[Spridgets] speedo error

Kitterer Bob bkitterer at me.com
Tue Mar 24 18:04:23 MST 2009


Must be going around.  I put a 3.9 rear end in the Sprite with a  
standard gear box with a speedo that I knew was off.  Did the same  
type of check recently and found the speedo to be right on.  Have not  
had time to check the odometer yet.

Bob Kitterer

1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise)
1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) - still in boxes
2000 Miata Special Edition




On Mar 24, 2009, at 10:35 AM, Glen Byrns wrote:

> When I built the Morris truck, I put in a Datsun 5-sp, swapped a  
> 4.22 RE for
> the original 4.5, put on 13" Vega wheels instead of the original  
> 14" wheels.
> Just to complete the stew, I used a speedometer from a late model  
> Morris Minor
> sedan.
>
> All together this should have made the speedometer/odometer a  
> complete joke.
> With the GPS in the truck yesterday, I found the cummulative effect  
> of all the
> changes put it right on the money!  The speedo is pretty accurate  
> and the odo
> is on the money.
>
> The smaller tires and changed rear end ratio just happened to  
> compensate for
> the Datsun speedo gear and speedo calibration.
> Happy day!!  Sometimes you get a break!
>
> Glen
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