how to adjust speedo?
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how to adjust speedo?
does anyone make somthing to adjust the speedo on a civic? i searched and all i could find was stuff for honda motorcycles. i hate having to subtract 9% and then trying to figure out how to go 5mph over the limit.
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Re: how to adjust speedo?
no im not. i know how off it is because i calculated the tire size differance and i have checked it against police radar. i know what the standards are, but i dont think any amount is acceptable.
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Re: how to adjust speedo?
Then we get to account for the fact that pressure changes the rolling diameter of the tire, and we get further inaccuracy. Weight in the vehicle also changes the rolling diameter.
So, shy of GPS based speed detection, I don't think any of us have ever really had truly accurate speedometers.
And thats just the long way of me saying, "I really have no clue how to adjust the damn thing.".
Hope you find the answer you're looking for. Though, the "correct" answer to adjusting the speedo is to use the correctly sized tires.
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Re: how to adjust speedo?
thanx for the help...maybe ill try and wire in a variable resistor into the speedo itself so i can adjust it....not sure if thats possible. i guess ill be reading some circuit diagrams in the future.
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Honda won't be able to reprogram because the ECU doesn't control the speedo. The VSS generates a square wave signal which is directly feed into the speedo, and the on-board integrated circuit transforms that signal to the needle motor. For that you can contact your nearest Honda service station.
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