Speedometer that goes over 85?

[Tim]

Anyone ever heard of/modified a Festiva speedometer that goes over 85?

[QuasiMofo]

Anyone ever heard of a Festiva that goes over 85?

[darkdan]

lol!

My aspire goes to like 110....it couldn't go 110 if I dropped it off a cliff!

[Kindred]

I know of at least one guy who's broken 150 in his festiva.

[QuasiMofo]

Gotwalts was pretty quick too.

Anyway back to the question, I have printed a speedometer after getting the primary position for each speed. I used a different engine and tranny than what was in the car to start with and a majorly different diameter. The vehicle in question was a 1989 Ford Ranger with a Carbed 5.0, a T5 and 225/5016 tires



sorry for the celluloid to digital pic but it is the only one I have left of the truck.

I used a brush script font, made it on my PC, saved it as a .JPG took it to a buddy who did vinyl transfers, he cut it out, I took the speedo apart and sanded the old lettering off touched it up with some body filler and painted it matte black. I used a set of leds aimed at the speedo to illuminate it at night.

[hellraiser6919]

when i was in idaho me and my friend where going back to boise through the mountains and he was behind me at one point going down hill he said we were going 105 or so.

[aithanmier]

i have to say i was amazed when i first got the aspire and it could hit 90 lol....i could barely hit 80 in the festiva....going downhill in a strong tailwind

best bet would be to use aftermarket gauges. i know one guy on here used autometers mounted in an aluminum(i think) panel. didn't look too bad if you ask me. and usefull after an engine swap too lol

[hellraiser6919]

i can bury my speedon on flat land... only mod i have is the cold air intake and cone filter. stock wheels too.

[Gforcefd]

RX-7

I am using a 91? RX-7 Dash cluster, the speedo cable hooks right up, but it has to be rewired for the festy harness, I have to wait till I get my BP in to get the speedo calibrated right though. I also have a mazda miata cluster I wanted to use, but the cable is different and I don't know if I can get one off from a protege that will fit.

The Rx-7 goes to 135 I think.

[Tim]

Aside from the wiring, are any ofter mids necessary to install the RX-7 cluster?

The RX-7 steering wheel bolted on my Festy with no problems...

[glacius182]

With my first Festy I got a Ticket in Pennsylvenia driving at 92mph and I foot wasn't on the metal. 8) Cost me a month of work

[Little_Red_Rocket]

The speedo in my festiva goes up to 180 k/ph im pretty sure that works out to be about 110 m/ph, and i got it up to 140-150 k/ph on a straight road.

[fastivaca]

The European cluster goes up to 160 km/hour (100 mph).
I've had the needle buried on the original cluster numerous times... bu don't tell anyone OK

Ian
92 GL Sport
Calgary

[wtfman2]

My speedo has been buried so many times that it actually wore a groove into the front piece of plastic with the needle.

[Tim]

Doesn't it throw off the calibration when you do that?