[Spridgets] Am I running the wrong Speedo drive gear?

[Larry Macy]

Having me Mark in Breckenridge, I can not quite imagine what he would be doing in a Speedo. Mayhaps creating nightmares ;-)

Larry

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Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
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Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
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On Jun 22, 2012, at 10:16 AM, Mark Haynes wrote:

> Got the MKII out for a drive to town and back yesterday (60+ mi) and as I was
> coming home, I realized that everyone was doing well under the speed
> limit(according to my speedo) where they usually are doing ~5 mph over. Going
> up the canyon, my speedo said that we were doing 35 mph, but I was turning
> 3000 R's in 4th gear!. On a short stint on the highway, I was running 55mph at
> 4500 R's.
> The diff is a 4.22:1, but I had to replace the trans last year with a used
> one- its a ribcase with an 1100G laygear in it. It just doesn't feel right,
> like I'm running a speedo gear for a 4.88 diff.
> Any thoughts? The tach is a repro electronic with VDO internals and a Smiths
> face, so I'm pretty sure its acurate.
> 
> 
> Mark Haynes
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