- 1. Re: Speedometer/Odometer (score: 1)
- Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 12:44:59 +0100
- Michael, Any chance of getting your hands on a back copy of an original press road-test? I know for a fact that with the UK publications (i.e. 'Autocar' and 'Motor') it was standard practise to state
- /html/6pack/2006-05/msg00001.html (8,031 bytes)
- 2. RE: Speedometer/Odometer (score: 1)
- Author: "Navarrette, Vance" <vance.navarrette@intel.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 08:22:08 -0700
- The odometer is gear driven, and has no provision for calibration. You didn't say what size tires you are running on your car, but I am betting that at least some of the difference in the odometer r
- /html/6pack/2006-05/msg00005.html (9,512 bytes)
- 3. RE: Speedometer/Odometer (score: 1)
- Author: "Mark Hooper" <mhooper@digiscreen.ca>
- Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 11:36:52 -0400
- Has anybody used a hand-held GPS to get an accurate idea of speed? What is the length of straight line necessary to have to get a good reading at constant speed? Mark 1972 TR6 (and a new J-type O/D I
- /html/6pack/2006-05/msg00006.html (9,293 bytes)
- 4. Speedometer/Odometer (score: 1)
- Author: "Dwayne Cooper" <dc_bruin@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 08:35:57 -0700
- While we're on the subject of Speedometer/Odometer -- my speedometer works, but my Odometer (and trip Odometer) do not. Has anyone had this problem? Is it possible the cable just isn't seated in prop
- /html/6pack/2006-05/msg00007.html (6,990 bytes)
- 5. Re: Speedometer/Odometer (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeff Fetner" <fetnerj001@hawaii.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 07:19:23 -1000
- The speedometer's odometer function is a direct mechanical wormgear - pawl/ratchet and where tire size (radius) will affect the miles covered.. There is a 4-digit number on the speedo face (1120 on
- /html/6pack/2006-05/msg00009.html (8,478 bytes)
- 6. Speedometer/odometer (score: 1)
- Author: samuelsma@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 14:08:15 -0400
- Thanks to all the listers who replied! To summarize, this is what I think is going on: The speedometer can be calibrated, but the odometer is at the mercy of the rolling radius of the tires, unless a
- /html/6pack/2006-05/msg00010.html (7,439 bytes)
- 7. Re: Speedometer/Odometer (score: 1)
- Author: tr6taylor@webtv.net (Sally or Dick Taylor)
- Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 23:07:12 -0700
- Dwayne--Try resetting the trip odometer to 000 a few times. I found that this got my numbers to turn for a few more thousand miles. While we're on the subject of Speedometer/Odometer -- my speedomete
- /html/6pack/2006-05/msg00024.html (7,144 bytes)
- 8. Speedometer/Odometer (score: 1)
- Author: SamuelsMA@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 22:44:28 EDT
- I have an interesting conundrum for the list relating to speedometer/odometer function. First, the story starts with the fact that I calculated my gas mileage for the first time a few days ago. The
- /html/6pack/2006-04/msg00307.html (7,802 bytes)
- 9. Re: Speedometer/Odometer (score: 1)
- Author: acekraut11@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 22:53:55 -0400
- That was what I was getting before I switched to the TBI set-up. Now I am around the 22mpg mark, sometimes slightly above, sometimes slightly below. For trips or extended backroad driving it goes up
- /html/6pack/2006-04/msg00308.html (8,863 bytes)
- 10. Re: Speedometer/Odometer (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert McBride" <rmcbride@twmi.rr.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 23:12:17 -0400
- It's a trick that new car makers do so that they can make the EPA MPG requirement... The TR-6 was before they had to worry about it so the TR-6 should be the correct trip mileage......:) Bob
- /html/6pack/2006-04/msg00309.html (7,909 bytes)
- 11. RE: Speedometer/Odometer (score: 1)
- Author: "Richard Seaton" <rsh17@msn.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 23:07:17 -0500
- 9.5:1 compression, Piper 270 cam, triple ZS's, 28% reduction A type OD, about 19mpgal in town, I like to here the motoer rev up, but not real agressive driving but not easy. Hwy, 26-28mpg in OD. trav
- /html/6pack/2006-04/msg00311.html (6,826 bytes)
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