Speedo Corrector

ChPLAT · Post by **ChPLAT** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:41 pm

Dunno if everyone knew about these Speedo Correctors except for me but it's a great idea and I know I'll be getting one when I get my bigger wheels.

Jaycar Website - Speedo Corrector

It's a kit so the old soldering iron will have to come out but oh well i was getting a bit rusty. This one's also singing its' praises.

AutoSpeed Article - Speedo Corrector

daza · Post by **daza** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:04 pm

Yeah great kit for cars with an electronic speedo,
but wont help with the Brumby unfortunatly.
Daza.

ChPLAT · Post by **ChPLAT** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:15 pm

Really? Why not?

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:17 pm

i didnt read all of the write up on the Autospeed website btu one phrase stuck otu at me.

Mechanical Speedo?

The Speedo Corrector will work only on electronic speedos, that is, those that don’t have a mechanical rotating cable driving them. However, note that some mechanical speedos have an electronic output that sends speed information from the speedo to the ECU, so if you want to alter the ECU speed input, you can still do so. But it won’t change the speedo reading.

thats what our cars are

ChPLAT · Post by **ChPLAT** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:25 pm

So we have the mechanical rotating cable. damn oh well ill wait till the ej and get another speedo. I want the bigger wheels but i don't want my speedo out of whack. Only other thing I can think of would be to make a faceplate for my speedo with the correct speeds on it and bugger off the old one but that's heaps more effort.

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:29 pm

whiteout on the plastic dash cover thingo wuld work..or testing it out with a GPS seeing wt it is and remembering afterwards. (say 100 on the speedo is only 95 on the GPS and etc)

alos are u gettin an EJ20 conversion now instead of an EJ22? turbo or not?

ChPLAT · Post by **ChPLAT** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:41 pm

I was thinking cutting the old speedo face panel out and printing my own so the numbers light up properly at night.. And instead of GPS I'll probably be running along side a mates car instead.

I'm just thinking an N/A EJ20 conversion now. Should be enough power for me. Then down the road I'll probably get the rest of the drive line done too. Only thing I'm worried about now is will I have enough brake power with stock Brumby brakes. But yeah I'm getting a bit off topic now haha.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:54 pm

I'm sure there's a mechanical device you can put in line with your speedo cable that will increase the speedo reading accordingly. Check it out with your local 4wd mob, they'll know.

Cheers

Bennie

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:18 pm

Yep there definitely is, I've seen two L series wagons with them installed (one is Lapsed current wagon, although I think his cable is snapped anyway).

Not sure where to get them tho. Its basically just a tiny box that goes in the middle of the speedo cable somewhere with an adjustable reduction drive gearset in it.

ChPLAT · Post by **ChPLAT** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:05 pm

Ok that sounds good then now I don't have to hack my instrument cluster.

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:14 pm

I pulled apart a subaru speedo once and noticed that the tension on the hairspring can be adjusted a bit. there is a little slidy lever that moves about 8mm

Chris_Rogers · Post by **Chris_Rogers** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:05 pm

El_Freddo wrote:I'm sure there's a mechanical device you can put in line with your speedo cable that will increase the speedo reading accordingly. Check it out with your local 4wd mob, they'll know.

Cheers

Bennie

yep there is. VDO make it and a few local speedo shops here in brissy carry them.

ChPLAT · Post by **ChPLAT** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:09 pm

What's the price like?

Chris_Rogers · Post by **Chris_Rogers** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:39 pm

$60-80. depends.

vincentvega · Post by **vincentvega** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:23 am

that cheap - really?

thats well worth it to have an accurate speedo again. I just got mine accurate again (through other methods) after years of it being out and its damn nice.