frank280zx Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 I always hated tachs ON the dash or wherever, However next time mine will mount there haha .. it took me a good 9 hours of my life but it looks somewhat decent in my book .. As you can see i cut a hole in the 'glas' so i can still dail in the shift light, apart from the the whole tach can turn so i can get used part in sight more .. as i doubt my z will do 10K like the Bonneville car As you see here you need to cut the print for the tach to fit, and you have to disassemble the tach as wel. Not completely finished as i brushed off the leads became obsolete. I rerouted them by soldering wires, and have a couple left to do as i run out of time. Next to that i cut another print and spaced it to keep the original plugs working .. they wont fit jammed next to the tach and some of the pins have been rerouted as the came in harms way. Far from done just dangling there but here is the bigger picture so if you want a tach like this .. buy an s30 or spent a decent amount of time BTW you ' need' one like this with the Mallory hi fire systems as the stock tach does not like signal from the high discharges unit as much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LS1T Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 I know all about cutting up that cluster! It sure can get hairy quick! I did something sililar to you but then took it a step further. It was actually much easier to just replace all four gauges than to try to make the other ones work after hacking up the back of the cluster. I also made it removable by putting the wirnig through 2 connectors. Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
260DET Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Oh yes lots of fun, not Mine will be similar to Guy's, except a whole new back will have to be made because the VDO speedo and tach are just a bit too small to fit into the stock circles. Using the VDO stuff because its electronic and adaptable to any setup although it does not look as good as the Autometer gear. But the VDO speedo reads to 300kph which is some compensation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank280zx Posted December 19, 2006 Author Share Posted December 19, 2006 260DET .. a question for you .. i have hear roumers of a nismo cluster for s130 available in japan .. never seen one .. so my geuss would be the a confused with the Skyline ones. The tach is supossed to reach 10K and speedo 300 ( bastard!!! ) Is this true? you are closer to Japan so i hope you would know. s130's rock .. ( haha just had to !! sorry guys!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slownrusty Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Wow...very cool.....awesome work guys! Yasin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Z Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Hi Frank, It's not a story or a rumour, i'ts also not a Nismo item. I think that it was done by the owner of the s130, and I do have some pictures Enjoy! So Frank, time to get the Dremel and get back to work again P.s. Frank, the 240z turbo is now up and running with B&W T5, turbo cv swap and turbo 3.36 diff See you soon. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank280zx Posted December 19, 2006 Author Share Posted December 19, 2006 looks like handy work judging from the 200 mark .. but non the less good going ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roninjiro Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 i did mine like the first post except i just resently broke the speedo (shattered) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Ohhhhh, that Nismo Gauge Cluster will make JeffP unsettled. Though he seems to like the stepper-motor tachometer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jp 280 Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Try Central 20, i heard that they will convert your original one if you can send it to them, even though there web page says they are no longer available, its worth a try 10 000rpm and 300km http://www.central20.co.jp/goods/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
260DET Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 Big Z's setup owns mine, love both needles pointing down like that. There were 300kph speedos for sale in Japan a while ago, Mr Google may dig something up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KTM-EXC Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 Try Central 20, i heard that they will convert your original one if you can send it to them, even though there web page says they are no longer available, its worth a try 10 000rpm and 300km http://www.central20.co.jp/goods/index.html Sorry to get off topic but that 350ZG looks insane!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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