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Old 11-04-2016, 08:39 AM   #117 (permalink)
MPGeo
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Originally Posted by Gasoline Fumes View Post
I converted your measured number to 1.333 revs of the engine per one rev of the wheel. Then I divided by the 5th gear ratio of 0.7576. That results in 1.7609:1. With only one wheel off the ground, wheelspeed is doubled. So I doubled the result, getting about 3.52:1. I'm pretty sure I did the math right, less sure I'm explaining it well!
Thanks, I wasn't exactly sure how to do that one. Thanks

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Originally Posted by Ecky View Post
In my Del Sol I chose to set the chassis mileage on the cluster and do math for the engine. I also pulled the needle off like an idiot, and had to tweak it several times before it read true again.
I gess that makes more sense... But for whatever reason I leaned towards engine miles

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