Recalibrate speedo?

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  • Rusty
    Super Moderator
    • Jun 2004
    • 18953
    • Country: United Kingdom

    #16
    No worries. Having sold faces to a few 160mph owners, I was certain that this was the case All this is academic anyway, as my idea will make things worse
    Cheers'en, AndyC
    1994 ABY Coupe - Projekt Alpinweiss

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    • Error404
      Super Moderator
      • Mar 2007
      • 19789
      • Country: United Kingdom

      #17
      if the gauge read up to 180mph and the 180 was about where the 165 is on the S2 face it would be about right I recon!
      Panthero Coupé quattro 20vt
      Indigo ABY coupé
      Imola B6 S4 Avant

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      • Rusty
        Super Moderator
        • Jun 2004
        • 18953
        • Country: United Kingdom

        #18
        Well you're in luck, because I have complete sets of RS2 dial faces here
        Cheers'en, AndyC
        1994 ABY Coupe - Projekt Alpinweiss

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        • DS2
          S2Forum Fanatic
          • Sep 2010
          • 80
          • Home: Jordan Current: Finland

          #19
          Originally posted by bikerjim
          I think thats for the trip computer for MPG etc
          ah okay... its been a while

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          • S2central.net
            Retired OG Mod
            • Jul 2003
            • 16590
            • Country: Northern Ireland

            #20
            @Rusty... this could be benched quite easily. I have built circuits that emulate the speedo sender in the gearbox so I could quite easily create a plot of frequency to indicated speed on the factory dials... then you'd know how to skew an aftermarket dial face to be more accurate.

            Of course... differing tyres/wheels etc will have an impact on things - there is a bit of mathematical fun to be had there to correlate speedo sender frequency with 205/55 on 16" for example - and then be aware that other sizes would be +/- 1~3% off from that - better than 10~15% error we have from zee factory.

            Let me know if you want me to help look into this - I have a lovely multichannel scope on loan for just a few weeks - after that a lottery win is needed to buy a similar device.
            Paul Nugent
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            • Error404
              Super Moderator
              • Mar 2007
              • 19789
              • Country: United Kingdom

              #21
              Originally posted by Rusty
              Well you're in luck, because I have complete sets of RS2 dial faces here
              I'm wedded to my plasmas unfortunately Andy, but cheers anyway
              Panthero Coupé quattro 20vt
              Indigo ABY coupé
              Imola B6 S4 Avant

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