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Subject:Re: "True" speed with BFG 27 x 8.5 tires
From:Per Lindgren
Date:Sat, 6 May 2000 16:08:33 +0200
I know some people state that the speedometer "must" be 5% off. This may very
well be true.

Here in Norway, one can not put on tires that are more than 5% greater,
measured on the circumference, than the original tire size. I checked this,
and the 27x8,5x14 is 3 mms off from being 5% greater than the 185R14. The guy
at the DMV almost got mad, when he saw I could put these tires onto the Syncro
:-), he thought they were too large!

PerL
87 Syncro 112i