62. Speedometer

[johnlq6975]

I'm putting an LS motor in a 62 what problemb am I going to run into with speedometer . Or should I say how do I keep from having trouble. Is their special gauges to purchase?

[Captainfab]

Installing just an LS engine will have no effect on the speedo. Now if you are also installing an electronically controlled trans behind the LS engine, there will not be a place to connect a speedo cable to drive your '62 speedo. This is because the electronically controlled transmissions have an output for an electronic speedo. You can address this a couple ways. One is to go with a Cable-X box to drive your mechanical speedo. They are around $300. Second, you can possibly get a new tailshaft housing for the trans, which will allow you to connect a speedo cable for your mechanical speedo. I believe that will run about $600. Third is to install an electronic speedo in your dash and any related components to get the signal from the PCM to the speedo. I don't know what the price on that would be as I have not comletely priced that out. The speedos alone are about $200. I have also heard of a GPS speedo, but I don't know anything about them

Originally Posted by johnlq6975

I'm putting an LS motor in a 62 what problemb am I going to run into with speedometer . Or should I say how do I keep from having trouble. Is their special gauges to purchase?

[johnlq6975]

Thanks I'm trying to buy an LS motor and transmission with all the computer stuff out of a wreck so what I'll do is update my gages thanks for the help

[awbrown]

maybe a garmin and a tach would be a cheaper route ..............I really like the looks of the 60-63 speedo ,but at the same time I am one cheap kinda guy ...