wobble Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 I have a 1970 521 With a J15 in Australia, currently the Speedo is in MPH, I have seen Speedos in Km per hour (that's how we roll in a Aus) and I was looking for what where in the world I might find one. Also the Speedo cable would that need to be changed? Will the motor make a difference to the speedo cable? Cheers James Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 I have never seen one and that's not to say they don't exist..it would not be your motor that will be the issue its your tranny and rear end gears that will make a difference in speed if the calibrations are off..but if you have a J block I think you could find a kilo cluster that was for the same years then again depending on your tranny.. 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 For a perfect 521 fit, you would need one from a country that has Km speedometer those years. Japan has been metric since 1885 so all their 521s will have a Km speedo as would the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, India and best of all New Zealand in '69. I'd ask New Zealand for one. 1 Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 If you look closely you will find "dots" between several of the MPH marks. These are Klicks used at the factory to calibrate the speedometer since the factory used metric checkout tools. Example, just above the 60MPH mark is the 100 KPH dot. 4 Quote Link to comment
Jester Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 ^^^^^^ Cool info. Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 Meanwhile, just multiply the MPH by 0.6 and you will be safely under the posted Metric Speed limit. The 100 MPH will then fake at 60 KPH and will actually be 62.5 KPH. In 1962 My wife couldn't understand why I was driving 35MPH on the first leg of the Tokaido Freeway when the posted speed limit was 60 KPH. 2 Quote Link to comment
konig209 Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 Ill ask friends in mexico 1 Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 Isn't Australia metric, I wonder how you ended up with one with MPH, or did the early stuff come in MPH over there? Quote Link to comment
wobble Posted December 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 Australia converted to metric ie kms in 1974, pior to that it was MPH. I will check out NZ and Thailand. Thanks for the history lesson guys. 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 I have a Canadian '74 710 and its the last year for MPH Quote Link to comment
konig209 Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Mexico kph Zoom in top number 100 kph I can get one get it shipped to me. And shipped to you if you want kph. Quote Link to comment
konig209 Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 And i have shipped to aus. Quote Link to comment
wobble Posted December 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 How can trust that's you your name is spelt wrong in that photo Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 How can trust that's you your name is spelt wrong in that photo Are you kidding or are you serious? Quote Link to comment
bilzbobaggins Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 ^yeah...huh......but on another note, that truck in the photo looks like it has quite a story to tell. Quote Link to comment
konig209 Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 He is from mexico too thats who i would be getting the cluster from. Turbo ka24et pushin way above 300hp Quote Link to comment
datson4life Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 U beat me to it konig! Lol im coming back witg a couple in January lol Quote Link to comment
bilzbobaggins Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 is there a build thread on that? looks so......raw Quote Link to comment
konig209 Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Datson sorry always 1 step ahead ;) No build thread Quote Link to comment
wobble Posted December 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 Are you kidding or are you serious?It's ok I'm the one he sent the parts to. So what do we think about Speedo cable gearing? Have they just painted the numbers on the gauges or are the Km ph cables geared differently? Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 It's ok I'm the one he sent the parts to. So what do we think about Speedo cable gearing? Have they just painted the numbers on the gauges or are the Km ph cables geared differently? The face plate number printing is the difference, all else is the same. I wonder if the 521 parts book lists the metric and english face plates? Quote Link to comment
konig209 Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 Omg i didnt know that was you. Hahaha 1 Quote Link to comment
DanielC Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 There are two different instruments in a speedometer. There is the speedometer, you can just put a "90" KPH where the "55" MPH would be. Other speeds, same idea. Then there is the odometer. It is a "counter". It is solidly geared to the rear wheels, so that when you travel a mile, the tenths wheel in the odometer turns one revolution. If the "instrument" cluster is a KPH one, the odometer would have to be turning significantly faster, because a kilometer is much shorter than a mile. Quote Link to comment
wobble Posted December 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 So what I need to find out is if that gearing, to make it spin faster is all in the back of the KPH Speedo or if the gearing out of the gearbox is different. Quote Link to comment
wobble Posted December 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 I think these will be the parts that I will need. In the bottom corner it says 60MPH = 1024RPM Quote Link to comment
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