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Old Mar 18, 2024 | 08:13 PM
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Has anyone used this converter from speedhut? I’d so what are your thoughts on it?

https://speedhut.com/supershops/speedbox-without-mechanical-cable-gps-vss-to-mechanical-drive-speed-converter/

are there any options out there besides this, the one from Dakota and the tail housing conversions?
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Old Mar 23, 2024 | 10:26 PM
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I have a Cable X in my 4L80E equipped 71 Chevelle and when I was faced with the same for my T56 equipped 73 Vega, I just didn't have the room under the dash. Instead I followed a couple different threads by ls1nova1 and converted my 130 mph Vega GT speedo to electronic using the guts from a '93 Corsica cluster (I bought off ebay for $35). My buddy Rubens 3D printed a couple brackets, and it wasn't that difficult. The hardest part was removing the extra digit from the electronic odometer.



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Old Mar 23, 2024 | 10:35 PM
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I have a Cable X in my 4L80E equipped 71 Chevelle and when I was faced with the same for my T56 equipped 73 Vega, I just didn't have the room under the dash. Instead I followed a couple different threads by ls1nova1 and converted my 130 mph Vega GT speedo to electronic using the guts from a '93 Corsica cluster (I bought off ebay for $35). My buddy Rubens 3D printed a couple brackets, and it wasn't that difficult. The hardest part was removing the extra digit from the electronic odometer.
that turned out really nice
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I use the Dakota Digital ECD-100. Works great. $85 bucks less than the speed hut deal.
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I'm also gonna' do the Dakota Digital ECD-100 with my 4L60E to support the analog speedometer in my recently acquired 1970 Pontiac Catalina convertible.

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