<VV> Re: FC pinion shaft gear & odometer

[Dennis & Debbie PLEAU]

I drove the Claypool's Lakewood in a fourth of July parade this summer and 
lclc told me I was OK up to slightly north of 100 and after that I was on my 
own...  It hasa KPH spedo....

dp


>From: Sethracer at aol.com
>To: dmonasterio at megared.net.mx, virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: Re: <VV> Re: FC pinion shaft gear & odometer
>Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:16:46 EDT
>
>
>In a message dated 9/20/2006 11:55:31 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
>dmonasterio at megared.net.mx writes:
>
>I  am playing with my Rampside's speedometer to make it reading Km instead 
>of
>  miles (have several disassemblied GM speedos) but, as a starting point, I
>don't remember two things:
>1.- How many turns on the  speedometer shaft for each mile ?
>2.- I remember that  the drive gear pressed on the diff's pinion shaft has
>multiple threading but,  don't remember if 3, 4 or 5 threads.
>This is for  doing the necesary math in choosing gears.
>
>As  always... thanks in advance for any input.
>
>Daniel  Monasterio
>
>
>
>Hey Daniel - Another option? Corvair that were delivered in Europe used
>Metric Speedometers. I had a 200 KPH speedometer assembly for a 67 Monza 
>that I
>picked up when I was in Belgium. You might inquire if any of the European
>residents has a metric early model speedometer or knows where one might be 
>in a
>junkyard there. Of course, I doubt if the Spyders delivered there had 
>anything
>special. You might have to go back to the standard gage pack. - By the way,
>there is at least one manufacturer that made an adapter unit that fits in 
>the
>speedometer cable in-line, to correct the cable speed. I think 
>Stewart-Warner
>  made one. It was available in several different correction ratios. - Seth
>Emerson