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Matthew Sharpe
Goo Roo
North Island
JZZ31
Posts: 1758
Reg: 10-2005
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Mark Paddick wrote on Sunday, December 03, 2006 - 04:57 pm:Very useful if you have a US ECU that doesn't have speed cut or an RSM (or both ).
I don't think you'll get one of these cars much above 180mph.
Mine gets up to 180 quick enough, and bounces away off the limiter... seems like it would be happy enough to keep going for a bit. |
Adam Lonergan
TryHard
Victoria
UZZ32
Posts: 401
Reg: 08-2005
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Matthew... where do you get you car to go OVER 289 kph? I didn't think either of the islands in New Zealand was that long. |
Tim Appleton
TryHard
QLD
UZZ31
Posts: 423
Reg: 07-2005
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South-west of Christchurch there are a few roads where you can travel for over half an hour at about 100km/h without having to turn the wheel. It's all farmland and the roads are flat, dead straight, and dead boring. |
Tim Appleton
TryHard
QLD
UZZ31
Posts: 424
Reg: 07-2005
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Oh, and I want the Genuine Soarer Doileys |
Scott Ferguson
TryHard
Alberta
Soarer GTT-L
Posts: 357
Reg: 07-2006
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I had the Doiley rear Curtain. I don't think it was factory though, definitely aftermarket. |
Matthew Sharpe
Goo Roo
North Island
JZZ31
Posts: 1762
Reg: 10-2005
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Ah, I see, I was thinking Kmh not Mph.
And yeah, there are plenty of places in NZ to travel at speed, but at 290 in a JZZ31 I think you would die pretty quickly... |
Mark Paddick
Goo Roo
ACT
UZZ31 V8 Soarer , JZZ30 TT Soarer
Posts: 3252
Reg: 07-2005
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Mattew it says and means 180 MILES PER HOUR and I don't think you'll get there quick if at all.
That's the whole point.
You can't modify a Soarer Digital speedo to read the digits above 180 but you can make it read in miles per hour. |
Mark Paddick
Goo Roo
ACT
UZZ31 V8 Soarer , JZZ30 TT Soarer
Posts: 3253
Reg: 07-2005
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The speedo corrector can be fitted later, it's only four wires to connect but it must be done inside he dash.
If you were in no hurry it would have been simpler for me to just do it rathe than explain how but hat's OK.
I did explain somewhere and it's not that hard for you to do later.
Just have to pull the rotten thing out again.
And if there's one thing I hate it's doing something more than once to get it right, would have been easy to save the hassle but I know you need it quick. |
Richard Johnson
TryHard
Florida, USA
SC300 1JZ-GTE Swap
Posts: 136
Reg: 06-2006
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oh btw, my SC300 uses the 1JZGTE soarer ECU/tranny/motor. Its a direct plug in with the extension of only 40 wires, and the pinouts are the same.
The analogue dash works, but u have to bypass a resistor to make the tach work, and add a 330ohm to make the temp work (on the back of the dash).
I first used a Greddy Speed Cut remover device to get rid of the 110mph cut, and a FCD to get rid of boost cut, but then i purchased a SARD Analyze ecu, that has no speed cut or boost cut, along with a 8500rpm redline.
Everything else on my cars work flawless with no modifcation.. AC/heat/cruise control/mph/gas gauge, etc....
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Matthew Sharpe
Goo Roo
North Island
JZZ31
Posts: 1766
Reg: 10-2005
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Heh, 180Kmh limit on the road will do me I think... MPH readout would be kinda cool though, would take me back to my Leyland days... |
Phil Gibson
DieHard
WA
'94 black/black UZZ31
Posts: 831
Reg: 07-2005
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And then pull the vacuum displays out and put a bit of tape over the "K" so it says "M/H"  |
Mark Paddick
Goo Roo
ACT
UZZ31 V8 Soarer , JZZ30 TT Soarer , UZZ32 Soarer
Posts: 3282
Reg: 07-2005
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Just use the switch that switches from kph to mph to turn the kph light off too.
That's what I do.
If kph it says so.
If mph no light and it's bloody obvious!
(Dad, why are we going past all the cars like they aren't moving?) |
Clinton Trueman
Tinkerer
South Australia
4Ltr V8
Posts: 19
Reg: 08-2006
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Matthew Sharpe wrote on Thursday, December 07, 2006 - 07:13 am:Heh, 180Kmh limit on the road will do me I think...
i wish 180kph was fast enough. i was driving from brissy to twnsville a couple of years ago and me nd my mate were sitting round 178kph the whole way and it sucked. i wanted atleast 200kph before i thought about slowing down. as it was we left brissy at about 10:30pm - 11pm stopped at a few towns on the way (every 300kms) for fuel. and got into tsville at 8 in the morning. Didnt want to miss brekky at macdonalds. |
Aaron Mead
DieHard
NT
TT
Posts: 860
Reg: 03-2006
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They're taking away our open speed limits in NT! 
Must crack 300kmh before June 2007! |
Scott Ferguson
TryHard
Alberta
Soarer GTT-L
Posts: 364
Reg: 07-2006
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Mark is there a fairly easy way to do that? (change from Km/h to M/h) That would come in handy as I frequently head down to the states.
Just operated by a switch. |
Richard Johnson
TryHard
Florida, USA
SC300 1JZ-GTE Swap
Posts: 138
Reg: 06-2006
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probably just put a switch to the power lead of the converter? |
Scott Ferguson
TryHard
Alberta
Soarer GTT-L
Posts: 366
Reg: 07-2006
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Richard have you got that converter yet? |
Richard Johnson
TryHard
Florida, USA
SC300 1JZ-GTE Swap
Posts: 139
Reg: 06-2006
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im still waiting on neil to send the cluster out |
Mark Paddick
Goo Roo
ACT
UZZ31 V8 Soarer , JZZ30 TT Soarer , UZZ32 Soarer
Posts: 3305
Reg: 07-2005
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Just as I said
1 Jaycar/Silicon Chip speedo corrector. ($45 or so)
1 4 pole 2 position switch for kph/mph switching. ($10 max) this switches the links in the converter and also the kph light in the dash.
Both kph and mph are accurate to +/-1% and +/- 1 digit on the display..
THAT'S IT!
Can't get much easier.
I think Jaycar have an outlet in Canada too or are at least definitely set up for mail orders to there. 1800 784 0263 is the phone they list for orders from there. The speedo corrector is Catalogue number KC 5380 and is retail AU$44.95 but I think you guys get to remove 10% GST from that.
The only hassle is getting the converter in the right place between the sensor buffer/splitter and the speedo input circuits.
YOU CANNOT MODIFY THE SENSOR OUTPUT DIRECTLY.
I can tell you where for the Luxo Digital dash but not the Pov digital or US analogue dash (Griffo's got it measuring it up for when his gets here) |
Scott Ferguson
TryHard
Alberta
Soarer GTT-L
Posts: 369
Reg: 07-2006
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And the easiest way to tell if you have the luxo dash is what? Scroll Function?
By the way thanks Mark. Very useful. |
Jose-Antonio Castillo
Goo Roo
NSW
Soarer VVTi
Posts: 1046
Reg: 07-2005
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Bottom part of the dash will all be digital compared to the pov-pack (in the auto models anyway)
Here's a lux-pack dash.
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Scott Ferguson
TryHard
Alberta
Soarer GTT-L
Posts: 372
Reg: 07-2006
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But the outside temp function was only a limited thing from 92 on wasn't it? I have the digital bottom row but no temp.
So I'm pretty sure that I have the Luxo Dash.
Mark, Could you pm me the information on where and how to connect? Between this reply and the speaker one you're fast turning into my hero. |
Callum Finch
Goo Roo
WA
Soarer TT & Corolla
Posts: 2260
Reg: 09-2005
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Hey Mark, do you know if its possible to hack in a "luxo" dash to replace a "povo" dash? |
Richard Johnson
TryHard
Florida, USA
SC300 1JZ-GTE Swap
Posts: 143
Reg: 06-2006
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wheres my dash  |
Scott Ferguson
TryHard
Alberta
Soarer GTT-L
Posts: 392
Reg: 07-2006
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Hey Richard, do you know where to find the glass that accomodates the rear wiper? I was under the impression that the SC300 and 400 never had the wiper. |
Richard Johnson
TryHard
Florida, USA
SC300 1JZ-GTE Swap
Posts: 150
Reg: 06-2006
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SC's never got it.
www.jhotimports.com
they always have a few laying around for $250usd with the controls. |
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