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Subject:Re: 15" wheels effect on speedometer?
From:Aristotle Sagan
Date:Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:41:53 -0700

You have a couple of choices tire sizewize...
205R65-15 or 215R60-15 are both about the equivalent of a 195R78-14. The
185R7814 is a bit smaller.

As your tire size (circumference) goes up, your speedo reads slower.

tim o'brien

 >Hi List,
>
>When moving from 14" to 15" wheels on a Vanagon, how does that effect the
>accuracy of the spedo? A lot? A little? It seems the spedo is reading
>higher. But how can that be?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ed
>Ed Shultz
>1987 Syncro GL
>Photos: http://homepage.mac.com/eshultz/PhotoAlbum.html

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