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turbo_jimi Member
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1985 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28
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Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 1:56 pm Post subject: 145mph speedo |
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Just wondering why the redline is at 5k...my stock cluster has a 5500 redline. _________________
1985 Z28 Crate 350, Hurst T-5, 3.23s, Flowmaster Under previous set-up: 143.82 rwhp 216.98 lbs. torque @4390 rpms 3/12/11 |
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aaron_sK Member
Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 8834 Location: Back in beautiful Tacompton
1987 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z
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Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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Because somebody ordered an LG4 or low-output LB9 in an IROC.
More to the point: how sure are you that your LG4 car came factory with a 5500 redline? |
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Alphius Peanut
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Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 2429 Location: Grand Mound
1984 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28
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Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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Only the hot cammed TPI motors and the L69 got the 5500 redline. All LG4, TBI and low output TPI engines had the 5000 redline. _________________ 84 Camaro Z28 - LS1/T56
85 Silverado - Low and Slow |
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turbo_jimi Member
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Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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My Z came stock with a LG4 and a 5500 redline. I'll recheck tomorrow, but the only reason I became curious is because the 145 speedo has a 5k redline and I found that unusual. I don't think the 145 speedo was available when the L69s were in production and I thought they only offered 110 speedos in TBI cars, at least in the late 80s. I'm not sure about 90+. _________________
1985 Z28 Crate 350, Hurst T-5, 3.23s, Flowmaster Under previous set-up: 143.82 rwhp 216.98 lbs. torque @4390 rpms 3/12/11 |
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aaron_sK Member
Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 8834 Location: Back in beautiful Tacompton
1987 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z
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Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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Speedo and tach have no correlation to each other. Tach was determined by the engine, speedo was an RPO option.
You could get the LG4 in an IROC until '88 and the low-output LB9 in it until the end of the run. |
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Alphius Peanut
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Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 7:18 am Post subject: |
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Your car's "original" tach is likely a replacement. What did your old speedo max out at? In '85 and partway into '86 production it should have had an 85mph speedo. If yours was a 115 it was definitely replaced at some point. If your car has the LG4 RPO code then it had a 5k tach from the factory.
The 145 speedo was available on IROC with a peanut cam TPI or LG4/L03 which would have gotten the 5k redline.
LG4 was last available in '87. '88 went TBI.
If you want to you can swap the 145 speedo into your cluster or swap your 5.5k tach into the new cluster. Its easy. _________________ 84 Camaro Z28 - LS1/T56
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turbo_jimi Member
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Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 1:43 pm Post subject: |
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Just verified it's a 5k tach. _________________
1985 Z28 Crate 350, Hurst T-5, 3.23s, Flowmaster Under previous set-up: 143.82 rwhp 216.98 lbs. torque @4390 rpms 3/12/11 |
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