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1. Re: Excuse my o/d gloat (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1999 19:35:05 -0600; Hi Jim and others who replied RE: OD RPM/MPH On further review (it is Sunday after all) and after using the Dan Masters formula's (now on his website). I calculated that with my tires 205/70/15 I sho; /html/triumphs/1999-10/msg00134.html (10,622 bytes)
2. Re: Excuse my o/d gloat (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 10:00:55 -0500; I still don't get it! What do the tires have to do with the ratio of engine RPM and the speedo? The drive for the speedo is taken off of the back end of the transmission. You could remove the back wh; /html/triumphs/1999-10/msg00162.html (8,385 bytes)
3. RE: Excuse my o/d gloat (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 11:09:12 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"; You're absolutely right, tire size won't affect speedo reading. But it will affect actual speed. In my book I want to know both so that I know that the reading on the speedo is what it should be and; /html/triumphs/1999-10/msg00164.html (9,410 bytes)
4. Re: Excuse my o/d gloat (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 08:35:29 -0700; ** It has to do speedometer accuracy with different size tires, and that changes with the circumference traveled. With a larger tire, the car actually travels farther for a given rotation. it may be; /html/triumphs/1999-10/msg00165.html (8,616 bytes)
5. Re: Excuse my o/d gloat (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 08:46:09 -0700; You're right. The tires have nothing to do with what the ratio between the speedometer and tachometer IS, they only determine what the ratio SHOULD BE. (or if you prefer, how far wrong the current ra; /html/triumphs/1999-10/msg00167.html (7,138 bytes)
6. Re: Excuse my o/d gloat (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 11:54:02 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"; you jack the car up and run ... This is a stupid newbie question from someone (me, actually) who bought a 75 TR6 last summer to learn how to fix cars: Is it possible to re-calibrate the speedo in th; /html/triumphs/1999-10/msg00344.html (9,661 bytes)
7. Re: Excuse my o/d gloat (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 12:28:56 -0400; Wendy, Welcome aboard! There are no stupid questions on this list. You can do a lot with the speedometer yourself. Check out lister Tony Rhodes' web page at: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/; /html/triumphs/1999-10/msg00345.html (8,317 bytes)
8. Excuse my o/d gloat (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 20:17:47 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"; Got my OD installed in the 6 today and drove it home on the freeway. All I can say is WOW! What a difference! WOW! 2800 RPM at 70 MPH. Quite a reduction in noise. Jim Altman jaltman@altlaw.com Illigi; /html/triumphs/1999-09/msg01335.html (7,365 bytes)
9. Re: Excuse my o/d gloat (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 20:38:02 -0600; Those RPM seen a little high for that speed. My gages read 3000 RPM and 80 MPH on the way to Portland and back. And if I remember right I was right around 2600 RPM going 75 MPH. I'm pretty sure my sp; /html/triumphs/1999-09/msg01337.html (8,375 bytes)
10. Re: Excuse my o/d gloat (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 21:48:52 -0500; Remember, tire diameter will make a difference here. My 215/60x15 tires cause my speedo to read 10% high. Irv Korey 74 TR6 CF22767U TR4A CT52499 VSCDA Group 2 #58 Highland Park, IL; /html/triumphs/1999-09/msg01338.html (7,576 bytes)
11. Re: Excuse my o/d gloat (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 22:03:03 -0500; I don't have a TR6 , but based on the published figures I have seen ( 25.3 mph per 1000 rpm in OD & 26.1 mph per in OD after 73) it should come out to around 2800 and 2700 respectively. I am rounding; /html/triumphs/1999-09/msg01341.html (7,946 bytes)
12. RE: Excuse my o/d gloat (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 23:05:56 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"; Hey Bud, hope all is well. I have no particular confidence in my speedo. Probably not much chance in the next few days, but I'll time a 10 mile stretch of mile markers and see how close it is. Jim Al; /html/triumphs/1999-09/msg01343.html (8,844 bytes)
13. Re: Excuse my o/d gloat (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 06:49:49 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"; T/R 3, @ 2400, I'm doing 67 MPH, @ 3000, 76 MPH, very seldom ever go above that. On our trip to VTR 99, Dan Masters & I averaged 72 MPH, until Vermont & the mountains and we were always at the 3000 R; /html/triumphs/1999-09/msg01346.html (9,150 bytes)
14. RE: Excuse my o/d gloat (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 07:28:05 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"; According to Bentley's data 3000 RPM should be 75.3 MPH on an A type and 78.3 MPH on a J type. I presume many of us have close, but no cigar, tire sizes that will induce some variation. Roger Elliot'; /html/triumphs/1999-09/msg01348.html (9,483 bytes)
15. Re: Excuse my o/d gloat (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 11:09:36 -0400; Bud, I think you better check your Tach. I get 25 MPH per 1000 RPM which translates into 3000 RPM @ 75 MPH. These values are based on book values of 20 MPH per 1000RPM in fourth direct, timing speed; /html/triumphs/1999-09/msg01353.html (8,225 bytes)
16. RE: Excuse my o/d gloat (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 09:57:16 -0600charset="iso-8859-1"; Don't know about A-type ODs but my J-type with stock Michelin Redlines turns 2500 @ 70mph <http://www.gumbi.com/peterz/tmp/70mph.jpg>. Another interesting point about Laycock de Normanville ODs... I; /html/triumphs/1999-09/msg01356.html (8,456 bytes)
17. Re: Excuse my o/d gloat (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 20:04:07 EDT; << Those RPM seen a little high for that speed. My gages read 3000 RPM and 80 MPH on the way to Portland and back. And if I remember right I was right around 2600 RPM going 75 MPH. I'm pretty sure my; /html/triumphs/1999-09/msg01374.html (8,135 bytes)

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