Re: Changing Speedometer mileage

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@gsinet.net>]

No kidding... fascinating....
    I'll have to try that on my '86, which has a 16v cluster in it. I'm going to
take the 16v cluster out of it eventually, because it doesn't need to be there
and is worth a little bit of money, but hmmm...
    -Josiah

Anthony Pelletier wrote:

> Date:          Fri, 21 Aug 1998 20:40:26 -0400
> From:          "Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@gsinet.net>
> To:            Scirocco List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Subject:       Re: Changing Speedometer mileage
>
> according to Potterman all you have to do is swap the end gear off
> the spedo cable.  some day i'll fix mine and be sure that it works
>
> Tony
>
> You know that if you do this, you're speedo will show the wrong speed, right?
> The final drive ratios on 16v and 8v trannies are different... (I know it's
> more complicated than that, as in there are lots of different final drive
> ratios, depending on what tranny you have, etc...)
>     -Josiah
>
> John C. Worden wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know how/ or have they changed the mileage on a speedometer?
> > I'm asking this because I want to use a 16v speedo and cables in my
> > Scirocco because 1. I'm going to running larger diameter wheels/tires 2 it
> > goes up to 140mph and 3. I would like for the mileage on the oddometer to
> > be accurate if possible.  Yes I connected the tip of the gear(that goes
> > into the tranny) to my drill and tried that, but I don't think it's worth
> > 1000 hours on the drill to move it 14k miles.  Any ideas?
> >
> > John   '98  Dak cc Sport 4x4, 3.9 auto, Intense Blue, Leer Classic tonneau,
> >                 Pioneer DEH-P85DHR, ventshades, headlight/tailight covers
> >           '84  Scirocco (under construction)
> >           '69  MGB Roadster(in need of restoration)
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