How fast am I going?

When I bought my car, it had an Auto Meter electronic speedo installed, but it's not operating. After searching around, I found this

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/RP...4165/?rtype=10

Has anyone used one and if so, are you happy with the results? Any input about this product or any other will be appreciated.....

 

I just use my Garmin GPS ...



It came in handy calibrating my speedometer

 

I did the same thing when i needed to change a speedometer gear. Got the speedo up to 55mph and compared it to the GPS speed to figure out how much the speed was off.

 

Never used something like this - I guess you'd use it with the existing speedometer you have?

 

GPS is great idea for figuring out your speed.

 

If it's a newer electronic speedo you should be able to do the GPS thing to set it up correctly. My VDO had three different ways to set up the speedo.

 

GPS is cheap, accurate, portable and kinda handy at times.

 

you arent kidding! i love my gps

 

I have one of these http://www.opticsplanet.net/busspeedrads.html I can put it in any Car or stand at the curb and read your speed. Not very traditonal but niether is any of the proposed solutions so far.

 

all you need is a cop with a radar gun. That's how I do it.....

 

Do what I do. Count the interval between telephone poles.

One one thousand, two one thousand, three one thou....is about 60 mph

 

My truck is barely ever able to make the speed limit, so I don't worry about it much.

 

IS GPS TRADITIONAL?

Sorry I just had to get that out of my system. That was for the IFS crowd

 

I drive off the tach a fair amount. With a 3.28 rearend and TH350 transmission I get almost 400 rpm for every 10 miles per hour. Want to do 45 mph? Turn 1800 rpm. (verified it with the GPS-not traditional but very effective)

 

haha I used my gps on my phone application when my speedo broke on my filthyfour chevy... never did fix it. haha

 

One of the big names now offers a GPS speedo driver. I think it is Autometer Marine. Hide it where it has a view of the sky and it will drive your electronic speedo.


This company offers their own speedo with GPS sensor.
http://www.speedhut.com/custom_gauge_description-gauge_type-Speedometer_GPS-auto_number-820.htm

 

I use an APP from my Iphone called Speedometer ........... dead on with GPS tracking !

Used it once to get the limo driver to "speed it up" so I wouldn't miss the plane. Fool was going 55 in a 65 .......... What's with That !!!!! I made the plane .............

 

Actually, I like that idea, but don't have a tach. Maybe I'll just replace the speedo with a tach, but I just hate to waste an expensive speedo. Suppose someone would want to buy it (pretty cheap)?

 

Thanks...I'm liking that idea a lot.

 

GEE !! Just contact Auto Meter and get the correct signal generator to work with that speedo head for your trans app. Whats the problem with that?

 

Those iPhone apps are pretty cool... I have the Speedometer one, a different one that calculates distance, average speed, top speed, and elapsed time, and another one that does the 0-60, 0-60-0, quarter mile ET, and some skidpad stuff.