Speedometer Correction - MalibuRacing.com

Gear changes, transmission swaps and tire sizes. All these changes can cause problems with accurate speedometer readings. These charts should help you narrow down the selection of the proper gear combination to use in the transmission and speedo cable to ‘get you legal’ again.

Here is how this works.

You need to know your rear end gear ratio.
You need to measure the the diameter of your tire.
Formula is: gear ratio X 20.2 (another magic number) and dividing by the tire diameter.
Look up the resulting number in the chart and see what the closest match is. Use those gear combinations and you should be ‘up to speed’!
Example: 3.55 X 20.2 =71.71 divided by tire diameter 26″ = 2.758
After looking this up on the chart (large gears) we see that a 16 tooth tranny gear and a 44 tooth speedo gear will give us an accurate speedometer reading for this combination.
Yes, there is more than one ‘correct’ answer.
Enjoy!

Large Speedo Gears
Multiply rear axle by 20.2 and divide by tire diameter.
Look up the result on this chart and use the closest number.
	( # of teeth on gear )
Calculated Ratio	Transmission Gear	Speedo Gear
2.06	18	37
2.11	18	38
2.12	17	36
2.17	18	39
2.18	17	37
2.19	16	35
2.22	18	40
2.24	17	38
2.25	16	36
2.28	18	41
2.29	17	39
2.31	16	37
2.33	15	35
2.33	18	42
2.35	17	40
2.38	16	38
2.39	18	43
2.4	15	36
2.41	17	41
2.44	16	39
2.44	18	44
2.47	15	37
2.47	17	42
2.5	14	35
2.5	16	40
2.5	18	45
2.53	15	38
2.53	17	43
2.56	16	41
2.57	14	36
2.59	17	44
2.6	15	39
2.62	16	42
2.64	14	37
2.65	17	45
2.67	15	40
2.69	13	35
2.69	16	43
2.71	14	38
2.73	15	41
2.75	16	44
2.77	13	36
2.79	14	39
2.8	15	42
2.81	16	45
2.85	13	37
2.86	14	40
2.87	15	43
2.92	12	35
2.92	13	38
2.93	14	41
2.93	15	44
3	12	36
3	13	39
3	14	42
3	15	45
3.07	14	43
3.08	12	37
3.08	13	40
3.14	14	44
3.15	13	41
3.17	12	38
3.18	11	35
3.21	14	45
3.23	13	42
3.25	12	39
3.27	11	36
3.31	13	43
3.33	12	40
3.36	11	37
3.38	13	44
3.42	12	41
3.45	11	38
3.46	13	45
3.5	10	35
3.5	12	42
3.55	11	39
3.58	12	43
3.6	10	36
3.64	11	40
3.67	12	44
3.7	10	37
3.73	11	41
3.75	12	45
3.8	10	38
3.82	11	42
3.89	9	35
3.9	10	39
3.91	11	43
4	9	36
4	10	40
4	11	44
4.09	11	45
4.1	10	41
4.11	9	37
4.2	10	42
4.22	9	38
4.3	10	43
4.33	9	39
4.38	8	35
4.4	10	44
4.44	9	40
4.5	8	36
4.5	10	45
4.56	9	41
4.62	8	37
4.67	9	42
4.75	8	38
4.78	9	43
4.88	8	39
4.89	9	44
5	7	35
5	8	40
5	9	45
5.12	8	41
5.14	7	36
5.25	8	42
5.29	7	37
5.38	8	43
5.43	7	38
5.5	8	44
5.57	7	39
5.62	8	45
5.71	7	40
5.86	7	41
6	7	42
6.14	7	43
6.29	7	44
6.43	7	45

Small Speedo Gears
Multiply rear axle by 20.2 and divide by tire diameter.
Look up the result on this chart and use the closest number.
	( # of teeth on gear )
Calculated Ratio	Transmission Gear	Speedo Gear
0.94	18	17
1.00	17	17
1.00	18	18
1.06	16	17
1.06	17	18
1.06	18	19
1.11	18	20
1.12	16	18
1.12	17	19
1.13	15	17
1.17	18	21
1.18	17	20
1.19	16	19
1.20	15	18
1.21	14	17
1.22	18	22
1.24	17	21
1.25	16	20
1.27	15	19
1.28	18	23
1.29	14	18
1.29	17	22
1.31	13	17
1.31	16	21
1.33	15	20
1.33	18	24
1.35	17	23
1.36	14	19
1.38	13	18
1.38	16	22
1.40	15	21
1.41	17	24
1.42	12	17
1.43	14	20
1.44	16	23
1.46	13	19
1.47	15	22
1.50	12	18
1.50	14	21
1.50	16	24
1.53	15	23
1.54	13	20
1.55	11	17
1.57	14	22
1.58	12	19
1.60	15	24
1.62	13	21
1.64	11	18
1.64	14	23
1.67	12	20
1.69	13	22
1.70	10	17
1.71	14	24
1.73	11	19
1.75	12	21
1.77	13	23
1.80	10	18
1.82	11	20
1.83	12	22
1.85	13	24
1.89	9	17
1.90	10	19
1.91	11	21
1.92	12	23
2.00	9	18
2.00	10	20
2.00	11	22
2.00	12	24
2.09	11	23
2.10	10	21
2.11	9	19
2.12	8	17
2.18	11	24
2.20	10	22
2.22	9	20
2.25	8	18
2.30	10	23
2.33	9	21
2.38	8	19
2.40	10	24
2.43	7	17
2.44	9	22
2.50	8	20
2.56	9	23
2.57	7	18
2.62	8	21
2.67	9	24
2.71	7	19
2.75	8	22
2.86	7	20
2.88	8	23
3.00	7	21
3.00	8	24
3.14	7	22
3.29	7	23
3.43	7	24

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