Thursday, March 19, 2009

Speedo Refit: Part 2

As I mentioned before, I installed the new speedo. The suspicion is that the ratio for this unit and the LSD are just not compatible. Going 40mph within 200 feet was a bit much, consider that my Solara only gets up to about 20mph to the same locale. A short trip taken in the Solara that takes 1/10 mile seems to take 2/10's with the 320.... hmmm.....
Diving into the latest copy of Roundel (see http://www.bmwcca.org/ ) I found North Hollywood Speedo (http://www.nhspeedo.com/ ) that can fix the problem. It's either a recalibration of the speedo or a corrective ratio cable box. I'll know by this weekend. I'd rather not rack up double miles. Now I'm thinking that the previous owner had the same issues since swapping the LSD.

http://www.bobmodifiedbmw.com/ has a great pic of the speedo I really wanted....

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