180mph speedometer for s13

[twofourdee]

Does anybody know where I can get a 180mph speedo for a s13? I saw them in either "sport compact car" magazine or "super street" magazine I beleive, but I attempted to search through my magazines to no avail.

[chrislis]

when are you hitting 180, let me know maybe i'll come. i can do 210.

[TheOne]

think the european equivalent of the 240sx, with a ca or sr, has a 180mph speedo, but you gotta find out how to calibrate it.

[superDorifto]

do a search on nico or fresh alloy, and you should find acouple threads about converting a 180km jdm speedo to into a usdm 180mph one. however unless your making enough power to warrant it, is it really worth it? i have a friend who was putting out 400+ hp, and his speedo would peg in second gear, and STAY THERE. He needed it. Do you?

[masticatingcow]

If you're lazy you can go to lsauto dot com... they sell a calibrated 180mph speedo for like $100 + working core.

[flohtingPoint]

think the european equivalent of the 240sx, with a ca or sr, has a 180mph speedo, but you gotta find out how to calibrate it.

No, my 200sx goes up to 240km on the speedo.

http://www.flohtingpoint.net/i...r.jpg

Same with my euro 86

http://www.flohtingpoint.net/i...7.JPG

[masticatingcow]

flohtingPoint, any way you could snag one of those speedometers and send it my way? I'd be VERY interested in it.

[D1SR240]

Like masticatingcow said you could just pick one up from ls atuo (http://www.lsauto.com/products.asp), they even have a great write up on how to install it.

[flohtingPoint]

flohtingPoint, any way you could snag one of those speedometers and send it my way? I'd be VERY interested in it.

I can dig around for ya. I've been looking for a 4 port CA head for madscientist for quite some time, wouldnt mind throwing in a speedo request too. 200's arent quite abundant in junkyards as they were last year around this time, so I'll see what I can do.

[BaliLover]

do a search on nico or fresh alloy, and you should find acouple threads about converting a 180km jdm speedo to into a usdm 180mph one. however unless your making enough power to warrant it, is it really worth it? i have a friend who was putting out 400+ hp, and his speedo would peg in second gear, and STAY THERE. He needed it. Do you?

Somehow I doubt that your friend was pegging the 110mph speedo in 2nd gear, since I'm putting down close to 400hp and I don't peg the speedo till the end of 3rd. Unless your friend converted to a chevy 2 speed, I call BS until I see a video. I don't care how much power you have, the gearing just isn't realistic to peg it in 2nd.

[srpowered240sx]

yeah, i have the speedo. i got tired of burying it to 115mph and not know what was going on after that, that and stupid people actually believing i could hit 125 in like 6 seconds (when it was kph)lsautomotive, regaurdless of what some say, there is no core required. easy to install. the only oddity is your odometer and tripometer is still kilometers.

[masticatingcow]

They used to like a core, but that's cool if they don't. I think it's kind of weird that the odometer would still run kilometers... oh well, probably not a big deal, right?

srpowered240sx, glad to see someone else rollin' with Buddha. Props.

[superDorifto]

from the passenger seat thats what i saw, ask fiznat abought it, im sure he can give a more accurate discription of how useless his speedometer was. bottom line, you dont really need a 180mph speedo unless youre making serious power...

[Shift_Oversteer]

You can't even reach 180mph on stock gearing can you?

[sultan]

if you have a 25" tall tire like a 225/50-16 and an automatic you'll hit 180 at about 6900 rpm in 4th

with a manual you'd need to be at 7900 in 5th

that's with stock ka trans gears and stock 4.083 rear end.

[srpowered240sx]

no, you guys are right, who really goes 180mph, but i have hit about 145mph a few times, and wouldnt have had any reference over 115mph, so it works for me. the buddha has been in for about 3 years, and has brought quite a bit of good luck.