RE: speedo gear?

[Matthew Yip <mgyip@yahoo.com>]

--- Chris Coracini <Coracin@usdl.com> wrote:
> the different color cable gears (white, green, etc) are supposed to match
> your final drive (3.67=green, 3.89/3.94=white).  each speedometer is
> calibrated to show the correct speed if you are using the correct gear for
> your final drive.  make sense?  it's a bit confusing, but as an example...
> i have a 16V scirocco with a 160mph speedo and a 2H tranny.  so, i put a
> white gear on the cable (for the 2H (3.94 final drive)), and i see the
> correct speed on the speedometer.  if i were to swap in a 120mph speedo, i
> would still see the correct speed.  in other words, if you are seeing the
> correct speed on your current speedometer, you can swap speedometers and
> still see the correct speed.  hope this clears things up a bit.

When I had the 4K (3.94) in my A2, I the speedo appeared correct - 4000 rpms @ 
70 mph.  Now that I have the whatever the OE trans was in my '86, the speedo
still appears correct.  Interesting info.  
===
Matthew Yip
mgyip@yahoo.com

'87 GTi 0v
'88 M5
'99 F350
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