

| Subject: | Re: Speedo Calibration |
| From: | pensioner |
| Date: | Mon, 2 Dec 2002 04:11:54 -0800 |
You can easily get the rollout figure to a much better degree of accuracy buy using the mustard method. Make a line of good ol french's yaller mustard in front of your rear wheel. have the van loaded as you usually travel. drive straight through the mustard until you've done two wheel rotations. You can watch out the driver side to see. Measure leading edge to leading edge with a serious metal tape measure over the three marks. This will give rollout times 2 accurate to ~1/4 inch. Frank will use Grey Poupon, BenT will borrow some generic mustard from the Jollibee but they'll both get the reading. Plug the rollout for one rotation in as the distance travelled per wheel rotation. (duh). Work the gear ratios backwards to determine motor revolutions per mile in the various gears. Plot the results.
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