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[Spridgets] 5-speed speedo drive question.

Subject: [Spridgets] 5-speed speedo drive question.
From: pdx.pete at frontier.com (Peter Shull)
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 01:15:16 +0000 (UTC)
Very glad to hear that an alternative is still available.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerard" <pixelsmith at gerardsgarage.com>
To: spridgets at autox.team.net
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 11:42:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] 5-speed speedo drive question.

Bill L's  information is correct.

I bought 3 angle drives from Paul in the last year he was able to  
still offer product. He was not able to supply them any longer custom  
geared. I know where to get the exact same angle drives, but they are  
geared 1:1 and they are not cheap.

I do have available. new manufactured cables with adapter that is a  
"turnkey" installation. These are approximately half the price of  
other solutions and there's no need for the angle drive. I've supplied  
more than a dozen of these with complete customer satisfaction. I've  
heard from a number of people whose angle drives have been "eaten up"  
for whatever reason and replaced multiple times too. I don't consider  
the additional cost for the angle drive to be cost effective for the  
little bit of speed correction it provides, but that's an individual  
decision. Depending on your gearing/tire combination your error may  
vary, but I'm currently test driving a 73 Midget  (3.9) with 155R13  
with my kit and speedo cable installed and speed error is about 10%. I  
can go out with my GPS and test at different speeds if anyone one  
interested in more specific info.

I have 3 new cables left to be used in concert with the BMC cable if  
anyone is interested. They are about half price of the turnkey ones.

Contact me off list for additional info.

Gerard
http://gerardsgarage.com/

On Sep 12, 2011, at 9:38 PM, spridgets-request at autox.team.net wrote:

> Message: 11
> Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:54:47 -0700
> From: Bill L <pythias at pacifier.com>
> To: Peter Shull <pdx.pete at frontier.com>
> Cc: spridgets at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] 5-speed speedo drive question.
> Message-ID: <198606564.20110912165447 at pacifier.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> Hello Peter,
>
>     What I know:
>
>     Near the end, The place where he was getting them done would no
>     longer do custom gearing. He could standard gears made in the
>     angle drive but wouldn't make them for him based on ALL the
>     information.... transmission, tire size, speedo gearing. He was
>     trying to find another source that WOULD do that but he hadn't
>     found one (to my knowledge).
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