Mechanical Speedo to Electric Speedo
09-07-2008, 01:24 AM
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Mechanical Speedo to Electric Speedo
I have been looking at the Cobalt gauges by AutoMeter and I must say, I like them best.
I think down the road I plan on converting all the gauges in my car to autometer cobalts with the Covans classic bezel at summit. Only one problem
. The Cobalt speedo is electric and my car's speedo is mechanical.
The stock speedometer in my car was an 85 MPH, swapped for a 145 MPH by the previous owner and It's already having trouble giving false readings. The Cobalt is a 160MPH.
What parts/mods would be needed in order to make an electric speedo work in a mechanical speedo car and work right with the higher MPH reading?
Is it as simple as grabbing a mechanical to electronic speedometer box at Hawks or is that the jiffy rig way of doing it?
I think down the road I plan on converting all the gauges in my car to autometer cobalts with the Covans classic bezel at summit. Only one problem
. The Cobalt speedo is electric and my car's speedo is mechanical.
The stock speedometer in my car was an 85 MPH, swapped for a 145 MPH by the previous owner and It's already having trouble giving false readings. The Cobalt is a 160MPH.
What parts/mods would be needed in order to make an electric speedo work in a mechanical speedo car and work right with the higher MPH reading?
Is it as simple as grabbing a mechanical to electronic speedometer box at Hawks or is that the jiffy rig way of doing it?
09-07-2008, 04:02 AM
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Re: Mechanical Speedo to Electric Speedo
I'll be interested in how you do this because when my interior goes back in in was planing on using all Autometer Cobolt gauges.
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