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Re: speedometer calibrated wrong?
timbob wrote:
>
> my scirocco is plenty fast, quite a bit faster than the v6 camaro i
> owned previously, but driving along lately i noticed im always getting
> passed so i had a friend drive 60 steadily and i matched his speed...
> what do you know.. im doing 70 to match his 60.. any clue what could be
> causing this and how i could fix it?
>
> 87 scirocco 16v
Maybe the overall diameter of your rim+tire= wheels are too small to
register correctly.
This is often the case when folks choose too low a profile tire when
upgrading from stock.
I'm sorry that I don't know what the stock diameter _should_ be, perhaps
the list will reveal all. :0
TBerk
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