how rare is a 160 mph factory iroc speedo? i had one from a 1987 iroc 350 auto tpi car.....the car i believe came from canada and it was definatelly miles not kilimeters! but it did seem like all the other gauges were somewhat different also....any one have answers? just curious about it

 

 

How much you want? Lol if I wasn't swapping to 4th gen interior I would be all over this lol

 

its not for sale....i sold it awhile ago....i just found the pic i had of it and was wanting to get info on it

 

The speedometer looks right. The other Gauges look funny, also there is another digit spot for the mileage. But don't know the value would be nice to know tho If I come across one.

 

I think the cluster is from a Canadian car. They have that fuel level w/ the little circle icons, an oil press. gauge in KPa and a temp in degC. Only weird thing is, Canada cars had speedos in kmh, that one is mph.

 

This is the cluster from my Canadian car. Maybe someone swapped the speedo to mph, that 160 mph one sure is a nice unit. I have one exactly like it but it's 145mph.

 

That's not a factory speedo. Those are aftermarket pieces that were available a long time ago. That's why the print doesn't match the other gauges.

 

it was from a canadian iroc....fyi everyone..

 

It's not Canadian, if it was Canadian it would be in KMH. It's an aftermarket piece.

 

find some online source on how this is an" aftermarket piece" its not a fact until you can support that claim which is all im wanting to find out

 

Been posted here a lot over the years

My old 87 Yellow Iroc had one too. It Was a 350/A4 / TTop car.
OIL PSI made me think it was a CANADIAN cluster but the MPH was on the outside and KP on the inside.



More info on the 160 speedo
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/hist...what-cars.html

RIGHT OUTA A MAG atricle for ya..
CORVETTE CONCEPTS made then for the camaros and monty ss back in the day.
one of the threads said how the dealers swapped them in.



https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/body...eedometer.html
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/tech...ph-speedo.html

 

Considering that this gauge at its newest is at least 19yrs old and at its oldest is 29yrs old, what makes you think that anyone would have information on the web about it? Things back in that day were sold by TV ads, mail order catalogs, and phone calls. Pre-1999ish, there was no real internet sales market. As odd as this sounds for me to say, Im 24, I remember when Windows 95 got IE so you could web browse in 1996. By 1996, I'd be willing to bet that gauge wasn't being sold anywhere.

There might be one or two members on here who still have a stack of mail order catalogs that it might be in, but thats a slim to none chance at best. It ain't on the web. I'm 99.999999999999999999999% sure of it.

*EDIT*

The post above didn't show up while I was posting this. However, as you can see, it wasn't sold online back then.

 

Gale Banks sold these 4 early Trans Ams also

 

funny how all i had to do is ask for someone to post some proof of them being aftermarket and bam....they did? no need to be rude about it...im not on a google forum about random topics im on the number one websight for third gen camaro advice so dont be so quick to doubt members on here....everyone has some knowledge others dont

 

How do you think I know about members stacks of mail order catalogs & hot roddin' magazines? I've been around here long enough to know that somethings aren't on the web due to how old the part is. I've been pointed to several parts from a handful of members on here who do still have their stacks of magazines. Just because one person has the info, doesn't mean everyone else will.

Seeing as how FSTFBDY has pointed this out multiple times to several people, I'd have to say he is one of the few people or only person here that has undisputable evidence to say its an aftermarket gauge. You didn't believe anyone saying it was aftermarket until he posted. I knew it wasn't stock because you can't get a GM stock speedo that is faster than 145mph. Hawks Thirdgen is your friend for finding stock thirdgen parts.

http://www.hawksthirdgenparts.com/

 

I prob. wouldnt have know about it being aftermarket either untill I bought an 87 yellow iroc and was like WOW a 160 speedo. Then did some research.

89_RS, I think the oldest mag. I still have dates back to 1989 was beack when GM HI TECH PERFORMANCE was just called HI Tech Perf.. I have stacks of everything from hot rod, etc. Thinned the shelf and shipped off 2 milk crates full of stuff also. Still have dozens left. lol

 

I wonder what the cost was to have them swapped out?

 

i have no need for buying stock third gen parts nor does it matter if only one person on this whole sight had the evidence i was lookig for point is i found the answer i was looking for end of story

 

On a site that focuses on third gen Camaros and Firebirds, why should someone have to prove an item is aftermarket when the proof was already given that it wasn't factory? If it's not factory, then there's the proof that it's aftermarket!!

 

i want one.........buying a camaro friday lol

 

Gee nice way to get all salty about being proved wrong, maroKID is a very good forum name for you.

 

These were definitely aftermarket. I had one in my 1985 Trans Am. The font doesn't match the stock speedometer and gauges at all. If it was a factory option it would look more like the factory 145MPH speedometers.

If you need further convincing, then try and find the RPO code for that option. The codes exist for the packages etc. that gave you the 145MPH speedometer. None exist for the 160MPH speedo and GM has RPOs for everything that can be optioned in a vehicle.

 

i still want one haha, it would look badass in my new Z28 xD

 

Please let this thread die, I am tired of seeing it.

 

but where would i look for one, just ebay and other classifieds, anyone still making them or selling them, could i get one from gm?