Rainer

Hi.....i think ill probably change tyre size from 195...upto 205... this will
increase my gearing by 10%....this will correspond to a speed of approx 95km/hr
and bit more relaxed motorways. the gearing at present is superb for off roading
and it feels as if you could go anywhere!!!!

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Subject: Re: Re[4]: SYNCRO 16
Author:  "Dr. Rainer Woitok" <woitok@rrze.uni-erlangen.de> at TOM_INTERNET
Date:    11/11/99 11:10

Steward,

On Wed, 1999-11-10 18:25:51 +0000, you wrote:

> ...
>      Is your syncro 16 as low geared as mine........... the gear ratio
>      means 4000rpm at 100kph

Definitely not.  At  least if my  speedo and tach are working correctly.
My Syncro is doing 3400 rpm at 100 km/h.  It's a 2.1 l  FI and the tires
are stock 205R16.

But (and that's what I forgot to mention in my last post): off-road-wise
bigger tires   are not  necessarily  better,  because  though increasing
ground clearance, they are also decreasing slow creeping abilities.

Thus  your gear  ratio is probably  preferable  off road, while  mine is
clearly preferable on road.  Now we only need a way of combining our two
Syncros into one without losing either of these abilities ... :-)

Sincerely
 Rainer

'89 Caravelle GL Syncro 16"

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