tire size and speedo

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05-28-2001, 10:19 PM

serin

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can the dealer recalibrate the speedometer for a new tire size?
for instance 235/45 from the stock 225/50?

05-28-2001, 10:26 PM

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can the dealer recalibrate the speedometer for a new tire size?
for instance 235/45 from the stock 225/50?

No.

05-28-2001, 11:16 PM

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No.

short, quick, and to the point.

05-29-2001, 05:56 AM

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Not worth it anyway. From stock tires to 235/45-17, your speedo is only 2% faster. This translates to. . . If your speedo says 100, you're really only doing 98mph. Not a big enough difference to worry about. After putting 10,000 miles on your odometer, it is really only 9,800.

05-29-2001, 07:13 AM

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check this spreadsheet out....it has speedo error at various speeds:

http://www.glue.umd.edu/~nauman/tire.xls

05-29-2001, 07:23 AM

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Or check this one out.....
http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

Not to steal your thunder or anything UMD...all I have to say is....

05-29-2001, 07:58 AM

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Or check this one out.....
http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

Not to steal your thunder or anything UMD...all I have to say is....

hehehe.....it's all good...