speedometer question

[Soupy]

i seen on the jtr website about changing the tailshaft from a cable driven tranny to using the tailshaft out of a 4L60E with the speed sensor and gear. i\'m using the 700r4 out of an \'86 firebird which is cable driven. i know my 94 is electronic. i\'m changing to individual guages. if i use a mechanical speedo from autometer and the original cable from my car, will that work instead of switching the tailshafts?

[rflunt]

Yes it should if your changing the whole speedometer and setup to mechancial. As long as the speedo is mechancial to I don;t see why not.

[gdmclnh]

You\'ll have to determine what gear combination you need at the transmission to make the speedo read correctly. TCI transmissions has a lot of info on how to figure this out. You need rear end ratio, tire diameter, etc. to figure this out.

[sorj]

don\'t forget you will have to wire up your lock up converter, My 86 TA had a VSS, are you sure about the year? Don\'t forget that some ABS systems use the VSS for the signal. I can\'t remember for the 94. You may have to use the electronic/mechanical VSS for your project.

[Soupy]

you were correct about vss. the ta did have a vss on the tranny so that will make everything a heck of a lot easier to work with

[Lin]

I just change my 700r4 cable to a sensor, It was not a problem. I just took off the gear and used some brass to put on the sensor ring on they have another name for it, and also change out the cable sensor to a eletric sensor.