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v6's and t-tops!!

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Old Aug 18, 2003 | 06:41 AM
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v6's and t-tops!!

Did and v6 birds come with the t-tops from the factory??

i think i may get a 80ish bird and was curious and from the search it seems that some people have it but only in the 3.1 or 3.4 and not factory??

also will a v6 feul sender work in my 5.0 TBI??

thanx!!
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Old Aug 18, 2003 | 08:37 AM
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Car: 13 Ram 1500/ 78 Formy
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yes, t-tops available on all 6cyl models. maybe even the 4cyls too

TBI? ok,

the sender should work on the f-body, it's based on an ohm reading range.


edit: like the gauges, but what's up w/a 120 sppedo? 85 is where it's at

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Old Aug 18, 2003 | 11:25 AM
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85??? you must be kidding lol i love my 120 speedo by the way the guages are from my TBI... the 6 cylinder i may get will be a daily driver while i put my new heads on this car! so i may need you guys for all my v6 needs! but thanx to you i'll be able to read my gas again with the v6 sender in my car
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Old Aug 18, 2003 | 11:18 PM
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yeah 85. That way, when the car running the way it should, I could technically burry the spedo @ the track on a stock engine
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Old Aug 19, 2003 | 10:52 AM
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You guys need to get ahold of that 140mph v6 speedo!
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Old Aug 20, 2003 | 12:31 AM
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Originally posted by Mitch DoGG
You guys need to get ahold of that 140mph v6 speedo!
where do you get the 140mph speedo?????
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Old Aug 20, 2003 | 04:10 PM
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i've got a 140 mph speedo...wasn't for a v6 but'll work, prob is i've gotta do a guage conversion to use it, cause i've got the ole' mechanical unit...but getting something like that for free makes whatever mods needed more than worth the time and energy, plus it'll be nice when start the Ls1 swap.
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Old Aug 20, 2003 | 04:25 PM
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Somebody on here had a white face one, I think he made it himself. I got my hands on a copy, and switched it over to black. I honestly can't remember his name.

Edit.. found the thread, go here:
https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hreadid=193244

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Old Aug 21, 2003 | 12:23 AM
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The 89 Turbo TransAm had a V6- what was the speedo on that?
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Old Aug 21, 2003 | 11:02 AM
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Thats a good question, my best guess would be that since it is a trans am, it would have a properly calibrated v8 speedo. I could be wrong though.
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Old Aug 21, 2003 | 12:01 PM
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more likely than not it also had the 140mph speedo, just a thought....since all of the cars since then would have been electric speedos, all they would have to do is get the VSS from the tranny, and boom, in business.
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