[Rx7 Boutique] 99+ Cluster Information and Pics/VIDEO!
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[Rx7 Boutique] 99+ Cluster Information and Pics/VIDEO!
Unfortunately, I have some bad news. I received a 1999 cluster with a mazdaspeed speedo and have been toying with it for the past few days. From my research here on the forums, the ECU is a different bit(8bit vs 16bit) and thus that is why the cluster does not work. Although, the fuel gauge and oil temp work just fine.
Now on to the good news, you can swap all these parts into a USDM board and it works just fine. I swapped the speedo and tach, that previously did not work, and they worked great. Swapping the parts takes only a few minutes, took more time taking the dash and supporting pieces off. The gauges read accurately and there are currently no problems with the 99spec and usdm board. If anyone has any solutions on how to fix the 99 board to accommodate the different bit ecu, lmk, as I am not a mechanical engineer. Like most of you, I read that all you need to do is connect the boost gauge map sensor and ground and voila, your done. This is not the case. Perhaps, it could be that I got a bad board, but does not make sense that everything works in my 93 board and not a 99 board.
This ultimately means, that when I import clusters you are thus expected to switch everything into the USDM board, which takes no more then 30 minutes. This includes 1999, 2002 and spirit r-clusters. This particular 99 tach is currently for sale ($325), they light up green. Looks pretty slick IMO, and modernizes the dash. I am currently writing a pictorial on how to install a nardi oem wheel, designing a sub box for the trunk for mass production and I am going to offer the service of changing the backlighting of a cluster in the next couple of months. Thanks for everyones continued support, big things are coming!
Pic off
Pic on idle
Video on start up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs04DFxTW4w
-Bryan & Rx7 Boutique Staff
Now on to the good news, you can swap all these parts into a USDM board and it works just fine. I swapped the speedo and tach, that previously did not work, and they worked great. Swapping the parts takes only a few minutes, took more time taking the dash and supporting pieces off. The gauges read accurately and there are currently no problems with the 99spec and usdm board. If anyone has any solutions on how to fix the 99 board to accommodate the different bit ecu, lmk, as I am not a mechanical engineer. Like most of you, I read that all you need to do is connect the boost gauge map sensor and ground and voila, your done. This is not the case. Perhaps, it could be that I got a bad board, but does not make sense that everything works in my 93 board and not a 99 board.
This ultimately means, that when I import clusters you are thus expected to switch everything into the USDM board, which takes no more then 30 minutes. This includes 1999, 2002 and spirit r-clusters. This particular 99 tach is currently for sale ($325), they light up green. Looks pretty slick IMO, and modernizes the dash. I am currently writing a pictorial on how to install a nardi oem wheel, designing a sub box for the trunk for mass production and I am going to offer the service of changing the backlighting of a cluster in the next couple of months. Thanks for everyones continued support, big things are coming!
Pic off
Pic on idle
Video on start up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs04DFxTW4w
-Bryan & Rx7 Boutique Staff
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Could you get your hands on the 99 spec tach face by itself? just the black plastic piece. If so, that would be a cheaper alternative to buying the whole thing. Also, just switching out the face would be simple and you could just twist the tach needle to match towards the bottom. Since ours are already calibrated, we wouldn't have to change anything but that face.
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Could you get your hands on the 99 spec tach face by itself? just the black plastic piece. If so, that would be a cheaper alternative to buying the whole thing. Also, just switching out the face would be simple and you could just twist the tach needle to match towards the bottom. Since ours are already calibrated, we wouldn't have to change anything but that face.
Have three 99 gauges coming in this week, need to test them and then they go up for sale, pricing in sig! Along with a spirit-r steering wheel and some TRD stuff.
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I'm actually quite positive that it twists. Its the needle itself, not the whole unit twisting. When I had to remove my tach face to change to manual when I did it for the at-mt swap i had to somehow remember the correct position for the needle or else it would be off by however much. Thanks for the info though. Could you PM me pricing on the tach itself? might want to do this little project while the car is still down. Thanks Brian!
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I'm actually quite positive that it twists. Its the needle itself, not the whole unit twisting. When I had to remove my tach face to change to manual when I did it for the at-mt swap i had to somehow remember the correct position for the needle or else it would be off by however much. Thanks for the info though. Could you PM me pricing on the tach itself? might want to do this little project while the car is still down. Thanks Brian!
Notice the red arrows, this is what you want to look for, this black piece is very important. It protects the connector to the speedo and tach, and if that connectors is damaged even the tiniest amount, the speedo and tach wont work. The cluster that started this thread was missing the black cover. Picture:
Looking NICE! Need to verify these on a FD before I sell them.
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i have a JDM S6, everything lights up red. also the s8+ all the console lights illuminate green, so i would think having all the buttons red/amber and the gauges green would look cheap unless you got the white faced ones which light up red, they look really nice.