Author Topic: Calculating road speed  (Read 2646 times)

Ricardo

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Calculating road speed
« on: June 07, 2006, 06:26:07 »
I guess this has been covered before, but I'm hoping someone has the answer at their fingertips. What is the formula for calculating road speed when you know rpms, tire diameter and rear gear ratio.....I don't have an accurate speedometer as I replaced one of the gears inside it and it wasn't the correct one for my diff. ratio.
TIA

A Dalton

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Ricardo

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Re: Calculating road speed
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2006, 06:35:54 »
Thanks Arthur...don't even need to operate my calculator....that's great

A Dalton

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Re: Calculating road speed
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2006, 07:31:53 »
Yes , it makes it easy.
 If you are a stickler for accuracy, you want to use rolling circumference for your tire measure, as that is true tire measure.
{Some guys do 10 revs and then divide to get a better average]
 Use a full tank of gas and normal tire pressure. Measure the ground distance covered by a rev of the tire on the ground and then find Radius for your calculator radius input spec.  That will give you exact specs.  I  use 1K RPM so you then know exact speed per Thousand RPM.. My cars are Euro, so I use the  tachs to judge my MPH when traveling. It's just easier then speedo conversion for me.
« Last Edit: June 08, 2006, 07:42:23 by A Dalton »