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Transmission Calibration Question

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by beefcake, Mar 7, 2011.

  1. Mar 7, 2011 at 9:05 PM
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    I'm not sure what it's called, but it's the sticker that is in the door jam of the driver side door. It says that stock my truck was equipped with 225/75/15 size wheels/tires. But the window sticker from when it was purchased off the lot says 265/75/15 were on the truck as part as the package included. My question is: If tires size is a factor in correct speed, then what tire size was my transmission calibrated at in the factory? I know i can use the tire size calculator to figure out what my speed would be with different tire sizes, but where to i start? at 225/75/15 or 265/75/15?
     
  2. Mar 8, 2011 at 3:40 AM
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    265/75/15 tires were available in 1998 as part of either a factory alloy wheels upgrade package or the Sport Value Package. So I believe your larger tires were a factory option.

    There's no 'calibration' of the transmission at all - it has the same gearing for all equivalent models regardless of options or equipment. Same basically goes for the differential / final gear ratios, though these do vary depending on exact model / configuration.

    Any speed-related calibration would have involved your speedometer (which became electronic with the 1998 model year).

    If your speedometer / ECM had been calibrated for 225/75/15 tires, the larger ones would have the speedo reading 8.4% too slow. Toyota calibrates speedometers to read up to 5% fast.

    Based on these facts (plus a known incident where reverting to 'standard size' tires caused a big miscalibration of the speedo on a similarly-optioned 1st gen Taco) I'm pretty confident your truck's speedometer was calibrated for the larger optional tires.
     

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