Larry Hamm wrote: > The speedo cable is turned by the left front wheel. With stock wheels > and tires, a particular number of wheel revolutions will produce a > certain speed indication. Since a larger tire has a larger > circumference, it has to travel farther to produce a revolution. The > same number of revolutions as before, but now the van is covering more > ground per revolution. Therefore, the actual speed will be higher than > the indicated speed. Does that help? > Larry Yep, it helps. I were thinking about stock tires, I should now, as I am mounting bigger tires soon, myself. I guess it was late (or early?) when I wrote it. PerL |
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