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Old Jan 26, 2018 | 08:05 AM
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Default 81 speedometer replacement 140mph wanted...
does anyone here re calibrate or rebuild the 85mph speedo into a 140 version? Is it anything more than a different tooth speedo gear (cable end) and a numbers reface?

85 mph just doesn't look right in America's Sportscar...
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Old Jan 26, 2018 | 09:05 AM
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does anyone here re calibrate or rebuild the 85mph speedo into a 140 version? Is it anything more than a different tooth speedo gear (cable end) and a numbers reface?

85 mph just doesn't look right in America's Sportscar...
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willcox corvette did mine for me. I bought a speedo out of a 78 and they swapped the face and calibrated it for me.
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I think mine went thru ZIP.
I am sure all the vendors have one guy that does it. I just don't know who.
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There's a place in Florida called corvettegaugeservice.com that does the conversion..
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Looks like Ecklers has a service, send in the 85mph and get back a 165mph

https://www.ecklerscorvette.com/corv...1978-1982.html
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