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Old 11-24-2012, 01:58 AM   #101 (permalink)
brucepick
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Originally Posted by turbovr41991 View Post
... I also used the stock CX VSS. Speed reads slightly faster than the actual speed by 2-3 mph. However, the odometer miles are actually about .5 to 1 mile LOWER than what the gps says in distance traveled on a full tank... I guess the stock cluster is inaccurate to some extent on speed. I have fine tuned my MPGuino to be dead on with the GPS speed which is a much better method...
My HX has the stock VSS and tranny and I see the same error on the OEM speedo and odo. I used the same solution: my MPGuino is carefully calibrated to my GPS and those Guino numbers drive my fuel log and mpg numbers.

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