jot_ie Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Hi all I have just been chatting to Tony and Pete in THOR They currently have the prototype of a speedo converter/ speed delimiter for vvti supras. Its still in the early stages and some issues remain to be sorted. As we all know the standard speedo converter/speed delimiter does not work properly on the vvti engine. Are there many here that would be interesed in such a device. If I can give Tony and Pete a list of interested people he might be persuaded to hurry the process up a bit. This is not a group buy. Its more to guage interest in the product, so the guys in vortex can assess if its worth their while. John Edited Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Hmmm... I could be interested..... I've got a unit on my wiring loom, I've not actually tested if it works properly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 I have just been chatting to Tony and Pete in Vortex. Hi John Are you sure you don't mean Thor Racing rather than Vortex? Yes, I definitely want a proper VVTi DSC please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jot_ie Posted May 4, 2005 Author Share Posted May 4, 2005 Dead right Jake Sorry everybody. Its the guys at THOR racing. Grovelling apologies to all, especially the guys at Thor. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 I'm interested. Cause I have no idea which SLD I have but I don't rate it's accuracy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Any progress yet... Taken my unit out because it was messing about with the tiptronic gear changes.. Gav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Walker Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Taken my unit out because it was messing about with the tiptronic gear changes... This is the problem I spoke to Pete last week and it was still in progress, he knows there's a few of us waiting for this so... Gaz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 I have just found out I have an HKS SLD on my VVTi Tip. Any idea what function this performs other than the limiter? There's also a small box with CK-SP-14 written on, which looks like a kph/mph converter but doesn't seem to be actually connected to the ECU. I'm worried about the possible kickdown problems at high speed associated with the tiptronics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 see recent cry for help in tech....'98 VVTI Tip-Tronic with random TPS problem...I dont know what Converter / Delimiter Ive got (car is ex JIC) but if this new one from Thor is available anytime soon I want one, like yesterday...is a dodgy de-limiter suspect number one now ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merckx Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 As we all know the standard speedo converter/speed delimiter does not work properly on the vvti engine. Not sure what you mean? I've definately not got the 112mph speed restriction. Are the ones fitted to most VVTI's at present giving inaccurate speed conversions. I've got some little black box with 3 wires connected to the terminals on the back of the speedo, will that be it (speedo converter)? Please explain why there would be a need to replace it with one from Thor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 Maybe it's not a problem an manual cars, Merckx. It somewhat messes up the gearchanges on Autos and Tiptronics, kickdown at the wrong time, stuff like that. Do you not have any problem with the Trac going into Snow Mode all the time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merckx Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 Maybe it's not a problem an manual cars, Merckx. It somewhat messes up the gearchanges on Autos and Tiptronics, kickdown at the wrong time, stuff like that. Do you not have any problem with the Trac going into Snow Mode all the time? Yes, when I was using the trac control it did sometimes go into snow mode. But I've got RLTC now and so switch the trac control off. So I shouldn't need one. Thanks Jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Leavy Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 Fascinating! Didn't realise others had problems with speed converters on their VVTI's (99 RZS Tiptronic). Mine was delivered by JIC & worked happily for a year then suddenly stopped converting and produced km's only. Had JEM replace the unit (not sure what with) and its never worked properly since! Won't register beyond 102mph! I've got a Snooper so I can see the real speed on that. JEM were crap. I asked them about it & they said there was nothing wrong with the unit so it must be the sender. Strange that the sender and unit would both fail simultaneously! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 Mine was delivered by JIC & worked happily for a year then suddenly stopped converting and produced km's only. Mine's a JIC car and I guess they fitted the little blue jobbie in my pics above. Had JEM replace the unit (not sure what with) and its never worked properly since! Won't register beyond 102mph! You mean your speedo doesn't read anything more than that, but you go faster? Strange that the sender and unit would both fail simultaneously! Hmmm.... The bit that worried me mostly is the chance of kick down at high speed random times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Leavy Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 The 102mph it records isn't accurate anyway - its really only about 93mph - since it tends to over register by about 9%. Can't say I've ever had a problem with kickdown though. Don't know what units JIC originally fitted because these were removed by JEM. I presume they would have been the same since both cars are VVTI Tip's and JIC supplied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superstar dj Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 Count me in for one aswell, seems like a bloody good idea before we end up in blown engine hell! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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