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(07-23-2021, 01:25 AM)vegas_ss Wrote: Yes, that was what I was thinking of trying. Would like to get it pretty accurate for 25 - 55 mph. Will try and gauge ~ 3-4 mph difference.
A couple of years ago I purchased a 140mph conversion kit from eBay. It was an easy enough project, but the speed readings—like yours—vary across the gauge.
My OEM speedometer was off by around 3 mph, which I got used to over the years, but this one is off by as much as 7 mph at 85–it diverges farther apart from there, so at 90 it’s almost 10 mph, and so on.
I complained to the company—in the eBay listing they claimed that they test every kit with a working model speedometer. After several emails it became obvious that they did not in fact test our TC speedos—they said that they could not duplicate the problem so they could not offer a solution. This back-and-forth took months. After a while it also became obvious that they were either too busy, too lazy or too apathetic to pursue a fix, and I received a refund. When I asked if they were going to pull this particular kit off the shelf, the response was that they would still try and figure out what was wrong and would let me know how I might fix it.
I have a GPS in the Navigation mode of my media entertainment center I put in a few years ago, and whenever I can I use that. I know at least one former member (in addition to Jeff) created his own homemade version, if you know electronics its not that hard.
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1987 Turbo Coupe w/T5OD, 8.8 axle, grey smoke; most options. Got it in 1991 with 41K miles: 3 turbos, 2 heater cores, 3 T5OD full rebuilds, 6 clutches, 1 head gasket, 2 Teves II ABS units, etc. later....
1987 Turbo Coupe w/T5OD, 8.8 axle, grey smoke; most options. Got it in 1991 with 41K miles: 3 turbos, 2 heater cores, 3 T5OD full rebuilds, 6 clutches, 1 head gasket, 2 Teves II ABS units, etc. later....
