180 km/h speed cut removal

[Guest]

Hi .

Is there any easy ( i.e cheap ) way of removing the speed cut ? As i dont really want to get a custom ECU .

Thanks

[Joker]

pivot speed meter or apexi RSM

[Guest]

thanks will google them now .

always good to get some suggestions from people here first as i am wary of cheap immitation products ;D

[zarnah]

side-cutters

[Guest]

side cutters ... mmmmm .. red wire or blue wire...red wire or blue wire ..... BOOM !

[thorpy]

+1 for the Pivot speed meter , definatly the easiest and cheapest IMO

[Joker]

cutting a wire apparently works but affects other functions like the Radiator fan cut-in

[Guest]

 JoKer said:

cutting a wire apparently works but affects other functions like the Radiator fan cut-in

And Idle control.

[Guest]

ah radiator fan and idle control ... not very important stuff then ;D who needs to idle when you can go 180 km/h + !

[kamineko]

you wont get to 180kmh in a wrx if you cut the speedo cable. engine runs like a bag of ****

[Guest]

just hook up a switch to the speed sensor wire from the cluster and flick it when you want to do 180kph.

[kamineko]

what?

[G-unit]

i have a hks speed cut defencer if ur wanting a cheap 1

[zarnah]

I suppose the first question any of us ask should be, why do you want to do 180km/h anyhow? do you do a lot of track work? or just want to show of to your mates, kill a few of them, and ruin a few xmas's for a couple of familys?

[ben-jamminn]

 zarnah said:

I suppose the first question any of us ask should be, why do you want to do 180km/h anyhow? do you do a lot of track work? or just want to show of to your mates, kill a few of them, and ruin a few xmas's for a couple of familys?

Agreed

[stira]

 zarnah said:

I suppose the first question any of us ask should be, why do you want to do 180km/h anyhow? do you do a lot of track work? or just want to show of to your mates, kill a few of them, and ruin a few xmas's for a couple of familys?

Agreed, hopefull hes not trying to make your sig quote come true.

[Guest]

hi .

This car is ONLY used for trackdays . the furthest i have driven it on road is to the dyno tune shop last week . PLUS i am NO boy racer , i get my speed fix where it is safe and legal to do so .

The only reason i want to go above 180 is i am not sure at hamptons , but i am sure at puke , i will hit the speed cut .

[Optical]

hamptons you can hit 200+ no problems. this was covered a while back, putting a switch on the speedo signal is fine for brief stints.

if it's a dedicated track car, you should get a proper ecu for it

[Johnnynz]

You will hit speed cut at Taupo on the full track.

I don't have speed cut anymore but im pretty sure I would have hit it the odd time at Manfield also.

[Guest]

crap ... looks like i will have speed cut then tomorrow . (maybe not if this auckland rain keeps up !)

This car was only bought 3 months ago , so still pretty standard . but it is definately only a track car , so will be slowly modifying it as money and time allows....but mostly the money part ;D

well i am planning to attend the megameet next year ..so will definately have to get the speedcut sorted .

[kamineko]

 Optical said:

hamptons you can hit 200+ no problems. this was covered a while back, putting a switch on the speedo signal is fine for brief stints.

if it's a dedicated track car, you should get a proper ecu for it

yeah i remember the same conversation a few months back

in my experience with v2/v3 ecu's the car misses pretty badly with an abnormal speed signal. maybe other ecu's react differently

[Guest]

well i will just have to bite the bullit then and get a proper speedcut module .

[Guest S T E Y E]

but if u have a 180 speedo and u get rid of the cut then wont u just either snap the speedo needle or strip the drive cos its hits the dash not long after 180

[Koom]

Nope, won't damage the speedo needle. It just sits against the "stop" until you drop back below 180kph. AFAIK they aren't directly driven but work off magnetism? So no direct mechanical link between the speedo drive and the needle itself.

[Guest S T E Y E]

aww ok thats mean then bro haha i know the old cefiros are direct drive cos i stripped my old one out haha