woollard Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 not sure if this the right place for this but if i go ahead and fit 17 inch wheels will i need to have the speedo calibrated i told a lad at work i was thinking of fitting 17s and he reconed it will affect the speedo any ideas cheers mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickydicky Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 not sure if this the right place for this but if i go ahead and fit 17 inch wheels will i need to have the speedo calibrated i told a lad at work i was thinking of fitting 17s and he reconed it will affect the speedo any ideas cheers mark Only affects it a miniscule amount, nothing to worry about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeM Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 aslong as you have the right size tyres too it will be fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawdreamer Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 difference in readings is so minor that in regards to the standard escort speedo (which as a well established fact is more often than not innaccurate) the variation in reading can be safely disregarded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 tiny amount, speedos are crap on an escort any way, they read high Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamGTR Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 tiny amount, speedos are crap on an escort any way, they read highYou mean when i'm struggling to get to 60 I am really struggling to get to 55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawdreamer Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 (edited) tiny amount, speedos are crap on an escort any way, they read highYou mean when i'm struggling to get to 60 I am really struggling to get to 55 as much as I enjoy kicking any man as he's down........I still feel slightly bad about saying its likely more close to 50 Liam Edited December 12, 2009 by shawdreamer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woollard Posted December 13, 2009 Author Share Posted December 13, 2009 thanks for the info people looks like im upgrading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamGTR Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 tiny amount, speedos are crap on an escort any way, they read highYou mean when i'm struggling to get to 60 I am really struggling to get to 55 as much as I enjoy kicking any man as he's down........I still feel slightly bad about saying its likely more close to 50 Liam Kill me now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawdreamer Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 tiny amount, speedos are crap on an escort any way, they read highYou mean when i'm struggling to get to 60 I am really struggling to get to 55 as much as I enjoy kicking any man as he's down........I still feel slightly bad about saying its likely more close to 50 Liam Kill me now! if yours is the cvh block same as mine I can understand your desire for a quick death I find you get a bit of poke back if you simply over use the gears...... I dont change up to 5th till I hit 60 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamGTR Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 tiny amount, speedos are crap on an escort any way, they read highYou mean when i'm struggling to get to 60 I am really struggling to get to 55 as much as I enjoy kicking any man as he's down........I still feel slightly bad about saying its likely more close to 50 Liam Kill me now! if yours is the cvh block same as mine I can understand your desire for a quick death I find you get a bit of poke back if you simply over use the gears...... I dont change up to 5th till I hit 60 lolYea it is (CVH), I tend not to ove use the gears as without a rev counter I will end up blowing the thing up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawdreamer Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 tiny amount, speedos are crap on an escort any way, they read highYou mean when i'm struggling to get to 60 I am really struggling to get to 55 as much as I enjoy kicking any man as he's down........I still feel slightly bad about saying its likely more close to 50 Liam Kill me now! if yours is the cvh block same as mine I can understand your desire for a quick death I find you get a bit of poke back if you simply over use the gears...... I dont change up to 5th till I hit 60 lolYea it is (CVH), I tend not to ove use the gears as without a rev counter I will end up blowing the thing up! hence why I installed my Plasma one.....relatively cheap to buy and a piece of pisss to install Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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