> RPM X Tire diameter (say 25" tall for example) >MPH = ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Final drive ratio X 336
And if anyone is feeling lazy, I have a nice Lotus spreadsheet I wrote a while back that calculates all this in a table of rpm versus speed that I'll send them. I posted it a year or so back but finding it in the archives may be hard. John vwbus@mindspring.com |
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