP!), but it was the same model # as what came out, in fact it's now a
>>> bit o
>>> this and a bit o that'un!
>>> I guess when I get a chance, I'll swap the drive gears over from the 
>>> dead
>>> tranny.
>>> Uh Oh, now I'm talking about Speedos AND Trannys- What'll you all 
>>> think of
>>> me
>>> now!
>>>
>>> Mark Haynes
>>> It only goes one way-Pay it Forward
>>> HAN6L12977
>>> AN5L8016
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