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s13pignose · 03-20-2006, 01:19 PM

Oh yeah on another note, I know my speedo is off by 3mph. Me and my dad had my car calibrated, because I notice people were passing me alot lol. There seem to be a 3mph diff across the board. Do you think this could have thrown my tach off. The lady said some speedos and odometers are connected, and a wacky speedo can also make the odometer display mileage incorrectly?

Anyway I did some more testing. With the car sitting on the carport I started the car. With me sitting all the way back in the seat with it at a slight lean, the bottom of the needle was exact with the bottom of the 1 mark on the tach. Okay now I shift into D, and it drops to about 500-550. Same in R. Now funy thing is when I put it back in park, it no longer goes all the way to 1, but maybe like 800 or so. WTF?

Oh yeah I was looking at this bracket under the hood like near the bottom of the motor, and I think its a mount, and it has LH on it. I guess for left hand. Anyway its bolt on, not dangling, but there seems to be split. Im gonna get that checked too.

03-20-2006, 01:19 PM	#7
s13pignose Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: ?? Posts: 1,324 Trader Rating: (2)	Oh yeah on another note, I know my speedo is off by 3mph. Me and my dad had my car calibrated, because I notice people were passing me alot lol. There seem to be a 3mph diff across the board. Do you think this could have thrown my tach off. The lady said some speedos and odometers are connected, and a wacky speedo can also make the odometer display mileage incorrectly? Anyway I did some more testing. With the car sitting on the carport I started the car. With me sitting all the way back in the seat with it at a slight lean, the bottom of the needle was exact with the bottom of the 1 mark on the tach. Okay now I shift into D, and it drops to about 500-550. Same in R. Now funy thing is when I put it back in park, it no longer goes all the way to 1, but maybe like 800 or so. WTF? Oh yeah I was looking at this bracket under the hood like near the bottom of the motor, and I think its a mount, and it has LH on it. I guess for left hand. Anyway its bolt on, not dangling, but there seems to be split. Im gonna get that checked too.