ELECTRIC SPEEDO CONVERSION

[dandw]

HI ALL, 1ST POST ,DONT KNOW IF ITS IN THE RIGHT SECTION BUT HERE GOES..IM BUILDING A COPY OF AN OLD RACE CAR AND WANT TO USE THE REV COUNTER AND SPEEDO FROM THE EARLY JAG,S 5" DIAMETER ,THE REV COUNTRT SHOULD BE O.K. ..THE ENGINE IM USEING IS BMW 325 I ,WITH TRIPLE WEBBER 45,S 6 CYLINDER ,SAME CONFIGARATION AS THE JAGUAR ,ALSO SAME AS THE ORIGINAL CAR ( MASERATI 2.5 STRAIGHT 6)IM TRYING TO COPY..MY QUESTION IS CAN I MODIFY THE INSIDES OF A MODERN ELECTRIC SPEEDO TO FIT INSIDE THE OLD JAG SPEEDO ,BUT KEEP THE OLD SPEEDO FACE AND NEEDLE ??.....OR ALTERATIVLY ANY BODY RECOMMEND SOMEWHERE WHERE I CAN GET NEW 5 " SPEEDO , .....THANKS DAN

[Caulkhead]

dandw said:

HI ALL, 1ST POST ,DONT KNOW IF ITS IN THE RIGHT SECTION BUT HERE GOES..IM BUILDING A COPY OF AN OLD RACE CAR AND WANT TO USE THE REV COUNTER AND SPEEDO FROM THE EARLY JAG,S 5" DIAMETER ,THE REV COUNTRT SHOULD BE O.K. ..THE ENGINE IM USEING IS BMW 325 I ,WITH TRIPLE WEBBER 45,S 6 CYLINDER ,SAME CONFIGARATION AS THE JAGUAR ,ALSO SAME AS THE ORIGINAL CAR ( MASERATI 2.5 STRAIGHT 6)IM TRYING TO COPY..MY QUESTION IS CAN I MODIFY THE INSIDES OF A MODERN ELECTRIC SPEEDO TO FIT INSIDE THE OLD JAG SPEEDO ,BUT KEEP THE OLD SPEEDO FACE AND NEEDLE ??.....OR ALTERATIVLY ANY BODY RECOMMEND SOMEWHERE WHERE I CAN GET NEW 5 " SPEEDO , .....THANKS DAN

Hi Dan and welcome.

Please turn off your caps lock and retype that in a more intelligible format and I'm sure someone will be able to help you.

[MX7]

There are a variety of ways of doing it. You'd be better to post in the Kit Car section.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/forum.asp?h=0&a...