I'd like to see it. I like the figure-it-out-yourself stuff like that... Drew 2035cc Badger5 16v 6speed 1990 Jetta Coupe
----- Original Message ----- From: Denis P. Goldman To: a2 16vGroup Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 10:34 PM Subject: 160mph Scirocco Speedo Installed Today I had enough time to put the 160 scirocco speedo I bought off of ebay in my car. No major install issues, buts its pretty cool looking down and see a less cluttered speedo (20 mph increments vs the regular 10mph) and seeing 160 is pretty nice. Also, the speedo starts at 10mph (not zero like most other clusters), so the needle doesnt move at all until you are doing at least 10mph. Too bad the car could probably only do 135 or so (0.75 fifth gear) but I guess that's not the point of it. Anyway, a few points: - The rocco speedo (out of an 87 Scirocco) doesn't have a MFA. Obviously, I didnt want to loose my trip computer, so I ended up swapping the speedo itself into my existing cluster. I had originally planned to just swap clusters, without taking apart my original cluster. Also, the 160 speedo did not have the speed sensor like my 140 had, so I had to cut some plastic and add that as well (for the mpg and other features to work) - I installed a new speedo cable as well. My old cable was a two piece type, with the black box mileage counter in between. I went with a one piece cable, as the two piece cables are not available any more (AFAIK). What a pain in the neck it is to get that speedo cable attached to the back of the cluster. - Lastly, now that the oxygen sensor mileage counter is gone (black box), I came up with an idea. Being that I now have an LED in my cluster that won't be used (the center light on early 16vs is labeled 'OXS'), I thought about what I could use it for. Well, for some time now, my full throttle switch intermitently worked. I have the TT Fuel Enrichment, so sometimes I wasn't even getting the benefit of it. Now, I have a lead from the full throttle switch connected (with a relay, to reverse the ground) directly to that center LED in the dash. I added the relay, and tapped into the lead from the OXS mileage counter plug (didn't have to cut any wires at all, all was done under the hood) When the throttle is fully opened now, I get a LED on the dash letting me know. The red LED bothered me, so I put a yellow one in from an extra cluster I had laying around. I also scanned in the little piece of metal with the 5 icons (turn signal, alternator, oxs, oil pres, highbeams) into photoshop, and add the Techtonics Tuning logo in place of the OXS. Printed out on a good laser printer, glued it, looks awesome. Definitely useful as an indicator light. I will probably take some pics tommorrow, so if anyone is interested, let me know. Denis G. 1987 GTI 16v http://come.to/veedubs
