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Re: Twice as much

To: Adam Bradley <ambradley@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Twice as much
From: Gary McCormick <svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 08:02:25 -0800
For some reason this didn't make it out to the list y'day:

If you plug in the 1600's 1.00 top gear ratio and a 3.889 rear end (which was 
stock) and
use a rolling circumference of 72.9 inches for the tire (I don't remember how I 
got to
that number, and
I didn't capture the calcs  in my spreadsheet), you find that 3500 rpm in top 
is about 62
mph, vice 72 mph for the 2000 running in an overdrive .852 5th gear.

Gary McCormick
San Jose, CA

Adam Bradley wrote:

> I don't think the 1600/4-speed turns at only 3500rpm at 60mph - more
> like 4200-4500, especially if you have smaller tires.  You 2000 owners
> take 5th gear for granted...
>
> --- JRDMF@aol.com wrote:
> > Jeff:
> >
> > Sometimes when the rear bushing on the tach indicators wear, they
> > move the
> > magnet assembly inside the unit closer to the drag plate causing the
> > tach to
> > read fast. When working properly the tach usually spins at about 3500
> > RPM at
> > 60 MPH. (Give or take a little.)
> >
> > Jon
> > Huntington Beach, Ca.
> >
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> Thanks,
>
> Adam Bradley
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