Re: Why is the speedo way off? - Saab Sonett Bulletin Board - Saabnet.com
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You guessed right. After riding shotgun in the '04 Saab-toberfest ("this is a parade, not a race!", ahem) I wanted to bring my Sonett the next time, so I went for this particular tire size to get a lower aspect ratio, more tread on the road and identical circumference so the speedo (more importantly, the odometer for rallying) would still agree. Then I noticed that at these aspect ratios, you need a 1/2 inch wider wheel than a soccerball. Then that meant looking for mags, and that's how all this started.
But I didn't mention that I also rebuilt the speedometer using a head from another vintage Saab bought on ebay--turns out that the VDO speedometers from VSAABs are NOT identical! After I discovered the problem, I noticed that the faceplates are calibrated differently across vintage units. Maybe the 3-speed cars were set up differently. Lesson: don't mix vintage Saab trannies and speedometers. So I'm going to take it out one more time and find a working head from another V4 Sonett--whenever I find one!
Posts in this Thread:
- Sonett V4 #1407, patquin
, Sat, 18 Mar 2006 20:04:07- Mostly because I rebuilt it wrong..., patquin
, Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:37:38 - Re: Sonett V4 #1407, patquin
, Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:25:39 - Re: Sonett V4 #1407, Craig K
, Sun, 19 Mar 2006 18:33:31 - Carb level issues?, Jonathan Bartlett, Sun, 19 Mar 2006 13:28:15
- Shame about the wheels and speedo...., Chaz, Sun, 19 Mar 2006 05:34:16
- Re: Sonett V4 #1407, Tio Barry, Sun, 19 Mar 2006 05:16:52
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