I know someone involved in the British car scene that knows of a place that
can calibrate speedos. You pull the thing out, roll the car forward like
1/100 of a mile (50 something feet) and count the turns the speedo makes.
Write it down, send it and gauge in, it comes back calibrated. Something I
plan to do with my Spitfires.
----- Original Message -----
From: <GLCurley@aol.com>
To: <alphachi@writeme.com>
Cc: <Bricklin@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: Speaking of TIRES
> In a message dated 1/23/2001 2:49:19 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> alphachi@writeme.com writes:
>
> << Just wondering what the speedo was originally calibrated for >>
>
> You mean they were calibrated? ;) Mine have been off by 7-12 mph higher
than
> actual speed, on two different 74 Bricklins and three speedometers. I
> clocked with a radar gun to check this. (Don't ask) Maybe the original
BFG
> was a different enough size to contribute to some of the difference. I
have
> heard other owners say their speedos read too high also.
>
> George
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