Printable Version | Subscribe | Add to Favourites
New Topic New Poll New Reply
Author: Subject: racetech electronic speedo
martthefridgeman

posted on 23/1/06 at 08:38 PM Reply With Quote
racetech electronic speedo

can anybody help with info relating to wiring and setting up / calibrating racetech electronic speedometers.
thanks. mja

View User's Profile E-Mail User View All Posts By User U2U Member
Jed

posted on 23/1/06 at 09:42 PM Reply With Quote
First thing - use their pickup. It might work with other pickups but they may not trigger the odo yet the speed registers.

You'll need to make up a trigger wheel that feeds a signal of 833Hz (or whatever is on the back of the speedo) when running at 100mph.

Work out the number of wheel revs for 100 miles.

Use this wheel calculator for starters.

Based on 185/60/13 the maths is:
928 rev/mile * 100 = 92800

92800 / 60 = 1546 (revs per min)
1546 / 60 = 25.7 revs per second @100mph.

I'm assuming you're going to mount a wheel on the propshaft.

The wheels will be spinning at 25.7 rev/sec. Assuming a 3.89 diff then 25.7 * 3.89 = 99.9 rev/sec of the propshaft.

Target is 833Hz so 833 / 99.9 = 8.33 vanes on the trigger wheel. That'll be 8 then.

The adjuster on the back of the dial only affects the speed display and not the odo, hence trying to get as close to 833Hz as possible.

If you mount it on the gearbox speedo output then you'll need to check the revolution relationship between it and the prop. I think it might be geared but am not sure.

Hope that makes sense but feel free to email me if you're confused.

If anyone spots an error in my ways please let me know.

Jed

[Edited on 23/1/06 by Jed]

View User's Profile Visit User's Homepage View All Posts By User U2U Member
martthefridgeman

posted on 24/1/06 at 07:44 PM Reply With Quote
MANY THANKS JED. MJA.
View User's Profile E-Mail User View All Posts By User U2U Member

New Topic New Poll New Reply


go to top






Website design and SEO by Studio Montage

All content © 2001-16 LocostBuilders. Reproduction prohibited
Opinions expressed in public posts are those of the author and do not necessarily represent
the views of other users or any member of the LocostBuilders team.
Running XMB 1.8 Partagium [© 2002 XMB Group] on Apache under CentOS Linux
Founded, built and operated by ChrisW.