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The sweep is very useful especially when popping off the needles and putting them back on. I've worked on a Scion tC that does this, so it saved quite a bit of time.
Why does the sweep make it useful for working on the needles?
So you can test the positioning w/o revving the car to redline?
Originally Posted by DIGItonium
The sweep is very useful especially when popping off the needles and putting them back on. I've worked on a Scion tC that does this, so it saved quite a bit of time.
Why does the sweep make it useful for working on the needles?
So you can test the positioning w/o revving the car to redline?
I have a hunch the 370Z gauges are sourced from a different manufacturer (prob. the same one for Scion and Subaru... Nippon Seiki, parent company for DEFI?)
Current 350Z gauges do not have an internal stopper. If you remove the stop pin, the needles will fall past that mark. You can literally turn the needles in circles and not hit anything. When you pull the needles and replace it, it is hard to tell what the actual position is.
I've not seen the 370Z gauges closely, but I'm assuming the gauges are like the Scion tC as it does not have a physical stop pin. You literally can't move the needle past it's limit because of an internal stopper. So from there I know where to mark the actual position even when it sweeps. That's what makes the job easy.
With my Z, I had to figure out speed and rpm after warming up, and then line up the needles from there while driving.
Last edited by DIGItonium; Dec 8, 2008 at 07:56 PM.
370z Startup Video
Sweep is GOOD
