Interesting thing. If you time between mile markers and divide the number of
seconds into 3600 it will yield your average speed between markers.
Bill Lawrence
>From: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>
>Reply-To: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>
>To: healeys@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Speed at 3000 in 3000
>Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 16:01:51 -0400
>
>davidwjones wrote:
>
> >On a 3000 MKII tricarb w/ OD and stc OD diff, can anyone tell me what the
> >speed would be @3000 rpm in 4th (non-overdrive) gear? MICH ZX tires.
> >I think my speedo is reading high.
> >(or maybe I just have a lead foot?)
> >
> >
>Get on the interstate and have your navigator time the intervals between
>mileposts, 60 seconds being 60 mph. If you have or can borrow a watch
>with a tachymeter, you can read the speed over a measured mile
>directly. Or use a GPS as a pretty accurate speedo for comparison
>purposes.
>--
>JohnM
>Teach a man to fish, and you've created an absentee problem.
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