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Old 04-08-2009, 07:29 PM
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Thanks to our local police radar board mine is 1 mph off at 40 with stock tires.
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Originally Posted by Richie O
Thanks to our local police radar board mine is 1 mph off at 40 with stock tires.
Are those things cool or what! according to the magic boards, my speedo is off 1 mph at 45, and my gps is spot on! I run 235 85 16's. stock for a 90, taller than what was on my 85 stock.
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285/75/16 and im dead on
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at 65 mph, mines is about 65 off
Old 04-09-2009, 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by jckdann7
at 65 mph, mines is about 65 off
Now THATS consistant!
Old 04-09-2009, 11:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Thunderhog
Now THATS consistant!
when i go 70 the thing says 90??? and i am 1 tie size smaller than stock
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At 20mph it's dead on according to my Garmin. At 70mph the speedo shows around 80ish. I am running 265/75/16 and just installed 285/75/16 on aluminum wheels. Right now the faster you go the even faster the speedometer climbs.

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Old 04-09-2009, 11:53 PM
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My old 235/85/16 and new 265/75/16 tires are the same height; 30.5-31".
With new tires my speedo is dead nuts. Once they start getting worn down it's over compensating (too fast) by 1 at 75.
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Man, I'm ugly enough with my speedo on...You don't even want a mental picture of what I look like with my speedo off...whoops...too late.
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Originally Posted by Trooperthorn
Man, I'm ugly enough with my speedo on...You don't even want a mental picture of what I look like with my speedo off...whoops...too late.
oh man that's foul ah help i cant get it out of my head
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Originally Posted by schamran
Just wondering if my truck is the only one with an inacurrate speedo with the stock tires. Is anyone's speedo accurate?
At 30 mine reads 0, at 55 mine reads 0 and at 70 it also reads 0. At least its consistant. Guess I should by a new gear reduction box huh?
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hahaha. So who has an accurate speedo, with a 5 speed and 3.55 gears? I can't believe our trucks vary so much. (i'm not talking about broken trucks )
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15 MPH on the slow side going 60

This is with 39.5" Boggers
With 42" LTB's she is around 17 MPH off .. tires make a huge difference
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Every time I pass those highway radar trailers that tells you your oncoming speed its usually the same as the speedo. Maybe 1-2 off. And thats running 305's
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I fixed mine all by myself.

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