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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 08:24 PM
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Default Speedo correction chart.

I did a search on this because I DID see a link in a post on a chart that told you how much your speedo would be out if you had a differtent size tire than what was on it new.
Wow is there ever a lot of info on this site! Unfortunatly I did not see what I was looking for. I'm sure I'm not calling it by the right name or something.
Here's the deal. Sticker on drivers door says 215/75R15. I had 225 and 235's on it and have just gone back to 225s till I can get some 30s that I like. Annnnnnyway I'm driving down the highway and my speedo says 115 (about 70 mph for my american cousins) and even the transport trucks are passing me!! And they are supposed to be governed at 105!
So I need a chart to tell me how much SLOWER I seem to be going. I mean the gas milage is great but........
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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 10:21 PM
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its not a chart but it will caculate just about anything you want hope it helps
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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 11:00 PM
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Makes no sense. You should be going faster with larger tires.

Speedo will read slower then you are actually going.
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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 11:51 PM
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borrow a GPS it will tell u correct speed
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Old Apr 15, 2010 | 05:54 AM
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its not a chart but it will caculate just about anything you want hope it helps
I'm sure it will. Ummm errr ..... Where is it?
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Old Apr 15, 2010 | 05:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Madman
Makes no sense. You should be going faster with larger tires.

Speedo will read slower then you are actually going.
Thats what my brain keeps telling me but when I think I'm really speeding and everyone including the cops are passing me like I'm parked I get confused.
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Old Apr 15, 2010 | 07:26 AM
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there is more to speedo error than just tire size gearing will also affect this
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Old Apr 15, 2010 | 08:07 AM
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i just put up a link yesterday for a site to do your conversion. let me think what it was.....

www.1010tires.com/calculator.asp

thats probably not it but search my name and look for hte one called tire calculator / converter, it has the link in it. it does metric also
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Old Apr 15, 2010 | 10:55 AM
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sorry forgot to paste it hope this works


http://www.rocky-road.com/calculator.html
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Old Apr 15, 2010 | 06:53 PM
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None of those links help and I searched your name superj and didn't find that thread.
it was a simple calculation. you typed in the stock tire size and then your new tire size and it told you how far out your speedo was.
Anyone?
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Old Apr 15, 2010 | 07:42 PM
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http://www.quadratec.com/jeep_knowle...article-46.htm

Quadratec has these charts. Might they be of help?
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Old Apr 15, 2010 | 09:33 PM
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http://www.quadratec.com/jeep_knowle...article-46.htm

Quadratec has these charts. Might they be of help?
Well Kinda. I wasn't really interested in changing the speedo gear yet.
just interested in how much my speedo is out of wack with the tires I'm running. I know I've seen it and it was from this site .
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Old Apr 15, 2010 | 09:41 PM
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I tried the gps thing with mine...I have 31's it was almost right on the money untill about 100kph, then at 100km the gps said i was going 107km. Don't know if that helps.....
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Old Apr 15, 2010 | 10:33 PM
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http://www.1010tires.com/TireSizeCalculator.asp

that should be it. when you put in your tire sizes, it also tells you how off it reads beneath it. mine reads 11% off going from 215/75/15 to 31s
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Old Apr 15, 2010 | 10:34 PM
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OH... I know what you're looking for... I know I saw it too, just don't remember where. There's this link: http://www.800-923-jeep.com/techCorn...tors.cfm#spedo
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