Re: Speedo conversion revisited

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

No Kidding!! I always thought that was true, and then my local VW guru said
that it wasn't so, that the speedo heads were different...
Hmm and my dad swapped his original 85mph speedo for a 100mph speedo and now
it's WAY off, so I think there's more to it than that...
    -Josiah (I'd like to know what the story is!)

Mark A Peele wrote:

> Thanks! that makes more sense . . .
>
> Mark . . .   (THINK VW) keep the non-VW posts to yourself!
> Scirocco 1982, Golf GT 1987
> Previous Sciroccos: 1981S (RIP), 1980S, 1975TS, 1975
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> On Thu, 29 Oct 1998 06:49:32 -0500 "Anthony Pelletier"
> <apelle62@MAIL.CAPS.MAINE.EDU> writes:
> >To:            scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> >Date:          Thu, 29 Oct 1998 14:59:55 -0500
> >Subject:       Re: Speedo conversion revisited
> >From:          scirocco.gtx@juno.com (Mark A Peele)
> >
> >there are 2 different speedo cable ends.  one is white and the other
> >is red.  one has 16 teeth one has 15teeth.  all you have to do is
> >swap the gear at the end.  call mike potter he set me staight on
> >this.  I believe one was for the 3.94 and the other for the 3.64
> >final drives.
> >
> >Tony
> >
> >hmmm . . . that's an interesting concept.
> >
> >You mean that VW put two different kinds of speedos in each year's
> >production after 1982?
> >
> >You see, every year beginning with 1983 VW sold 8V Sciroccos with
> >either
> >close ratio or wide ratio trannies.
> >
> >I would have thought that the gearing to the cable (on the tranny
> >housing) would have to be the same output at any given speed on each
> >tranny - resulting in identical speedo readings - but . . . of course
> >that makes too much sense.
> >
> >Potterman? Do you know the ultimate answer to this?
> >
> >Mark . . .   (THINK VW) keep the non-VW posts to yourself!
> >Scirocco 1982, Golf GT 1987
> >Previous Sciroccos: 1981S (RIP), 1980S, 1975TS, 1975
> >http://home.t-online.de/home/SCIROCCO2/mark.htm
> >--------- Begin forwarded message ----------
> >From: "Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@gsinet.net>
> >To: Scirocco List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> >Subject: Re: Speedo conversion revisited
> >Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 13:35:14 -0500
> >Message-ID: <3638B562.4457F6C2@gsinet.net>
> >References: <6adebaef.3638aa7c@aol.com>
> >
> >It's gotta be for the same final drive as the final drive that you
> >have
> >in your
> >car. An '86 is probably designed for whatever the 9A final drive was.
> >Check it
> >out, see if the tranny in your car has the same final drive. If not,
> >that's
> >why. Do you have the FN tranny? Or maybe the FF? I think they have a
> >different
> >final drive, not sure...
> >    -Josiah
> >    http://www.gsinet.net/~josiah
> >
> >EurotekVW@aol.com wrote:
> >
> >> I just did the speedo swap on my '82. I switched the speedo part out
> >like I
> >> believe I was instructed to. My problem is, it's not accurate. Any
> >> suggestions?
> >>
> >> Frank
> >>
> >> PS - It's now a 120mph from an '86
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