carldav

I don't mind paying US$400 for a 260 km/h speedo - where have you seen them? And what's the modification I need to make to the plug?

Here's a YouTube link with my Spec C in it:
YouTube - Zero to Sixty in 3.8 seconds: Subaru STI Spec C

It's hitting 60 at the top of second, at about 8200 RPM (you have to love those JDM 2 litre motors). The downside is that it gives me about 18 mpg around town now. Far less on the track and strip.

Mike Nippon

Guess you want this then, checked your vid and this was next one.
YouTube - subaru impreza wrx sti 2006 0-200 acceleration

Anyway, I find these on Yahoo Japan auctions. Haven't seen one for a while, but by coincidence one appears today. Yahoo!¥ª¡¼¥¯¥·¥ç¥ó - ̤»ÈÍÑ¥¤¥ó¥×¥ì¥Ã¥µWRXSTIGDB£Ç·¿¥Õ¥ë¥¹¥±¡¼¥ë260km/h¥á¡¼¥¿¡¼
Starting bid 50,000 yen, quick sale 60,000 yen. Seems price has gone up, but that is a new article I think.
Actually what year is your car? The cluster plug changed in the 05 STI model, an additional warning light for ABS I think.
I'm assuming you want to keep the red gauges, if not these are available
TOTAL Car Parts Shop ¡ÚA_Line Japan¡Û
Cheaper at 35000 yen, but fit GDB-A~B, no DCCD

PM me your mail address, I'll send you results of my research, too difficult to post everything here. I want this cluster for my 04, just can't justify that kind of cash at the moment..

Mihkel Oviir

Very old thread but it pops out from Google search. I just bought jdm forester sti from uk and drove to Estonia with it. Loved it. It also has k taped out in dash and all readings are in milles. I want to turn it back to kilometers. Do You know, how to do that? As much as I understand, there is some converter box wired behind dash. Is it safe to just remove it? Anybody done that?

Vxr2010

wow , yes old thread , on the fsti i have always wired mine in just after the speedo drive on top of the gearbox , so don’t know if it’s there or behind the dash , if it is that then remove and re solder the wires in theory , the max speed will be limited back to 112 mph (179kph)

Mihkel Oviir

Mh max speed limit? I do not want that, I need that my odometer and speedometer readings show in kilometers as they were originally, not milles as they are currently.

Vxr2010

it will show in kph , the problem you get is all jap cars are limited to 112 mph which is around 179 kph , so when you have the speed converter on the theoretical max speed is 112mph x1.6 which is 179 mph , as due to the kph to mph conversion , the limit gets raised , as soon as you take the converter off the speed is back to a limited 112mph/179kph , a good mapper will be able to raise the limit plus map it at some cost

Mihkel Oviir

I see. Ok, thanks. As minor mapping is essential for this car, I don't care, if speed limit is on 180km/h for a short time. Not reach at this speed anyway near future, as we do not have motorways here in Estonia.

Vxr2010

a re map , coilovers , center section delete and sports cat in the down pipe are only really needed mods , if you have 99 octane fuel the current map on the car should be fine but get it checked , you will need to find a good scooby mapper as they won’t necessarily all know how to change the limiter settings