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This is a forum to discuss the conversion of a VW Vanagon
to a TDI (Turbodiesel Direct Injection) engine.
Technical aspects of such a conversion and helpful resources
will be discussed here. Comments about other TDI-conversions are welcome.

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Re: Bigger wheels no Speedometer change??
Speedometer cable reads the wheel rotation speed, not the speed over the ground.  If you put your old tires back on and do the GPS test you will see that the
Posted - Wed Jul 9, 2008 6:05 am
 David Marshall
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Re: Can bus system?
The instrument cluster has two sets of CAN wires, one to the OBD connector and one to the ECU.  When I install the ECU in the rear I use shielded 18ga
Posted - Wed Jul 9, 2008 6:03 am
 David Marshall
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Re: Bigger wheels no Speedometer change??
... Dave, In my experience, the stock speedos are frequently optimistic. You'd made it more accurate by using taller tires. BenT
Posted - Wed Jul 9, 2008 5:11 am
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Re: Bigger wheels no Speedometer change??
Certainly makes me wonder, but its too much work to bring it back to stock now just to find out. Dave ... 215/70/16's and don't
Posted - Wed Jul 9, 2008 4:55 am
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Re: Bigger wheels no Speedometer change??
Was the speedo accurate before? Tom ... From: vangon2tdi <dmiller@...> Subject: [TDI-conversion] Bigger wheels no Speedometer change?? To:
Posted - Wed Jul 9, 2008 4:48 am
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