Canadian GT
#1
Canadian GT
Just purchased a 2011 GT Convertible. Two questions:
Is there a site that I can get the rear axle ratio from the VIN?
Being a Canadian car the speedometer backing is primarily in KPH. Is it expensive to have this changed this to the American version?
Is there a site that I can get the rear axle ratio from the VIN?
Being a Canadian car the speedometer backing is primarily in KPH. Is it expensive to have this changed this to the American version?
#2
You can search the Ford vin label on-line, determine the codes appropriate to your vehicle, OR
you can determine the axle ratio yourself, if you don't mind groveling around with the car raised up. Lift one rear wheel off the ground, supporting the vehicle of course. Grasp the tire and attempt to rotate it. If it turns easily, you have either: a non-locking rear axle, or a worn-out locking axle. If it won't turn, raise BOTH rear wheels. Mark a chalk line on a tire, adjacent to the ground. Have a confederate (or yourself) turn the driveshaft (in NEUTRAL) paying attention to #of turns, while you watch that chalk mark. The number of driveshaft turns to produce ONE tire revolution is the gear ratio. This description is for a LOCKING differential only.
Going back to one tire off the ground, turns freely: Count # of driveshaft turns to achieve ONE tire rotation. Divide that number by 2: that's the gear ratio. imp
#3
MPH backing are like $20; search & you will find tons.
If i still had my American Mustang, i would trade you, cause mine was MPH, & trying to read the KPH was near impossible haha
... I was looking for a backing that was KPH-only (or with big KPH #s, and there were none online;
i traded my 2006 mustang this summer,
but there are lots online & instructions probably)
If i still had my American Mustang, i would trade you, cause mine was MPH, & trying to read the KPH was near impossible haha
... I was looking for a backing that was KPH-only (or with big KPH #s, and there were none online;
i traded my 2006 mustang this summer,
but there are lots online & instructions probably)
Last edited by Gravydog316; 10-20-2017 at 01:43 AM.