Speedo calibration after gears

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Sorry, I got caught up reading other posts and forgot your were talking about a ‘96.
 

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Any speedcal device is the way to go. If lmr has the abbott get that one if you've got the coin
 
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Got the gears done today.
 

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Haven’t done it yet but I’m on the fence between these two:
One is simple and the other one is more capable. What do you all recommend? EE70E3DC-2F48-43B6-8618-986FC5B99B19.png5DDAE2B6-013E-4BDB-B221-7DFB32C92D2C.png
 
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Yeah I really don’t know if it would work. I’m just considering this option in case I want to do more mods in the future, this options should support more mods.

I kind of like the Abbott because it’s simpler and less parts, in theory less things that can go wrong.
 

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Yeah I do like those. Also I've seen Dakota makes a gps module too which is interesting
 

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You know if one of us was smart we'd just call Dakota digital lmao. I may do that tomorrow
 
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Yeah we stupid duh lol

I stay fairly busy at work, if I try to call Dakota I’ll start getting phone calls from my guys or the operations center in the middle of the call with Dakota.
I have to wait until I get out of work.
 
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What size pinion shim? You play Rembrandt or use a tool/measure/calculate pinion depth?
Man I paid some one to do the install. All he said was that the warranty is two years and the backlash was set to .006 - .007
He also showed me pictures of the tooth contact pattern.
But in the past I used to remove the old shim and put in on the new pinion and that will get you on the money.
The installation kit comes with a brush and the paste to check the contact pattern on the teeth.
 

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Man I paid some one to do the install. All he said was that the warranty is two years and the backlash was set to .006 - .007
He also showed me pictures of the tooth contact pattern.
But in the past I used to remove the old shim and put in on the new pinion and that will get you on the money.
The installation kit comes with a brush and the paste to check the contact pattern on the teeth.
Yeah, typically I reuse the shim and play Rembrandt. This next time I want to calculate pinion depth. See if ford racing can give me an actual #
 
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Yeah, typically I reuse the shim and play Rembrandt. This next time I want to calculate pinion depth. See if ford racing can give me an actual #
If I think I am right about what you mean by pinion depth I have never heard of a number. You just check the contact pattern and measure back lash.
 

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There's a special tool that's used for checking the pinion depth on the Ford 8.8s.
 
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Has anyone installed one of these calibrators? Looking for tips on how to do a good install? The instructions say to run the signal coming out of the vss through the calibrator. Just wondering how people have gone about doing this?
 

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Has anyone installed one of these calibrators? Looking for tips on how to do a good install? The instructions say to run the signal coming out of the vss through the calibrator. Just wondering how people have gone about doing this?
I installed mine in the engine bay. I grabbed the speed sensor wires from the connector on the passenger side firewall, where the transmission harness comes up. You could also do it in the dash. Pull the cluster out and grab the speed sensor wire from behind the cluster, then run it wherever you need.
 
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I installed mine in the engine bay. I grabbed the speed sensor wires from the connector on the passenger side firewall, where the transmission harness comes up. You could also do it in the dash. Pull the cluster out and grab the speed sensor wire from behind the cluster, then run it wherever you need.
So I saw on the wiring diagram the main signal splices into three different signals. One to the IC, one to a speed control amplifier and the last to the PCM. I guess the only one that needs to be corrected would be the one for the instrument cluster. Is that right? Or should I correct the signal going to all devices?
 

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