my 82 westy with slightly undersized tires doesnt read that high at those rpms. havent been up to that speed for a few weeks but if i remember right my speedo and tach both hit max/red at the about the same time which would mean about 80 at 5k and 70 at about 4100 on my speedo/tach. jimt On Thursday, Oct 3, 2002, at 18:42 America/Denver, Vanagon man wrote: > Your speedo is off. No way you are going 70 with 3300 rpms. Have > driven too > many of them to believe that........... >> After speed is reached (70 mph at 3300 rpms) it will still respond >> pretty >> good. > |
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