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New gears do i need new ones for accurate spedo

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Old Feb 16, 2002 | 02:58 PM
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Car: 83 Z-28
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New gears do i need new ones for accurate spedo

i just went from 3:15 gears to 4:10 do i need to get new trans gears to make my speedo run right
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Old Feb 16, 2002 | 04:05 PM
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Yeah, I'm not sure which kind you would need though. An inaccurate speedo will affect your milage too.
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Old Feb 16, 2002 | 04:52 PM
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Unfortunately there's no combinations of gears you can use with 4.10's to make the speedometer read correctly. You'll need to use an external ratio adapter.
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