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Old Jun 1, 2015 | 02:08 PM
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I have a 5.3/T56 swapped into my 1998 F150 and would like to purchase an aftermarket speedometer gauge that will work with the T56 without adapters. Is there such an animal?
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Try these guys I used one of their direct fit dashes on a 66 c10. Works flawlessly

http://www.newvintageusa.com/

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I went with Livorsi gauges. They are CAN bus gauges with a GPS speedo. The speedo updates 10x a second so it should always be on track. You can pretty much do an all in one gauge as my speedo (and tach) has a display window that shows all engine sensors.

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I used an electric Autometer speedometer. Very easy to calibrate and I've had no issues.
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Speed hut
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I went with speedhut GPS speedo...couldn't be happier
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Any reason you dont want to use the factory gauges? You should be able use a Dakota digital pulse changer. Your cluster should be 8000ppm, the GM is 4000ppm.
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