Is there any way to make a Newer Altima's Cluster work with a 280zx or is that just not posible?

 

ANYTHING is possible... the limiting factors are time & money.

Is it realistic? Not at all. Why do you ask?

 

why do you care?

 

my friend has one and i wanted to put it ito mine since it looks nicer, so you say there is no way possible huh?

 

No... I said:

It is possible... NOT REALISTIC. You'd prolly spend several hundred dollars and countless hours trying to figure it out.


He asked for a reason... trying to find out why. Duh!

 

meh, i wouldnt do or not do something because others tell me its not worth it....




(has nothing to do with anything.)








(yes i just said that)






(need mo' beer!!!!)

 

Now a S30 dash in a S130 is possible. And they are just the best damn lookin dashes I've ever seen. Plus if you want aftermartket tachs and speedo's are the same size as factory. Just swap em. Same for the smaller ones. The S30 dash is 1 inch shorter then a S130 dash. Come on .any idiot ca fill a half inch on both sides.

 

Put the whole dash and interrior from the Altima in your Z.

L-series components and design are somewhat simular to the KA series... just a while guess but it may not be as hard as you might think. you'd have to hook up the Altima dash wiring harness, power it somehow, and then individually figure out where to get your signal from for each gauge. Certainly not a bolt-in swap if that's what you're after.

Now... the tachometer is factory made for a 4-cyl and your Z is a 6. There lies your first problem.

 

it's a 3.5 altima so it's a 6 cyl and what my best guess is you have to splice a few wiring making sure which ones on a wiring diagram , I don;t think this would be very expensive unless i would need the whole dash wiring harness?
But do the speed sensors and the Rpm sensor go through the Ecu thats the oly question i have, other then that it would be a fun weekend

 

OH, I assumed 1st gen for some reason... not even a KA24 in the 4-cyl.

ya, that is going to be much more difficult.