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wigandaccord90
2/6/2007 9:01:02 PM
my tires are too small. the guy i bought it from put smaller tires on... section height. but anyways. is there anyway to adjust my speedometer?
RTexasF
2/6/2007 9:04:30 PM
I doubt it but what car do you drive? No psychics here.
wigandaccord90
2/6/2007 9:05:48 PM
1990 honda accord... i thought maybe there was some sort of sensor... the tires being too small, throws off the speedometer, odometer, and prolly cuts down on gas mileage
poser_pilot6
2/6/2007 10:21:51 PM
How much smaller are they, overall diameter wise?  If it isnt much, it shouldnt make much of a difference.  With the tires being smaller, your speedo will read faster than you are really going, I do believe.  I dont know that it will hurt your gas mileage much.  Why dont you just go back to the correct size tire?
RTexasF
2/6/2007 10:54:34 PM
Go here:  http://www.dakota-truck.net/TIRECALC/tirecalc.html  Click on "compare tire A to Tire B" Put the correct size in A and your current one in B. Scroll to the bottom to see speedo & odo readings.
wigandaccord90
2/10/2007 2:05:28 PM
well i figured out that im usually going 5 slower than what im reading... and it gets bigger when i go faster... 70 is about 62... but the gas milage is horrible. i figure its because the engines got to spin faster to move the small tires. when im going about 60 the tach says 3500.. thats not good. so i guess ill be buying new tires
poser_pilot6
2/10/2007 2:40:36 PM
Yeah, you definitely shouldnt be spinning 3500 at 60mph.  I think Im at about 2200 or something when Im doing 60.  I dont remember offhand.
 
What size tires does the car have right now?
vansterdam
2/17/2007 12:56:50 AM
Here's a good tire size calculator to check what tire size you should be using instead.
j_man_honda
2/17/2007 8:08:46 PM
This is what me and my dad have done before.
 
-Remove the cluster.
-Take the clear cover off of the cluster (where u can touch the speedometer hand).
-Plug the cluster back in with the cover off.
-Follow a friend in another car down the road.
-Using cell phones get your friend to inform u when he is coasting at 60mph.
-Following your friend closely, adjust your hand manually to 60mph.
-Put cluster back together.
 
It's sounds messed up, but it works.
wigandaccord90
2/18/2007 3:14:06 PM
ahh i think ill just get new tires that are the correct size. the tires on there are 170/65 i think. they should be 185/70's. and i still have to figure out why i only get like... 12 mpg. this is getting off topic but does anyone know my gas tank capacity. i thought it was 17 gal. but i could be wrong. maybe my injectors are worn?
White03Sedan
2/19/2007 10:11:59 PM
12 gallon probably, since u are have an older accord!
poser_pilot6
2/19/2007 10:23:42 PM
A 94 has a 17 gallon tank.  Not that that helps, Im just saying lol.
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