Speedo Calibration

[RHKTriton]

Hello all you Trities - What a great site.

Having had my VR for about a month now I am starting to look at refinements.

One item that has bugged me is that the speedo is reading about 8km high at 100km.

Is there a means of adjusting the unit to read correctly?

Thanks in advance

Rob K

[Greedy]

Put 265 tyres on it. Apparantly, goes back to spot on although the odometer is out the other (good) way. Either that, or spend some money at Jaycar or the like for a mod box. Not sure what they're called though.

[RHKTriton]

Thanks for your reply Greedy

The kit looks the way to go - Jaycar have the MKII version. Tyres will have to suffer the normal life cycle.

Fixing the speedo should also give the Fuel economy readout more accuracy.

In the long run taller tyres would also up the gearing a smidge - should be economy increase.

Regards

Rob K

[Greedy]

Fixing the speedo should also give the Fuel economy readout more accuracy.

I don't know about that. I threw the bloody thing in the shed ages ago and replaced it with a computer screen. The only accurate reading on it was the radio station currently playing.

[RHKTriton]

Will agree that the things a bit basic - Unit on our Pug 307 offers a lot more as a standard kit.

What's the graphic in the middle area supposed to indicate????

If is cost $50 more to offer more functions why not put it in?

The Compass is really useful! Bad luck if you want to head NNE or WSW for instance.

Who's got time to watch the thing anyway? We're all busy keeping the eye on the Taxometer (speedo),
aren't we?

[Homer]

I towed a boat over the weekend and just for shits and giggles decided to check my mileage on the trip computer thingy last night on the way home.
I had done 420k's, the fuel light was on and the computer read I was getting 8.4L/100 and had 360km's left in the tank
Quite surprising really you can get that far after the fuel light comes on!

And to throw a cat among the pigeons, I filled up this morning and it took 69 litres.
I am assuming there was some fuel left as I got to the servo under power so it must be a 70+ litre tank???????

[Greedy]

I am assuming there was some fuel left as I got to the servo under power so it must be a 70+ litre tank???????

Diesels are 75 ltr so I would assume the petrol is the same

[Homer]

Yeah why I thought they were 65 is beyond me

I'll probably post about the 65 litre tank again in another couple of months