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Old 01-13-2008, 11:55 PM
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Default bigger tires -- how far off is the speedo?

I was just wondering about how much my speed is off now that I have 32's.

so anyone that has larger tires that would feel like chiming in...
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maybe something on here for you ty.
http://www.oramagazine.com/pastIssue...-accurate.html
there is a formula part way down the page that might help
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http://www.onlineconversion.com/bigger_tires.htm

Try this one.
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For me it's not more than 2 MPH according to my GPS.
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I am running 35s for now, will be selling them . my speedo is roughly 5 mph off. it does seem the faster i go the more its off.
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^That's because the faster you go the more it is off.
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try a speedo with a one less tooth
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i like this site better than the other 2 mentioned.
http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

by the way the speedo is not off by a certain mph its off by a percentage of the total speed, mine is off by about 9%
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I would look into changing your speedo gear because this also controls your automatic transmission shifts.
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I have a Ford f150 1999, 4.6L truck with 33" tires and 4:26 gears. My truck was about 25 mph off. I invested in a Hypertech Programmer and it corrected my speedo with the correct tire height and gear ratio. It also gave my truck more noticable power, once programming the octane used.



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