la0d0g's rig

Your speedo gets effed by the larger circumference of the tires.

 

manual's speedo gets f'd by the tire sizes and the re-gearing

my gearing messed with my speedo more than my tires....i'm still over torqued with 35s & 4.56...i'd rather have it that way tho

speedo still shows faster than my actual speed

 

Yeah mine seemed the opposite, I need to bust out the SG/GPS and see how much I'm off. I did pay attention to the mile markers last time I was on the highway and for each mile marker I'm registering 1.1 on the odo.

 

yea..if your truck is reading 1.1 but you went 1...then your speedo will show faster speeds than actual

i'm around .95 of what the truck says... so truck would say i went 100 miles but i really only went 95..so roughly going 70 per my truck speedo, i'm going around 66mph actual speed

i use my gps to calculate my distance calibration on my ultraguage

 

Does that affect the odometer? As in over time your truck will say it has way more miles on it than it actually does?

 

Yes! For us auto guys it less than actual.

 

good call on that

Yep

This

 

Yeah I heard about that on the manuals... I think I would get a hypertech for that since it lets you adjust for gears and tire size. That much off would piss me off...

 

The lady and I went out exploring this weekend. Went down to Como ghost town which isn't much of a town with only one standing object but it was still cool to check out the old mining equipment. All in all a gorgeous day in the Pine Nuts.

A little bit of water coming out of Eldorado Canyon


Spring is here


Nevada means you need an obligatory shot of wild horses


Sierras in the background


Wood


Looking down from the mine


Old mining equipment










Koozie FTW


This guy was scurrying around trying to make babies with his lady friend


Como




Fall in this shit and its the end for you






Time for a cold one

 

Truck's looking great as always Matt.

Matt

 

So just to be clear, that means you OD will display less miles than you have actually driven?

 

Correct!

 

Where's my sticker?

 

Correct for him, not for me. For each mile marker I drive I get 1.1 on the odo.

 

So does your speedo show faster than actual?

 

Yes but the tests have been less than scientific. Scenario:

Driving down the freeway
Pull up next to my buddy
"hey, how fast we going?"
"about 75"
My speed is showing about 70

Like I've said, I really should bust out the GPS or hook up the SG but just not something top of mind. My mpg suck and I know it and I don't tend to drive super aggressive. But I should so I can definitively answer the question.

 

I sold my 48" hi lift to another member at our Thursday meet night last week and its replacement showed up yesterday. Moved it to the passenger side rail to accommodate the longer size. So shiny!

Maxtrax will get mounted in the old location tonight. I tapped some square nuts to 7/16" last night in preparation. I'm going to run a 7/16" bolt through the square nut to run in the bed rail with a washer and locking nut on the outside to secure it. This will act as the post for the Maxtrax to hang off and then I'm going to run another washer and wingnut to secure them.

 

Maxtrax mounted.

 

Nice where did you get the maxtrax from?! I would love a set.

 

Picked them up during the GB. I've used pair of Smittybuilt boards for the last couple years which were alright but the maxtrax are really nice, great quality.

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/off-roading-trails/313243-maxtrax-group-buy.html