Speedo Calibration (HELP!)
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Speedo Calibration (HELP!)
Hey guys, I got a ticket for speeding the other day...if I remember correctly, my speedo showed around 95-100mph before I got pulled over. The officer told me that he got me at 80+. As you can see it’s off by a lot. Here’s some history of things I’ve done to the car that has affected the speedo. Swapped out the electronic speedo to the 79 280zx 130mph speedo. I originally used the speedo cable from the 79 280zx but I had to replace it with one I had laying around from the original set up because the speedo would jump up and down at speed. So now I’m using the cable that came with the electronic. It seems to work but it’s still off...I don’t think that using the speedo cable from the electronic set up is the problem as I’m having the same exact problem even with the 79 speed cable. Other than this mod, everything including the tires are the same 225/60ZR15 on 15x7’s...didn’t touch anything else. I’ve been to the Datsun Garage and read about the different cogs....I don’t think replacing the cog will help my speedo read accurately as I never touched the differential. Sooo, I need some help. Should I go out and grab another speedo cable for the 79 cluster? or do you think the speedo gauge it self could be faulty (it came from the junk yard). I don’t need it to be dead on accurate but I would like to have an idea of how fast I’m going...can’t afford another ticket Thanks all!!!
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im guessing that it could be the cogg in that the cable plugs into the tranny.. i know that there are a few diffrent cogs out there... you might have to find a tranny from a 79 to get the right cogg.. it should be an easy fix though..
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Hey RatedZ, I also swapped in a speedo from an earlier ZX b/c I hated my 85 limit on my old speedo. It reads fine, and I'm using the stock o.e. cable on the back of the speedo. However, my car came with analog gauges and not digital, so maybe there's difference there. I used one of those police thingies that display your speed and at 70mph on my speedo it was 69 on the display... If it's not that, it could be the cog, or maybe the speedo needs to be lubed or something? I noticed my old speedo was lubed up with some kinda grease on the back and the speedo I was going to swap didn't, so I put the old grease on the speedo just to be safe. Your tires might make the car read different if the overall diameter of the tire is different from the original... Just some thoughts.
John
John
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This might help
http://www.graytechsoftware.com/garage/cogcalc.asp
http://www.graytechsoftware.com/garage/cogcalc.asp
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