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Originally Posted by Jim Richards
My ‘75 Z has an ammeter in the dash, but no voltmeter. I don’t think it’s very useful to only know the current draw, or maybe I’m just more comfortable with voltmeters in the dash. Anyway, I’m probably going to replace it with a voltmeter from a 77-78 Z. But that backwards speedo is intriguing. Start out at 180 mph and slow down from there. Better have good brakes!  |
The brakes that came with the car were fine on most roads but one day coming down to the desert from Julian CA they got hot enough that the pad material melted to the rotors in huge streaks. Ordered some big brakes from Master Power Brakes immediately and Wilwood remote reservoir masters. Made the trip several times after that with no issues. I also think I will run out of rpms with the shorter gearing to make it to 180mph (yeah, rpms, thats the ticket). With the old 2.73 rear end I was at 4400rpm at 145mph and still pulling hard. I can't imagine 180 in that car without a splitter or dive planes/vortex generators. It will cruise comfortably up to about 135. Unless you are 6'6", then the bugs really hurt.
