S300 Speedo for SE?

[roadburner]

Hi,
does somebody know if the S300 Speedometer fits in an SE without any problems??

Thanks!

[lotusespritworld]

Wasn't aware it was different from th SE. Looks the same in the photo's I''ve seen of the 300 and I've sat in one and didn't notice the difference.

kato
Lotus Esprit World

[roadburner]

I may send you a pic of the speedo?

[dictys]

post it up so we can see the difference too

Rgds
Dictys

[Ye Olde Esprit]

IIRC the speedo and tacho (not the Mexican food ) on the S300/S4S are larger than the SE/S4 ones.

Nicholas

[JohnWatkins]

And didn't the S300 have an electronic speedo like the S4s?

Cheers,

John W
'95 S4s

[karlfranz]

Due to the limited slip diff on the Sport300 gearbox, there is no mechanical cable drive for the speedo. The speedo is electronic and is driven by pin J2-B8 from the ECM. The ECM gets its speed information from the VSS (Vehicle Speed Sensor) which is located on the right rear hub. This is the same for all 95MY and newer cars too. None of them use mechanical speedos since then.

[benfell100]

Interesting, my speedo is kaputt and is a mechanical one so can I put an electronic one in and connect it up to my ecu?
Mine is a 94 S4
Dom

[karlfranz]

benfell100 said:

Interesting, my speedo is kaputt and is a mechanical one so can I put an electronic one in and connect it up to my ecu? Mine is a 94 S4 Dom

Yes. Contact Mark Wiens at [e-mail] he just did the same thing to his car this week. He even was creative enough to use the mechanical speedo cable itself as the wire to carry the signal to the dash, thus avoiding the need to route a new wire over to the gauge.

Cheers.