question to all but more for Subaru powered 914's, Don't be shy and show me your speedos....and not the swim suit kind!!!! Options

[ahycaramba]

Hello fellow teeners,
I'm currently building a resto mod 914 with a turbo powered ej20 engine and trans. I got me a 930 turbo tach and have my eye on a triple gauge from NHS. I also am planing on having the gauges illuminate in red.
I was wanting to know if anybody here is using the 911 VDO electronic speedometer or anything that would match oem style VDO gauges? I was considering speed hut speedometer but I am afraid their gauge lighting will not match up with what I am looking for (a look of matching set). any suggestions? Pictures are appreciated as well.

Also will the pickup signal from the Subaru trans work on the 911 gauge and be accurate?


Thanks'
Al

[timothy_nd28]

If the stock look is truly what you're after, then Ross and Mark's setup is what you'll want to do. I will also be using a 911 electric speedo for my boxster S transaxle conversion with speedhealer to make everything talk nicely. This seems to be the easiest way, unless you get a GPS speedo.

If you go the route of buying a 911 electric speedo, go ahead and buy that 20x30 plastic gear. They seem to be sold everywhere on the internet. The old gear inside the 911 speedo is made from some brittle bakelite plastic which will shatter (if it hasn't already), the newer gear is made out of nylon I believe.

Since you will have this gauge apart and you are after just one color of backlighting, I would recommend buying red side emitting LED flexible strips. I have a thread in my signature on how to install these to your gauges. This style of LED's are far better than the bayonet style LED's.