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[ayjay]

Does anyone know whether any other speedos eg cortina or escort will fit the sierra speedo cable and give a fairly accurate reading.
I'm collecting classic guages for post iva dash and only need the speedo now.
Thanks in advance.

[ayjay]

Originally Posted by ayjay

Does anyone know whether any other speedos eg cortina or escort will fit the sierra speedo cable and give a fairly accurate reading.
I'm collecting classic guages for post iva dash and only need the speedo now.
Thanks in advance.

any ideas anyone?

[robo]

Most speedo`s are rated at 1000rpm at 60mph so any speedo in theory will do the job. There are plenty of outfits that can make up a mongrel speedo cable.

Edit. anything you do to the driveline bigger/smaller wheels,diff ratios and gearbox changes can change the ratio per mph and that is normally frigged by changing the plastic drive gears in the box or getting one of those in line adaptors. Heres a yank page of blurb on it but the same applies here.http://www.partshp.com/speedometer_gears.htm

http://www.venhill.co.uk/Home are worth a try.

Another edit. Wheres my Cigar

Bob

[ayjay]

Another edit. Wheres my Cigar

Bob




Its bad for you BTW any news?

Thanks for the helpful reply(I once swapped my 1963 Mini speedo for a triumph one cos it was smarter---It was like fitting a supercharger ,I could hit 60mph in second gear)

[ayjay]

Previous test drives have made me wonder if I could stand more than 10 mins in a roadster -feeling every speck of dust on the road and everything vibrating so much the view in the mirrrors was blurred.

Today whilst working down my "suspension and steering " checklist .I arrived at
"check tyre pressures" and used a little dial type instead of the sliding tube type.Tube said 20psi dial said 35psi
I decided to believe the dial ,dropped the pressure to 15psi ( until a slight bulge appeared at the contact point) .

Downside is my bellhousing scraped the little hump before the garage door
Just added "sumpguard" to my checklist!

Q. Book says 18-20 psi.What do others with cvh run at please?

[robo]

I have found its better to start off with the the tyres soft and the shocks backed off to the softest setting . Dial in the minimum amount of shock on the rear as you can get away with, its the shocks that jar your spine not the springs. The tyre pressure thing is not set in stone and will vary from car to car, its more to do with keeping the tyre contact patch flat on the road. Car manufacturer`s spend millions fine tuning all these factors so it wont be a five minute job to dial in some comfort/handling.

Bob

[ayjay]

Sounds like good advice. They dont need to be rock hard on the road. Ill play about with it til it feels right

[spud69]

Tyre pressures and damper settings do make a surprising difference and the car is very sensitive to them. I've found that 18psi on our cruising roads dampers about half way gives a nice compromise. Another 2psi and stiffer dampers makes for a much harsher ride. On the nice smooth track i'll set the tyres at 16psi and let them warm up and turn the dampers right up, makes the car a lot more positive but you need smooth tarmac for it.

Have fun testing...........AndyH

[TheArf]

Well one thing they aint got in coedpoeth is smooth tarmac, just remind me Ayjay, how deep are the ruts in the roads upthere after all those two wheeled carts going up and down.

[ayjay]

Originally Posted by TheArf

Well one thing they aint got in coedpoeth is smooth tarmac, just remind me Ayjay, how deep are the ruts in the roads upthere after all those two wheeled carts going up and down.

The grass growing between the ruts keeps the bottom of my car nice and clean.
Its the charabancs and velocipedes that churn things up