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94 lx gauge cluster into a 90 dx dash?

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Old May-27th-2002, 03:56 AM
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94 lx gauge cluster into a 90 dx dash?

has anyone tried this before? i tried a search on the board and came up with zilch. dunno if it's been discussed. it would be kinda nice to have a tachometer.
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I found this from another post, it looks like the instrument cluster is a straight swap

As discuted in "Hold button on sohc automatics????", it seem that on my car (Canadian 95 Protegé S, 1.8sohc manual), the fuel is cut at 6750rpm. Isn't it supposed to be at 6000rpm? What could that mean. I went to a ride tonight to see exactly went it cut, and thats 6750rpm. So i'm wondering, could it be my tachymeter that is giving wrong data? i brought that instrument cluster in a junk yard, because it had rpm, and the stock one in my car doesnt. So it is maybe broken. But on idle, it seem ok, sitting at 750.
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Old May-27th-2002, 06:43 PM
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thanks alot for finding the post and hey...cool site. you should post when u do your next mods. did you find the lx rims actually lighter thank the miata rims??

btw my last name is manuel hehe
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Thanks guys, I'm trying to put as much info in my page as I can. I'm sure I can do better times in the 1/4 mile, I think the RX-7 AFM had alot to do with it. As a metter of fact, I'm working on the AFM right now. I'm installing the 323's AFM spring to the RX-7 AFM body. I notice that the circuit has a different number so I'm assuming that they probably have different values. I'm going to keep the RX-7 circuit and just swap the springs. Let you know what happens later !
As of the Miata rims vs the Protege rims they seem to weight about the same, at least a lot lighter than the steel ones !
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Old May-28th-2002, 03:47 PM
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Originally posted by ManuelGz
I found this from another post, it looks like the instrument cluster is a straight swap

As discuted in "Hold button on sohc automatics????", it seem that on my car (Canadian 95 Protegé S, 1.8sohc manual), the fuel is cut at 6750rpm. Isn't it supposed to be at 6000rpm? What could that mean. I went to a ride tonight to see exactly went it cut, and thats 6750rpm. So i'm wondering, could it be my tachymeter that is giving wrong data? i brought that instrument cluster in a junk yard, because it had rpm, and the stock one in my car doesnt. So it is maybe broken. But on idle, it seem ok, sitting at 750.
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Well thats my post btw, and i bought a cluster form an protege 94 SE, but any cluster would fit as they look exactly the same form 90 to 94 (or 95 protegé S in canada..)
the only thing is that an odometer, or any other instrument in a LX,SE cluster, wont fit a DX cluster.
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the only thing is that an odometer, or any other instrument in a LX,SE cluster, wont fit a DX cluster.

i'm getting a lil confused here. i have a U.S. 1990 mazda protege SE (before they changed the designation to DX)....

so you're saying that a 94 LX cluster wont work in my car? the things that my cluster dont have are:

1) low fuel light

2) washer light

3) tachometer

i'm just assuming that the SE/DX wiring harness has all these connections throughout the car...just that the gauge cluster doesnt have all these indicators. ahhh please someone cure my doubt.
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Originally posted by slip415



i'm getting a lil confused here. i have a U.S. 1990 mazda protege SE (before they changed the designation to DX)....

so you're saying that a 94 LX cluster wont work in my car? the things that my cluster dont have are:

1) low fuel light

2) washer light

3) tachometer

i'm just assuming that the SE/DX wiring harness has all these connections throughout the car...just that the gauge cluster doesnt have all these indicators. ahhh please someone cure my doubt.
I think he's saying you can't take a odometer from a cluster without a tach, and put it into the cluster with a tach. (so you'd have correct mileage when you upgrade clusters)
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Check this out on Ebay, 1830408765 speaking of instrument clusters !
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Old May-28th-2002, 09:08 PM
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superdave - thanks...i think i had a brainfart earlier

manuel - you read my mind
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