No, actually there is another way. I have been driving the car a lot on the highway and with 4.10 gears in the rear, the engine has to wind higher than it really needs to. Since I don't race the car either at the strip or on the street, 4.10 gears are not really needed. I have a 3.55 gear kit that I got over a year ago and if I swap to 3.55 gears, the speedo will be correct with the 42 tooth gear in the tranny. Of course, then the odometer will be short 15 percent but I can deal with that. I just don't want to take apart the dash to get the speedo out as that is a real pain. I have been driving with the speedo off by 30 percent ever since the car was completed but I knew it was off from the first time that I drove it. With a 15 percent error, I can easily calculate the proper speed to be displayed. I guess my point of this whole thing is that I am annoyed at the vendors that I have used to either buy parts from or have parts repaired/reconditioned. Because restoring a car takes time, by the time you are done, you have exceeded the part's expressed warranty period and you had never actually got to use the part yet. Just like my wiper motor. It cost a bundle to buy, worked perfectly when it was bench checked when it was installed, then months later when the car is out for a drive for the first time, the wipers initially worked but when the switch was turned off, they stopped in mid-wipe and failed to park. I bench checked it again at home and the park circuit fails. Same thing with the instrument cluster voltage regulator. Worked fine for 3 weeks then the oil, water and fuel gauges stopped working. It's just annoying because the vendors won't do anything after the warranty period even though the part was really never used until the car was finished and drivable.
