[alfa] re: Speedo Question

[Joe Elliott <jee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The final drive shouldn't be an issue.  Silvers and Platinums both 
had 4.10:1 final drives.  If you'd gotten your new transaxle from a 
Verde (3.55:1) or an SZ 3.90:1), then you might have a problem 
because of the final drive.  The issue that you might run into is 
that the Silver had 14" wheels with (IIRC) 195/60 tires, while the 
Platinum had 15" wheels with 195/60 tires, giving a larger total 
diameter.  The easy solution would be to fit a wheel/tire combination 
with the same total diameter as the Platinum's OEM wheel/tire combo.

-Joe

At 8:10 PM +0000 1/18/04, alfa-digest wrote:

> Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 13:28:13 EST
> From: RThefarm@domain.elided
> Subject: [alfa] Speedo Question
>
> Essteemed Alfisti,
>
>        I have finally gotten around to making some progress on my daily
> driver/occasional track use project Milano.  It is a '87 Milano 
> Silver.  I have
> just finished putting in a Transaxle from a Platinum with 1st, 2nd 
> and 3rd gears
> lightened - 4.10 final drive gears - limited slip.  All the cool guy stuff. 
> My question is: will the speedometer read correctly?  My guess is that it will
> not due to the change in final drive ratio.  In this case, is there a way to
> make it read correctly?  I used the speed sender from the original 
> transaxle in
> case this maters. 
> Thanks in advance for any help!
>
> Chris Rundlett
> 1982 Spider Veloce
> 1987 Milano Project
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