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Old 08-14-2014, 04:35 PM   #20 (permalink)
kafer65
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In my manual car it is a speed sensor with a small gear embedded in the transmission and connected to a speedo gear on the differential.
That makes pretty good sense. I figure about 4% difference in circumference from tread loss up front should net me 2 mpg improvement in indicated mpg with no other variables taken into account like lower stance and more leverage for the engine to accelerate. We'll see how that goes
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