seba Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Putting lowermileage engine in supra so would like odometer that's showing less. Don't know if anyone has one lying around? Would be surprised but can always try. Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraDan24 Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 LOL are you serious?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seba Posted July 14, 2011 Author Share Posted July 14, 2011 LOL are you serious?? Well yes i am sir If i one day want to sell the car showing 200.000km on the odo and i tell the people there is a 80.000km engine in it, who is going to believe me? Would you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Mitchell Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 i dont think they work like that, or do they? im not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seba Posted July 14, 2011 Author Share Posted July 14, 2011 i dont think they work like that, or do they? im not sure. I'm not sure either But i remember reading in a thread this is the way to do it. As you obviously cant change the mileage on an odometer. But then again i do have a very bad memory... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Mitchell Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 i have a funny feeling its not going to work like that because i changed mine over once and the mileage stayed the same. oh i dont know im not sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark newman Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 it will work . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Mitchell Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 sweet then! i have one out that TT with 50,000 on the clock. that will do me for my rebuilt engine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark newman Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 yes, but will you be able to sleep at night knowing what you have done, and what about your old mot's they will not match up . Just joking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seba Posted July 14, 2011 Author Share Posted July 14, 2011 it will work . See Mitchell? You should compensate me for the worries you caused me... Lets say half of your enginebling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Why would you do that?? The chassis has still run the X thousand miles thats on the clock, so thats the mileage. Otherwise your lying to a prospective new owner. Right to their face. Sure get the mileage of the new engine documented butto basically wind the clock back? Not cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seba Posted July 14, 2011 Author Share Posted July 14, 2011 Why would you do that?? The chassis has still run the X thousand miles thats on the clock, so thats the mileage. Otherwise your lying to a prospective new owner. Right to their face. Sure get the mileage of the new engine documented butto basically wind the clock back? Not cool I know what you mean but i would just tell it has a newer engine in the older chassis. I'm not actually lying there i think Still i'm not thinking about selling the car, this just crossed my mind as i might as well change the odo as it would be unfair to the future owner to assume there is a 200.000km engine in the car as actually there is a 80.000 km car in it, now that would be cruel And we do have MOT here with mileagerecordings so lying is not actually an option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 as it would be unfair to the future owner to assume there is a 200.000km engine in the car as actually there is a 80.000 km car in it, So you could get that fact documented somewhere? I dont know, Im a bit traditional when it comes to mileage. The chassis itself has covered 200,000 kms so thats the kilometerage, if the engine has been swapped then so what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 You can just clock the odo you have to make the miles you want it to read... There is a DIY method but I'm not telling. There are also many professional companies which will do legitimate mileage correction for a few £. Not sure if you have the same services in Belgium, but they are available here. I have a few odo's in the parts bin, I think they are about 50k, 70k and 82k km. Oh and I do not agree that you should clock the car just for a new engine, the mileage is supposed to represent the mileage of the chassis. Very naughty if you change it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Raven Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 I took pictures from the ODO of the donar car. And i will be putting all the build pictures into my project thread. Apart from that there is nothing more you can do. Mine is showing 160k However the engine had done 72km. End of the day when i sell it it will be though here so people can read the build thread and take it from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dive_popo Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 there is an easy way to connect the odo to your computer using a COM cable and editing it in a Terminal connection... but I wont tell more about this... as This is illegal ! ! ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark newman Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 please tell we want to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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