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Old 12-13-2011, 01:38 AM
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Default SPEEDO Faceplate in KPH for US cars to Canada

I'm not sure if any manufacturer in Canada or US can or will do this for a US Speedo.
If they can, please let us know soon before we order from Germany.

The ones that can be bought in Germany are a bit expensive at approx 115 euros or $152.00 US or $155.00 Can
The good news is, that the 320 KPH will read correctly with this one, as it is rescaled to read the correct KPH from an american car speedo.
I believe that from the new faceplate, that if one changes from metric to english, that the mph will also be scaled correctly. I am trying to confirm this from the contact info on the site.
http://www.heiler-tachodesign.de/Gau...orvette-C6-Z06

New Info:
This is how it works.
When you put the Kph faceplate on, it will read in Kph when the DIC is set to English, and read in MPH when the DIC is set to Metric.
If you have HUD, then the HUD would read in MPH, and the Speedo would show in KPH, and vice versa.

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Just go into "OPTIONS" and switch from English to Metric and your speedo will
display in Km.
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Originally Posted by Triumph Jerry
Just go into "OPTIONS" and switch from English to Metric and your speedo will
display in Km.
That won't change the numbers on the gauge though I believe thats a HUD option only
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Originally Posted by Vel-Yellowc6
That won't change the numbers on the gauge though I believe thats a HUD option only
Mine did, when I bought my '09 the speedo was in km so I changed it to English and everything changed to mph.
I even thought to myself, "How dey do dat." ..I was surprized when
it all changed.
Or maybe the OP is talking about something else.
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The max reading of the speedo on the base C6 is 200. The top speed of a C6 is maybe 185 mph which is about 300 kph, well in excess of the 200 max on the dial. If one leaves the DIC on the mph setting and replaces the dial with one that reads in kph, the top speed should show up correctly on the dash. 200 kph is about 125 mph, fast enough for most drivers, but not all.
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I have a 300 KPH speedo...when in the states I switch it to US from metric and it reads in mph....at 30mph the needle hardly moves lol
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Originally Posted by Triumph Jerry
Just go into "OPTIONS" and switch from English to Metric and your speedo will
display in Km.
Yes, it does change from Kpm to mph and back from the DIC, but I'm talking about changing the faceplate on the speedo to read 320KPh basec on the DIC set to English.
The US car speedo only reads to 200 orr 210, so when in MPh, it only reads to 200. The corvettes built for Canada have a speedo of 320Kph.
What some Canadians want, is to change the faceplate to read 320 instead of 200, without having to change out the whole cluster.
See 1st post for clarification

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Is this still a thing?... I have the Canadian C5 FRC cluster which goes to 180kph and can be switched to 180mph with click of a button on the DIC....

Would be nice to have 320kph speedo....
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Originally Posted by a_ahmed
Is this still a thing?... I have the Canadian C5 FRC cluster which goes to 180kph and can be switched to 180mph with click of a button on the DIC....

Would be nice to have 320kph speedo....
I have a US model that the Canadian OE purchased in Scottdale AZ and imported into Canada. Naturally it has the speedo face graduations up to 210. I don't see the need to have a Km graduated face since switching the DIC to metric makes it read on a metric graduated scale using the same numbers. 210 Km's is 130 Mph and I can't see where I would ever need to go faster although one day I would love the experience of driving it at 300.

I recently did try at night on a good rural road with no traffic nudging up to maximum reading on the analog speedo head but I was soon out of straightaway and out of my comfort zone. I'm pretty sure if I was able to keep increasing the speed the digital HUD would have continued to go higher.

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