[T3] Speedometer/Odometer ratio?

[Jim Adney]

Okay, a little work with Google, and I found the answer.

First, I was wrong about US cars using a standard 100 rev/mile, it is 
1000 rev/mile, and it's not particularly standard anymore.

For VDO, the ratio is the number of revs/mile divided by 1000. So for 
our speedos, W0.82 means that our speedos expect the speedometer 
cable to turn 820 revs per mile. So this was really quite 
straightforward.

I checked my German/English distionary to see if "ratio" translates 
into a German word beginning with W. It comes out as Verhaltnis, 
which is close, but no cigar. It's possible, however, that there's a 
more appropriate German word that does begin with W.

Any German speakers out there?

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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