I 'modified' my 85 mph speedometer.


Before

 

After (the glue makes the metal look a bit funny). I'll have a pic of the install tomorrow--it looks sweet. I decided not to go with the common white faced guages--don't think it would fit the rest of the interior.

 

Just snapped a pic....

 

Interesting, is the speedo still right, at least up to 85 mph??

 

It should be really close anyway, I'll try it out tomorrow(the last pic doesn't look as good as it really is). It didn't register real accurate before--I need to get some speedo gears once I figure out how far it's off. FYI, it's printed off on photo-paper with a lexmark z22, created it using paintshop pro.

 

Nice speedo! Let us know if the speedo still right.:rockon:

 

Actually it will be 5mph off at 85. Before 85 was about straight up, and now 80 is straight up. I did that on purpose because no speedo gears exist for 3.73's and 245/45R16. It would be easy to create the speedo 'picture' with the same location for the numbers if needed. This isn't any different than the white faced guages people do, other than it's black with white numbers instead. When the brights are on, the line at 85 lights up brighter(I didn't like the blue thing). One other thing, I did remove the peg at 85 mph--I actually did that years ago so the speedo would keep on going past 85.

 

Just as I figured, the speedo is almost accurate now--3 mph off at 65.

 

cool I really dont care if its off by that much.

 

Can you go 160 now?

 

Around 150 it runs out of rpm. I wanted to go with 170, but I didn't have room for the numbers. The template I started with was the 145 speedo that is located here:
http://members.fbody.com/blackrocz/wfg.htm
Here is a 'reverse' of what I created(if someone wants the fullsize of this let me know):

 

82camaro

I'd be interested in getting a copy of the original.
You have mail.

 

You have mail...

 

Looks much better!