Can the odometer be tampered with?
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Pull speed sensor.
Fake it into thinking you're going 10,000mph. (Not sure what type of speed sensor the S uses, but this shouldn't be that difficult)
Roll the odo back over to 000000 (unless it locks at 999999... Heh, that would kinda suck)
Fake it into thinking you're going 10,000mph. (Not sure what type of speed sensor the S uses, but this shouldn't be that difficult)
Roll the odo back over to 000000 (unless it locks at 999999... Heh, that would kinda suck)
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Any electrians or pc designers here? I do NOT condone the practice of tampering with some parts of a car that would be used to rely information that can be used for lying to others and scamming but the answer for "how" to roll back is in this thread staring you in the face. Like a puzzle. And the last post is not the answer.
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I doubt it was tampered with. I bought a 2001 S2000 with 12,000 miles and when I sold it 2 years later (to buy a newer S2000) I barely put 8k miles on it. Some people just use it as a weekend car and don't drive very far.
we could always try 55 in reverse on the freeway. 
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Originally Posted by 530s2k,Apr 18 2006, 12:10 PM
Pull speed sensor.
Fake it into thinking you're going 10,000mph. (Not sure what type of speed sensor the S uses, but this shouldn't be that difficult)
Roll the odo back over to 000000 (unless it locks at 999999... Heh, that would kinda suck)
Fake it into thinking you're going 10,000mph. (Not sure what type of speed sensor the S uses, but this shouldn't be that difficult)
Roll the odo back over to 000000 (unless it locks at 999999... Heh, that would kinda suck)
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[QUOTE=badboypolar,Apr 18 2006, 12:25 PM] Any electrians or pc designers here? I do NOT condone the practice of tampering with some parts of a car that would be used to rely information that can be used for lying to others and scamming but the answer for "how" to roll back is in this thread staring you in the face. Like a puzzle.
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I am an electrical/computer engineer and I design embedded hardware and software. yes of course the odo could be tampered with. You could mess with the IC in the cluster. The ease would be based on the complexity of the circuit. It could be as easy as severing a single connection to stop it from registering miles, or more difficult than anyone would attempt in order to make a few $$ on a resale in order to alter the number it displays 
You wouldn't need a tool to interface with the cluster, but as mentioned before, setting the mileage back without one would probably be more work than its worth. You could theoretically use a logic analyzer, a microprocessor or two, and some basic programming skills to create your own odometer though 
You wouldn't need a tool to interface with the cluster, but as mentioned before, setting the mileage back without one would probably be more work than its worth. You could theoretically use a logic analyzer, a microprocessor or two, and some basic programming skills to create your own odometer though
this is stupid. time for a thread lock