160mph speedo, what cars? - Third Generation F-Body Message Boards

aaron7 · 11-25-2003, 09:50 AM

This is on ebay, and I was wondering what cars had this stock? I have never seen one...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2444093091

cg91ta · 11-25-2003, 10:08 AM

If i'm not mistaken, this speedo was a 3rd party aftermarket item. They used to be advertised in the magazines.

$179 for a guage cluster??? Nice to see the cluster idling about 1200 rpm though!

LOL

HTH!

labrat · 11-25-2003, 10:35 AM

Yes that is an aftermarket speedometer.

84L69TA · 11-25-2003, 02:16 PM

Some of the MSE cars had a 160 speedo....84 for example.

N/A89CamaroRS · 11-28-2003, 10:17 PM

I was under the impression they came in the early 80's pace cars. Is that a possibility?

Nick

scottmoyer · 11-28-2003, 11:03 PM

NO. The 82 Pace Car had an 85 mph, double needle speedo. Their were some dealer over-the-counter upgrades for a 140, but not 160. The 160 were aftermarket.

aaron7 · 11-29-2003, 12:08 PM

Hey that's my speedo!

IceManRS305 · 02-14-2004, 03:04 PM

can i put a 140 speedo in my 91 rs? what years will fit? what should i do.... thanx

ES87iroc · 02-16-2004, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by scottmoyer
NO. The 82 Pace Car had an 85 mph, double needle speedo. Their were some dealer over-the-counter upgrades for a 140, but not 160. The 160 were aftermarket.

Really? I have a 160mph double needle speedo cluster that I pulled from a 82 pace car.

Willie · 02-16-2004, 02:46 PM

Really? I have a 160mph double needle speedo cluster that I pulled from a 82 pace car.

A picture is worth a thousand words:

blyth18md · 02-16-2004, 03:06 PM

damn thats kool, i want one!

ES87iroc · 02-16-2004, 05:10 PM

LoL!

That's the exact one, and that's my garage floor!

blyth18md · 02-16-2004, 05:38 PM

still got it? want to get rid of it cheap? anyway to fix the tach?

Willie · 02-16-2004, 07:40 PM

LoL! That's the exact one, and that's my garage floor!

Yep, I keep images of rare and usual parts and yours is the only one I've ever seen. Why didn't you post it earlier? Hey, that's a pretty rare looking garage floor too! Never seen one quite that color.

Willie

kretos · 02-25-2004, 02:55 AM

is that dual one worth something?
cus i have a buddy with one ic an get for cheap

blyth18md · 02-25-2004, 09:17 AM

My cars an 82 so i got the dual needle 85mph which is common

i dont know if the dual 160 is worth anything, but i havent seen too many of them, so if you can get it cheap i might buy it off of you PM me

aaron7 · 02-25-2004, 09:25 AM

I heard that there was some law in the 80's that cars couldn't have more than an 85mph speedo... but I don't know what years that applied to.

I have an old Car Craft with that double-needle 160 in it... some aftermarket company made it. Same with the 140 speedo with Z28 on it.

Chris Etemadi · 03-03-2004, 02:05 PM

Sorry for kind of bringing this back from the dead, but I have seen a 160 mph speedo in some 2nd gen t/a's And it looks like the gauge in the top pic is one by the looks of the font and look at how many digits, (5) I bet it is out of 2nd gen.