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plumber452 · 12-24-2020, 11:12 AM

Well I thought some people might be interested in a update. I have completed my electric con version and it works great!!!! My biggest disappointment is in the way I painted the numbers on the face. LS1Nova71 was very clear about painting the numbers and doing light coats. I did light coats but using the "If a little is good a lot is better" mentality, the heavy coats resulted in some paint bleeding under the stencil on a few numbers and they didn't come out as crisp and sharp as LS1 Nova71's.

Also, on the temperature gauge I ended up adding in I think 7ohms of resistance to get the needle to read in the normal range at normal operating temperature.

So, all in all I really enjoyed working on it, it works great (and accurately) and love it when a few people that has seen it says "I didn't know these trucks had a 120MPH speedometer" LOL!!!

Again thanks to LS1Nova71 for all of his help and I'd do another one if I get the chance.

12-24-2020, 11:12 AM	#544
plumber452 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 35	Re: 67-72 Electric speedo Well I thought some people might be interested in a update. I have completed my electric con version and it works great!!!! My biggest disappointment is in the way I painted the numbers on the face. LS1Nova71 was very clear about painting the numbers and doing light coats. I did light coats but using the "If a little is good a lot is better" mentality, the heavy coats resulted in some paint bleeding under the stencil on a few numbers and they didn't come out as crisp and sharp as LS1 Nova71's. Also, on the temperature gauge I ended up adding in I think 7ohms of resistance to get the needle to read in the normal range at normal operating temperature. So, all in all I really enjoyed working on it, it works great (and accurately) and love it when a few people that has seen it says "I didn't know these trucks had a 120MPH speedometer" LOL!!! Again thanks to LS1Nova71 for all of his help and I'd do another one if I get the chance.