Annoyed!!!!!

[donovan2123]

stock tire
sidewall:4.8in
radius 11.3
diameter:22.6in
circumf:71.1in
revs/mi:891.0


stock tire
sidewall:3.3in
radius 11.7
diameter:23.5in
circumf:73.7in
revs/mi:860.0

Speedometer reading with a non stock tire is 3.6% too slow
when your speedo reads 60mph you are actually traveling 62.1mph

 

[donovan2123]

its not a scratch its more like a dent and it starts down to the metel and then gos right back starts at quarter panel

So if my speedo is reading wrong can this be sorted or could it still be wheel nuts???

 

[__B3NNY__]

Simple test put your old wheels back on for an hour go for a drive and see if its back to normal if it is you know its cos you have bigger wheels on! If your saying that your top speed is now slower since you have put the wheels on id put money on it not being anything bare the fact you have changed to 17`s.

oh and if you do change the wheels back over please please put the nuts ON as i dont want to feel guilty for your death.

David,

 

[donovan2123]

supa what bits u got for sale for mk3???

also do you have any spar wheel nuts as the ones i am using are ugly

 

[__B3NNY__]

I havent.

 

[__B3NNY__]

You would have been better buying some mk3 cupra alloys.

 

[donovan2123]

i kno problem is they dont look good

 

[donovan2123]

and the cupra wheels i have seen are 5stud

 

[Forbez]

This seems about right now, or does it not, doing a 100mph on your speedo will mean your doing 103.6mph.

This of course doesnt allow for the 2% error of the actually speedo, so it could be 5% out.


In the words of Duncan Bannatyne: I'm Out.

 

[Forbez]

Try the mk3 Cupra wheels! Dumkopf!

 

[donovan2123]

kk could i get speedo ajusted though???

 

[jNx]

Could do...

Just had a look at the pictures of the wheels though and I think I've found your problem!

They're quite spokey, quite a complex design, think the air's getting stuck and it's causing high volumes of drag as you get faster!

Put the Cupra wheels on and see if it solves it, the design is alot more simply and the air just glides past!

 

[djscorch]

Sell your car and walk, you're too f*cking dangerous to be driving around in a car.

 

[Forbez]

Sell your car and walk, you're too f*cking dangerous to be driving around in a car.

PMSL

 

[donovan2123]

i dont think this would course the problem as i have spoken to other people with 17" alloys on there 1.4ibiza and they said they get 115 on spedo. WHat do the cupra alloys look like??? also any1 got a spar pair

 

[CupraPower]

Have you thought about folding down the rear seats? Ive heard this evens out the power to weight ratio and gives you that extra boost

 

[Sharky_82]

Ive just re read this whole thread and im absolutely wetting myself...

surely this has got to be a wind up?

luv the folding down seat theory - will try when i get home lol

 

[A9_SLU]

PMSL at this thread. What a timmy

 

[Forbez]

The worst thing is i've just noticed that there's a similar thread on the other forum too.

I cant believe a thread which started out with 5 stud wheels for a 4 stud car is 5 pages long, and with all the help given, is still going.

 

[mpm1987]

lmao

chin up aye mate

have you tried taking the paint off the car?? that would save some weight?

or run the car without fuel?? that would also save weight?