gold cal, the R33 Skyline runs a digital speedo, with an electric speedo sender unit on the box. You need to renove the standard Skyline sender, and replace it with the analogue MX7/Navara unit mentioned above. How's the accuracy of your speedo now Bax?

Still off because of my diff gears, but pretty close. I think it's about 10% off.

Ah, that's about the same as my housemate's stock two year old Camry. :P

so whats the go? just go for the navara unit, and leave the gear that comes standard on the navara speedo drive on, and bolt it in, im assuming speedo will read slightly out as the gears are a different size, but least the speedo will work.

hey guys is there i diff between a "r33 turbo" and a r33 "non tubo box" both been 5 speed manual. cheers

Yes, there very much is. Non turbo is a smaller and weaker box. RUkidn: yeah, that's it. Speedo should be 100%, as it's a factory speedo unit.

kk cheers mates but been weaker it would still be stronger then the stock mf5 cause it going in my na calais for three yrs b4 it gets a turbo put on.?

Almost certain its stronger than the MF5.

Can neither confirm nor deny, but it'll have more synchros than the MF5. MF5 is the bottom of the food chain.

Originally Posted by RUKidn are you sure the navara speedo unit is the right one, i went down to nissan yesty and had a look at it. the gears are different sizes and apparently they dont seat in the right way, you need to modify them so they sit on the right angle etc. as the gear is off centre. is this true? or is it a matter of just unbolt the electric unit and bolt the new navara one in, the gear on the navara one is alot smaller etc. i went down to nissan yesty to look at the navara speedo drive, and it looks fairly different, the gears are different size etc, i dont know wheather you have to change the gears over?? f and another guy in there was telling me you have to modify the navara drive by cutting a slot in it so you can seat it into the box on the right angle, as the gear is off centre. is this a lie or?? im in two minds now, i dont know weather to get the navara speedo unit or not. can someone shed some light on it, is it a matter of just bolting the navara unit in??? is it that simple, with no modiffications Quote: Originally Posted by 87calais 32702-02G17 is the Nissan part number for the correct speedo drive - fits no mods needed. Having just purchased this exact part, I can tell it sure as hell aint the same as the drive I pulled out of my gearbox. As other people have found, the gear is a different size, and there is no tab on the drive to fix it to the gearbox. If you are considering this mod, I suggest you check out the pics posted earlier in this thread to see if your speedo drive is the same as the the part shown.

What box are you trying to fit it to? Can you post some pics of what drives you have, because this thread is getting completely lost amongst which is the correct drive.

Quote: Originally Posted by 5spdvl Can neither confirm nor deny, but it'll have more synchros than the MF5. MF5 is the bottom of the food chain. yeh it does. RB20 box is stronger than the mf5, so r33 would be stronger as well.

Nah.. the RB20 box isnt stronger than the MF5

Quote: Originally Posted by 5spdvl What box are you trying to fit it to? Can you post some pics of what drives you have, because this thread is getting completely lost amongst which is the correct drive. I have big RB25DET box. Don't have pics at the mo. I purchased the Navara drive unit, using the part number supplied in this thread. On inspection it is clear to see that the Navara unit has a much smaller gear on the end. I fail to see how this can mesh with the gear inside the gearbox. I was unable to test the function of the unit as my driveshaft is currently away being modified. I'll post some pics in a week or so when I next go to work on my car.

i use a 33 box, got the navara speedo drive from a part number from here, dont know if it was this thread, cos i did it a few years ago, but it WORKS PERFECTLY if u get the right one. i remembered thinking the same thing, but they work...

The gear on the VLT/Navara pinion assembly is the right size to make your VL speedo read correctly with 3.45diff gears. It fits. No mods. Mounts to the R33 box identically to how it mounts to the VLT Box. You can use the mounting bolt and tab from your old VL gearbox. The gear on the end of the electronic R33 sender is bigger in diameter because it is calibrated to work with the electronic speedo in the skyline. If you fitted a mechanical drive with a gear that big to a VL the speedo would read miles out!. Pic attached. The electronic unit (red) is from the R33. The mechanical unit (Black) is from the Navara. Just to clarify, that Nissan part number (32702-02G17) is what you got when you went to Holden and purchased the genuine Holden part for a VL Turbo. when it turned up it was in a Nissan Box with 32702-02G17 on it. Of course Nissan don't list any parts for a VL commodore, but when the number was cross checked it showed up as a Navara speedo drive. The only difference was Holden charged you $90plus, and Nissan only stung you about $40.

Thanks 87calais!

just read thru this whole thread, as i am doing an mx7 to r33 conversion soon, i must thank some of you because there is so much info in here, but really there is so many contradictions in this thread i feel i am now worse off having read this thread, and feel even more confused than ever. hopefuly it will become clearer with the boxes and motors sitting infront of me, i will take some photos along the way to hopefuly clarify some of the misconceptions in this thread.

Quote: Originally Posted by 5spdvl gold cal, the R33 Skyline runs a digital speedo, with an electric speedo sender unit on the box. You need to renove the standard Skyline sender, and replace it with the analogue MX7/Navara unit mentioned above. How's the accuracy of your speedo now Bax? the speedo is out by 1 km. pretty close if ya ask me

I wouldn't say you could really judge the speedo being out by 1Km/h without having it tested. The VL speedo system can very easily display an incorrect speed via a twisted speedo cable.