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yabeet · 03-23-2009, 09:42 PM

So right now Im in the midst of taking apart some clusters and Im going to try something I havent seen. Please let me know if this has already been done.

I will be using as far as I know a lot guys, forgive me here.

AFAIK the JDM digital cluster only reads in KMH. The SOHC cluster that I had [Canadian dont know if the US ones are the same] could switch from KMH to MPH.

Now I have personally been in several S13's with digital clusters where they go up to 199kmh and obviously do not read any higher.
AFAIK IF there was no limiter you could technically and I stress technically; get the car up to 199mph.

The JDM clusters do not have the option to change to MPH from what I have seen up here in the great white North. SO I have decided to swap the digital speedo part of the cluster from my SOHC cluster to my JDM cluster to see if I can still switch to MPH.

Has anybody ever tried this out before? Ive searched but I havent been v. successful trying here or google.

Pics to come a short while later if I am not pzwned...

s14driftNA · 03-23-2009, 10:00 PM

As far as I know, And I've done some swaps with speedo's, but in an S14, as long as it fits and the connecters are the same, it should work, also it should be useful.

yabeet · 03-23-2009, 10:32 PM

Well I just swapped them, the only difference being the JDM cluster having the ding a ding box [beep above 100kmh] which was plugged into the speedo I removed and the SOHC speedo does not have one connected to it.
I doubt it will affect it not having one, but you never know....

If anybody has any information that may be of use to me, please let me the noob know... thanks.

peetiewonder · 03-23-2009, 11:26 PM

someone has done something like this before. read through that, it may help you out.

http://zilvia.net/f/tech-talk/160159...-your-hud.html

yabeet · 03-24-2009, 12:03 AM

Whoops, according to the op of that thread, a JDM speedo in a USDM cluster works, Im doing vice versa... so chances are it will work anyways.

03-23-2009, 09:42 PM	#1
yabeet Zilvia Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Calgary Posts: 285 Trader Rating: (5) Rides Gallery: yabeet Feedback Score: 5 reviews	Cluster Experiment So right now Im in the midst of taking apart some clusters and Im going to try something I havent seen. Please let me know if this has already been done. I will be using as far as I know a lot guys, forgive me here. AFAIK the JDM digital cluster only reads in KMH. The SOHC cluster that I had [Canadian dont know if the US ones are the same] could switch from KMH to MPH. Now I have personally been in several S13's with digital clusters where they go up to 199kmh and obviously do not read any higher. AFAIK IF there was no limiter you could technically and I stress technically; get the car up to 199mph. The JDM clusters do not have the option to change to MPH from what I have seen up here in the great white North. SO I have decided to swap the digital speedo part of the cluster from my SOHC cluster to my JDM cluster to see if I can still switch to MPH. Has anybody ever tried this out before? Ive searched but I havent been v. successful trying here or google. Pics to come a short while later if I am not pzwned... __________________ The thing is, it’s a gearbox, okay? It has one job to do! One job! Pull the lever… ‘Am I a pencil? Am I a cauliflower? Am I a nuclear power sta– I’m a gearbox! Oh, heavens, I’m gonna swap some cogs around!’ Jeremy Clarkson on Automatics

03-23-2009, 10:32 PM	#3
yabeet Zilvia Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Calgary Posts: 285 Trader Rating: (5) Rides Gallery: yabeet Feedback Score: 5 reviews	Well I just swapped them, the only difference being the JDM cluster having the ding a ding box [beep above 100kmh] which was plugged into the speedo I removed and the SOHC speedo does not have one connected to it. I doubt it will affect it not having one, but you never know.... If anybody has any information that may be of use to me, please let me the noob know... thanks. __________________ The thing is, it’s a gearbox, okay? It has one job to do! One job! Pull the lever… ‘Am I a pencil? Am I a cauliflower? Am I a nuclear power sta– I’m a gearbox! Oh, heavens, I’m gonna swap some cogs around!’ Jeremy Clarkson on Automatics

03-23-2009, 11:26 PM	#4
peetiewonder Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: San Dizzle Age: 36 Posts: 391 Trader Rating: (11) Feedback Score: 11 reviews	someone has done something like this before. read through that, it may help you out. http://zilvia.net/f/tech-talk/160159...-your-hud.html __________________ My Car is a Hybrid. It Burns Gas and Rubber.

03-24-2009, 12:03 AM	#5
yabeet Zilvia Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Calgary Posts: 285 Trader Rating: (5) Rides Gallery: yabeet Feedback Score: 5 reviews	Whoops, according to the op of that thread, a JDM speedo in a USDM cluster works, Im doing vice versa... so chances are it will work anyways. __________________ The thing is, it’s a gearbox, okay? It has one job to do! One job! Pull the lever… ‘Am I a pencil? Am I a cauliflower? Am I a nuclear power sta– I’m a gearbox! Oh, heavens, I’m gonna swap some cogs around!’ Jeremy Clarkson on Automatics

03-23-2009, 10:00 PM	#2
s14driftNA Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Decatur, MS Age: 35 Posts: 25 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	As far as I know, And I've done some swaps with speedo's, but in an S14, as long as it fits and the connecters are the same, it should work, also it should be useful.