Shift Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Can you use a aftermarket motorcycle Speedo on a car, if it has a digital sender? Reason is. I have a 240sx tranny and don't want the hastle of trying to fit the 240sx guages in there. How have the guys that didn't use the SX gauges over come this problem and what did you guys use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woldson Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Never heard this before and I don't have a clue. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelToad Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Just get a gps unit, dead accurate speed, and you wont get lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffer949 Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 you can get the z transmission speedo cog and carrier to be in the sx tranny. and then it will work fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift Posted April 1, 2008 Author Share Posted April 1, 2008 you can get the z transmission speedo cog and carrier to be in the sx tranny. and then it will work fine. sx uses a sender(electric) not a cable(mechanical). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffer949 Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 I know. Thats why i said carrier also. Unbolt the whole electric sending unit. Take it out and throw it away or what ever you want to do with it. Take your Z's speedo carrier and cog with the appropriate cog in it and stick it in the hole! you might have to cut a new retaining slot in the carrier that is 180deg. from the original slot. This is because the sx tranny has the retaining bolt 180deg. from where it is on the z tranny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveosupremeo Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 hmmm....mine didn't seem to work. the gear on the sx tranny is bigger and and z gear doesn't seem to be meshing with it. might have to try somethng different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffer949 Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 idk mine is working fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e_racer1999 Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 why not get an autometer electronic speedo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share Posted April 2, 2008 why not get an autometer electronic speedo? Because, they don't make a 4 1/2" speedo guage last time I looked. The Bike guage has turn signal flasher and digital tach read out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveosupremeo Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 maybe i need to just flip the original around. i wound up using a cog body that i found that had the retaining slot on the same side as the sx and seemed to have the right offset but it must have not been close enough...or something is up with the speedo cable. i've got several cogs and cog bodies laying around. i'll check on it. but yeah, i've thought about doing the autometer electronic because it doesn't matter what cog you have in there, or if you change rear ends because you can just recal. it. the guy at autometer said it should work with the ka sender as well. but its $200 compared to $120 for the mechanical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.