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Date:         Mon, 16 Aug 1999 20:45:54 -0700
Reply-To:     Mark Drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mark Drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: [Long ] Bought tires (WAS: Field-scouting Tires)
Comments: To: Noto-Gaudette <derwin@NET1PLUS.COM>
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My experience with 4 Syncros was that the speedo was optomistic on all of them by about 5-8mph at 70. True speed was 65 or less. Putting on 215-75-15 wheels and tires made it almost exactly right on. Now when the speedo says 70 I'm really doing 71.

Mark

Noto-Gaudette wrote: > > Per Lindgren wrote: > >The thing is, on both of my Syncros, the radar showns 69 kmh > >when the Syncro speedo shows 80 kmh. Way off, in other words. > >Any other noticed this? Will this be better with 215/75R15 tires? > > > > I think so, if your current tire is smaller in diameter than > 215/75/R15--unless 215/75R15 is so large that your speedo reports a > speed significantly *under* your actual speed. I don't know if this is > possible. > > For comparing diameters, check out Coyote's tire diameter chart: > http://www.vanagon.com/info/faq/#tires > > I haven't looked into how to adjust the speedometer yet. > > -George


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