How are imports de-restricted ?
03 May 2006, 06:26 AM
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How are imports de-restricted ?
As title really
found one,my93,converted to mph,he says the de-restriction is done on the clocks,mechanical device, huh ?!!??!
as i dont lnow how its done, ?!?!?!
cheers......
found one,my93,converted to mph,he says the de-restriction is done on the clocks,mechanical device, huh ?!!??!
as i dont lnow how its done, ?!?!?!
cheers......
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03 May 2006, 07:15 AM
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apparantly, and this is what i was told by api impreza whe i rung them a fortnight ago, there is a little gadget under the bonnet that they remove and then they replace it with another little gadget. then they have to change the clocks on the car so as to show in mph. takes about half hour to do thats why i wanted bf to take car there as they look like they know their stuff and best of you they sponser this site.
03 May 2006, 07:35 AM
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on the MY93 you fit a small box containing cogs inline with the speedo cable, it splits just up from the gearbox and this is where it fits.
03 May 2006, 07:44 AM
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On the EVO it was a divide by 0.6 box on the signal wire from the magnetic pickup from the gearbox. Just spliced into the wire. This corrects the speedo and removes the 112mph speed limiter in one go.
I would have thought that newer sccobies would be the same ?
I would have thought that newer sccobies would be the same ?
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03 May 2006, 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by stew911
apparantly, and this is what i was told by api impreza whe i rung them a fortnight ago, there is a little gadget under the bonnet that they remove and then they replace it with another little gadget. then they have to change the clocks on the car so as to show in mph. takes about half hour to do thats why i wanted bf to take car there as they look like they know their stuff and best of you they sponser this site.
David (owner) pops along to the Coventry scooby meet or there might be somebody that could help you at the meet
03 May 2006, 08:18 AM
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brilliant, i didn't speak to david on the phone, i spoke to someone called richard, but whoever he was he knew his stuff and really impressed me. have to try and get bf to go to this meet. thanks ray!
03 May 2006, 08:35 AM
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how much is the conversion????
ps: i've been warned against it by a few people.
a) old scoobs tend to go bang being driven at consistent high speeds
b) the license will end up on a long vacation to wales
c) doing 150mph in a 10 year old car is not the safest of manouvres
d) how often do most people venture over 100?
i use it as a form of "personal" restriction on me!!!!
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ps: i've been warned against it by a few people.
a) old scoobs tend to go bang being driven at consistent high speeds
b) the license will end up on a long vacation to wales
c) doing 150mph in a 10 year old car is not the safest of manouvres
d) how often do most people venture over 100?
i use it as a form of "personal" restriction on me!!!!
dazza
03 May 2006, 08:55 AM
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The Rig, here is a de-limiter, which I believe is for models up to MY98 when they went from mechanical to electronic.
(mine was an MY97 and had the one below, cost ? cant remember £30 )
http://importsolutions.co.uk/cable_conver.asp#
And it does go "in-line", in the cable feed from the gearbox. If you open the bonnet, stand at the drivers side, look down onto the gearbox from drivers side of the intercooler, you will see the cable.
The only other thing you have to do ( if it was being SVA'd ) to the speedo;
( and this is a tip I was given) is black out the "k" in the kph on the speedo fascia. No need to change fascias and snap needles
( because if you do attempt to change fascias, there is a good chance you will)
(mine was an MY97 and had the one below, cost ? cant remember £30 )
http://importsolutions.co.uk/cable_conver.asp#
And it does go "in-line", in the cable feed from the gearbox. If you open the bonnet, stand at the drivers side, look down onto the gearbox from drivers side of the intercooler, you will see the cable.
The only other thing you have to do ( if it was being SVA'd ) to the speedo;
( and this is a tip I was given) is black out the "k" in the kph on the speedo fascia. No need to change fascias and snap needles
( because if you do attempt to change fascias, there is a good chance you will)
03 May 2006, 07:36 PM
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The Rig, here is a de-limiter, which I believe is for models up to MY98 when they went from mechanical to electronic.
(mine was an MY97 and had the one below, cost ? cant remember £30 )
http://importsolutions.co.uk/cable_conver.asp#
And it does go "in-line", in the cable feed from the gearbox. If you open the bonnet, stand at the drivers side, look down onto the gearbox from drivers side of the intercooler, you will see the cable.
The only other thing you have to do ( if it was being SVA'd ) to the speedo;
( and this is a tip I was given) is black out the "k" in the kph on the speedo fascia. No need to change fascias and snap needles
( because if you do attempt to change fascias, there is a good chance you will)
(mine was an MY97 and had the one below, cost ? cant remember £30 )
http://importsolutions.co.uk/cable_conver.asp#
And it does go "in-line", in the cable feed from the gearbox. If you open the bonnet, stand at the drivers side, look down onto the gearbox from drivers side of the intercooler, you will see the cable.
The only other thing you have to do ( if it was being SVA'd ) to the speedo;
( and this is a tip I was given) is black out the "k" in the kph on the speedo fascia. No need to change fascias and snap needles
( because if you do attempt to change fascias, there is a good chance you will)
cool,cheers, so i take it this speedo cable goes into this and the device goes onto the gearbox sporget bit,where the cable went before device being fitted ?
cheers...
04 May 2006, 06:25 AM
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Originally Posted by The Rig
so i take it this speedo cable goes into this and the device goes onto the gearbox sporget bit,where the cable went before device being fitted ?
cheers...
cheers...
Oh, I think I was wrong in saying black out the "k" in kph, I think it is actually
kmh
04 May 2006, 09:18 AM
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check out this post. Some more information for you
http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthrea...ight=delimiter
http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthrea...ight=delimiter
04 May 2006, 10:28 AM
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on my old first scoob my93 wrx, that was restricted and i got a liitle device that goes in the back of the speedo and then the speedo cable plugs into that
1 remove clocks
2 fit device
3 fit speedo cable to device
4 refit clocks
really easy to do, i got mine from Alyn at A S Performance, cant remember how much but it was cheap enough
Hope this helps abit
1 remove clocks
2 fit device
3 fit speedo cable to device
4 refit clocks
really easy to do, i got mine from Alyn at A S Performance, cant remember how much but it was cheap enough
Hope this helps abit
04 May 2006, 12:39 PM
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well we are getting ours done next tuesday at 9.30, but while i'm here, is it true that it could be too much for the car and make it go bang????
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Originally Posted by stew911
well we are getting ours done next tuesday at 9.30, but while i'm here, is it true that it could be too much for the car and make it go bang????
04 May 2006, 04:04 PM
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The 180kph speedo works out to 111.83mph so when your off the clock at 180kph the limiter kicks in.
Therefore fitting a mph converter inline between the clocks and gearbox changes the speed reading to MPH and in turn removes the 180kph/112mph limiter. making the clocks max speed 180MPH be very optimistic to hit this speed albeit not impossible after spending thousands.
I have used two different kinds, one that fits on the gearbox side, and more recently one that fits behind the clocks, prefer this type to be honest.
hope this helps
Therefore fitting a mph converter inline between the clocks and gearbox changes the speed reading to MPH and in turn removes the 180kph/112mph limiter. making the clocks max speed 180MPH be very optimistic to hit this speed albeit not impossible after spending thousands.
I have used two different kinds, one that fits on the gearbox side, and more recently one that fits behind the clocks, prefer this type to be honest.
hope this helps
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