On 10/3/06, Björn Ratjen <Bjorn@iglide.net> wrote: > > Gilles, > > You can use the 86-96 VW Jetta Speedo. It is > about 5% too fast, but that may help you to get > less speeding tickets :-). The syncro has a ratio > of 1000 and the Jetta has 950. If you use 15" > rims and tires then you are back on par again. > > Björn
Björn, Just the use of 15" wheels and tires do not guarantee height difference (and corrected speedo in this case). It will depend on the aspect ratio of the tires. For example, if you simply go to a "plus one" size, the total height remains about the same. BenT |
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