Anyone Make 160MPH Gauges
 

I have been waiting a long time to see someone, or company make a factory style 160 or more MPH speedometer. I was able, although poorly, make a gauge inlay using the limited tools at my disposal. Anyone know of something like this in production?

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I am looking for a Oem Exact style but higher than 140.

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The factory gauge is internally mechanically limited to about 145mph iirc.
If you want to get silly, you can cut the electric signal in half to the speedo (with a quick wiring trick from the factory VSS box) and then have the gauge made to read to 280mph

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You can always follow my lead and switch over to aftermarket gauges: https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/inte...i-made-my.html
I got the idea from this member's thread: https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/afte...order-led.html
He has a firebird and while the pictures have diappeared I believe that he was able to use the existing gauge holes to mount the gauges so he didn't have to chop up a bracket and use a piece of ABS like I did.
I thought about getting a 160 mph speedometer but in the end I don't think this car will ever break 140 mph in the quarter mile so I went with the 140. Plus the lower the speedometer displays the easier it is to read quickly.


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Here is a GPS based 4" speedometer:http://www.speedhut.com/gauge/GR4-GP...-and-high-beam)
You can still run your VSS to your ecm or you can buy a non-GPS based speedometer for a little less money. But the thought of knowing that I can change gears, rear ends, tire size, rim size and transmissions as much as I want and never have to worry about the accuracy of the speedometer is music to my ears.