Top speed limit

[studoc72]

Can any 1 tell me what the best and cheapest way to get rid of the top speed limiter on my glanza? get to what im led to believe is around the 112 mark although i think its closer to 125 and its like hitting a brick wall. Any help would be appreciated cheers

 

[Paul_JJ]

Covert the speedo to MPH and you will raise the speed limit to 180 MPH, instead of 180 Kmph.

 

[Skalabala]

Covert the speedo to MPH and you will raise the speed limit to 180 MPH, instead of 180 Kmph.

Does not make sense bud?

 

[pilgrim_fgau]

Does not make sense bud?

it does, get a speedo converter, so the needle and trip will then read in MPH and miles respectively. In general it just slows the needle and trip down in ratio of KM : Miles

Failing that, an HKS SLD or the likes will do the job, but more expensive

 

[aidan]

hks sld is prob the handiest way

 

[studoc72]

Ah so just use the Convertor that goes on top of the Gearbox between it and the speedo Cable? I was going to put in indiglo gauges anyway so thats a good cheap way of doing it any1 tell me wheres best to get this part cheaply?

 

[aidan]

think i heard on here tuning developments do them could be wrong tho

 

[Texx]

TMD sell them.

http://www.tm-developments.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=31_32_1&products_id=10&zenid=07d8c99b480cb15d61c553141f5753f0

 

[studoc72]

Well ebay used to have both the convertors and the Indiglo gauges but has none of them now :s any ideas?

 

[dark_knight]

speedo convertor

i'd suggest the kmph-mph convertor too. if you can't get it off t-dev, you can look around for someone breaking/getting rid of theirs..

 

[studoc72]

Yeah found them on TMD cheers guys found the gauges on japstyling.com 110 euros though :O little steep lol im sure they were 65 quid before ha

 

[dac69er]

dont buy a cheap speedo converter. they dont last as long and after a few miles they start to make the speedo wave about at low speeds.

 

[dark_knight]

wobbly speedo

@ dac69er: talking of which, my speedos have had very interesting behavior. on my previous glanza s, it used to wobble around 20/30kmph then steady at above 30kmph. on my current glanza v, it stays at nought until about 25kmph then suddenly jumps up and is steady after that.. lol
i'm sure i'm not the only one. ps: i don't have a converter yet..

i'm guessing it's a weak point of the car but nothing too serious to worry about. plus, it's always worth remembering that these cars have seen a decade+ of different owners so they can be pardoned for some faults..

 

[dac69er]

probably worse in your country due to it being so hot and dry. could be worth removing the inner part of the speedo cable and lubricating it with grease. this reduced the wobble on mine by quite a bit. mine is only really noticeable on a really hot day

 

[Rory]

Really??
No issues with mine and its been in there from before i bought the car in Feb 2005!

dont buy a cheap speedo converter. they dont last as long and after a few miles they start to make the speedo wave about at low speeds.

 

[dark_knight]

lubrication

@ dac69er: good advice mate. will try that and see if it helps.
repped!

 

[dac69er]

my mate bought 2 cheap ones until i convinced him to spend a little more and its been fine since. not all cheap ones are bad, but they do tend to be a lower quality.

its like anything, sometimes your lucky, and sometimes your not!