14 inch to 15 inch tire swap

On Aug 23, 11:38 am, komobu wrote:
> Hi;
>
> I have a 96 Ranger that came with P235/70R14 tires . I came across a
> set of rims and P215/65R15 tires that I put on the truck. Any idea
> what I will have to do to get my speedometer accurate?
>
> Thanks

When I go through an area where the police have set up on of those
RADAR detectors that reads the speed, I compare my speedometer with
the speed that the RADAR detectors report. Usually, the speed is
within 1 mph or so. You try something like this, too.
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On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:38:56 -0700 (PDT), komobu
wrote Re 14 inch to 15 inch tire swap:

>Hi;
>
>I have a 96 Ranger that came with P235/70R14 tires . I came across a
>set of rims and P215/65R15 tires that I put on the truck. Any idea
>what I will have to do to get my speedometer accurate?
>
>Thanks

According to

http://www.discounttiredirect.com/direct/brochure/info/tmpInfoTireMath.jsp

the new tire P215/65R15 will have a circumfance approxamately 3" less
than the old tire. At 65mph on the speedometer you will therefor be
actually have a speed of approximately 63mph or about 3% less than the
indicated speed.

I don't know if there is any way to recalibrate the speedometer. Just
remember that you are actually moving 3% SLOWER than the indicated
speed and you will be ok.
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"Caesar Romano" wrote in message

>
> I don't know if there is any way to recalibrate the speedometer. Just
> remember that you are actually moving 3% SLOWER than the indicated
> speed and you will be ok.

And that the odometer will also be off.

Ted
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On Aug 23, 3:39 pm, Caesar Romano wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:52:29 -0700 (PDT), Jeff
> wrote Re Re: 14 inch to 15 inch tire swap:
>
> >On Aug 23, 11:38 am, komobu wrote:
> >> Hi;
>
> >> I have a 96 Ranger that came with P235/70R14 tires . I came across a
> >> set of rims and P215/65R15 tires that I put on the truck. Any idea
> >> what I will have to do to get my speedometer accurate?
>
> >> Thanks
>
> >When I go through an area where the police have set up on of those
> >RADAR detectors that reads the speed, I compare my speedometer with
> >the speed that the RADAR detectors report. Usually, the speed is
> >within 1 mph or so. You try something like this, too.
>
> Good idea, unless you are someone like my wife. Then you get a ticket.
>
> Once I was the passenger when my wife got stopped for speeding. When
> the cop came to the window and asked for her license, I said "Go
> ahead, give her a ticket. She won't listen to me!". The cop started to
> laugh and said "If I do that, you will be in more trouble than her".
>
> He gave her the license back and told her to slow down.

The ones I am thinking about are the ones where they display the speed
you are going. Usually there is a sign that says something like speed
limit 25, you're going: and they display your speed. Obviously, to get
you to slow down.

Jeff
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On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:07:45 -0700, "Ted Mittelstaedt"
wrote Re Re: 14 inch to 15 inch tire swap:

>
>"Caesar Romano" wrote in message
>
>>
>> I don't know if there is any way to recalibrate the speedometer. Just
>> remember that you are actually moving 3% SLOWER than the indicated
>> speed and you will be ok.
>
>And that the odometer will also be off.
>
>Ted
>

True. I forgot about that. Thanks for the reminder.
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On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:52:29 -0700 (PDT), Jeff
wrote Re Re: 14 inch to 15 inch tire swap:

>On Aug 23, 11:38 am, komobu wrote:
>> Hi;
>>
>> I have a 96 Ranger that came with P235/70R14 tires . I came across a
>> set of rims and P215/65R15 tires that I put on the truck. Any idea
>> what I will have to do to get my speedometer accurate?
>>
>> Thanks
>
>When I go through an area where the police have set up on of those
>RADAR detectors that reads the speed, I compare my speedometer with
>the speed that the RADAR detectors report. Usually, the speed is
>within 1 mph or so. You try something like this, too.

Good idea, unless you are someone like my wife. Then you get a ticket.

Once I was the passenger when my wife got stopped for speeding. When
the cop came to the window and asked for her license, I said "Go
ahead, give her a ticket. She won't listen to me!". The cop started to
laugh and said "If I do that, you will be in more trouble than her".

He gave her the license back and told her to slow down.
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On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:40:50 -0700 (PDT), Jeff
wrote:

>On Aug 23, 3:39 pm, Caesar Romano wrote:
>> On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:52:29 -0700 (PDT), Jeff
>> wrote Re Re: 14 inch to 15 inch tire swap:
>>
>> >On Aug 23, 11:38 am, komobu wrote:
>> >> Hi;
>>
>> >> I have a 96 Ranger that came with P235/70R14 tires . I came across a
>> >> set of rims and P215/65R15 tires that I put on the truck. Any idea
>> >> what I will have to do to get my speedometer accurate?
>>
>> >> Thanks
>>
>> >When I go through an area where the police have set up on of those
>> >RADAR detectors that reads the speed, I compare my speedometer with
>> >the speed that the RADAR detectors report. Usually, the speed is
>> >within 1 mph or so. You try something like this, too.
>>
>> Good idea, unless you are someone like my wife. Then you get a ticket.
>>
>> Once I was the passenger when my wife got stopped for speeding. When
>> the cop came to the window and asked for her license, I said "Go
>> ahead, give her a ticket. She won't listen to me!". The cop started to
>> laugh and said "If I do that, you will be in more trouble than her".
>>
>> He gave her the license back and told her to slow down.
>
>The ones I am thinking about are the ones where they display the speed
>you are going. Usually there is a sign that says something like speed
>limit 25, you're going: and they display your speed. Obviously, to get
>you to slow down.

Of course, those display radar signs or trailers also trip off all
the radar detectors as people drive by, which also gets the rowdies to
slow down.

And if the speeders get used to the trailers, all they have to do is
have the traffic cop on a motor hide BEHIND the trailer with a
different band gun. The jokers ignore their radar detector and keep
flying up that road because they know about the trailer...

--<< Bruce >>--
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On Aug 23, 12:39 pm, Caesar Romano wrote:
> He gave her the license back and told her to slow down.

Nice fiction. Last time I heard about a female getting off with a
warning, the cop face-piped her and made her gobble the goo.
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in article
27485ee3-6a29-4dd8-a86d-6791e6f01f2b RemoveThis @y21g2000hsf.googlegroups.com, komobu at
wrote on 8/23/08 8:38 AM:

> Hi;
>
> I have a 96 Ranger that came with P235/70R14 tires . I came across a
> set of rims and P215/65R15 tires that I put on the truck. Any idea
> what I will have to do to get my speedometer accurate?
>
> Thanks


calibrate it to radar ... see how much you have to adjust your pedal in
regards to the readout on the speedo ... likely just 1 or 2 mph off one way
or the other.
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On Aug 23, 8:53 pm, Bruce L. Bergman
wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:40:50 -0700 (PDT), Jeff
> wrote:
>
>
>
> >On Aug 23, 3:39 pm, Caesar Romano wrote:
> >> On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:52:29 -0700 (PDT), Jeff
> >> wrote Re Re: 14 inch to 15 inch tire swap:
>
> >> >On Aug 23, 11:38 am, komobu wrote:
> >> >> Hi;
>
> >> >> I have a 96 Ranger that came with P235/70R14 tires . I came across a
> >> >> set of rims and P215/65R15 tires that I put on the truck. Any idea
> >> >> what I will have to do to get my speedometer accurate?
>
> >> >> Thanks
>
> >> >When I go through an area where the police have set up on of those
> >> >RADAR detectors that reads the speed, I compare my speedometer with
> >> >the speed that the RADAR detectors report. Usually, the speed is
> >> >within 1 mph or so. You try something like this, too.
>
> >> Good idea, unless you are someone like my wife. Then you get a ticket.
>
> >> Once I was the passenger when my wife got stopped for speeding. When
> >> the cop came to the window and asked for her license, I said "Go
> >> ahead, give her a ticket. She won't listen to me!". The cop started to
> >> laugh and said "If I do that, you will be in more trouble than her".
>
> >> He gave her the license back and told her to slow down.
>
> >The ones I am thinking about are the ones where they display the speed
> >you are going. Usually there is a sign that says something like speed
> >limit 25, you're going: and they display your speed. Obviously, to get
> >you to slow down.
>
>   Of course, those display radar signs or trailers also trip off all
> the radar detectors as people drive by, which also gets the rowdies to
> slow down.  
>
>   And if the speeders get used to the trailers, all they have to do is
> have the traffic cop on a motor hide BEHIND the trailer with a
> different band gun.  The jokers ignore their radar detector and keep
> flying up that road because they know about the trailer...
>
>   --<< Bruce >>--

The idea of many of these is not to give out tickets, but to let
people know their speed, so that they can modify their speed
appropriately. The officials in PA often put them at the entrances to
work areas, so that people can see that they're going too fast, and
they slow down appropriately.

Of course, there is nothing that prevents the police with RADAR guns
from stopping those who choose to ignore the warning.

Jeff
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"Jeff" wrote in message
The idea of many of these is not to give out tickets, but to let people know
their speed, so that they can modify their speed appropriately. The
officials in PA often put them at the entrances to work areas, so that
people can see that they're going too fast, and they >slow down
appropriately.

There shouldn't be any speed limits anywhere in the US, including even in
cities. Common sense should dictate how fast one travels. If speed causes
an accident, death or injury, then the driver can be cited appropriately.
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the only problem with your way of thinking is, most people do not have any
common sense, or the brains to use common sense.


"brian" wrote in message
There shouldn't be any speed limits anywhere in the US, including even in
cities. Common sense should dictate how fast one travels. If speed causes
an accident, death or injury, then the driver can be cited appropriately.
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"Tom" wrote in > the only problem with your way
of thinking is, most people do not have any common sense, or the brains to
use common sense.
>

in other words, you believe what your police state tells you to believe and
think what they want you to think. You're saying that Americans don't have
any common sense, but people that live in countries with no speed limits do
have common sense. I just came back from a country that has no speed limits
and didn't see any burning wreckage blocking the freeway during the time I
was there.
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