Racing steering wheel and hub for HICAS?

[TeameXcessive]

Originally Posted by NiSmO_zt

d-bo, the hicas is made not to work at low speeds, its electronically controlled. you have to go between like 25 and 50 for it to activate.

and the pivot headlight controller, if you have the headlight pop up switch, the left most top button, that just pops the headlights up for cleaning, just pull it out(it just has tabs) and cut the brown wire on the back of it. then put your headlights up by turning your lights on, then press the new button to hold them in place, and turn your lights off. what the new button does is just fix the position of the lights. now, press the new button again, and the lights will begin to fall, so press it again when their laze and it will hold their position. it sounds hard, but its really easy, and free, and build into the wiring. so try it if you like.

cj

so can i still put on the aftermarket steering wheel with HICAS adapter?

[Dreamspawn]

Which cars came with the HICAS? The only nissian i know that had ne kind of HICAS system was the skyline. I'm working up the money to buy a 240sx early 90 hatchback. I want a project drift car so i would like to know which one does so i don't get it.

[logik23]

91-93 hatches had it as an option and R32 through R34 GT-Rs had it standard. Some Z32 also had it.

[NiSmO_zt]

logik, im not sure if the sensor plate is attached to the wheel, or the steering spindle, i think it is attached to the spindle, so you wouldnt need to attach it to the wheel anyway. the problem comes in when the racing wheel hub pushes up against the sensor, unless you cut the hub, or machine the hub to clear the sensor, it will be a nuissance.

not sure if anyone has successfully done that

xcessive,
im not sure i know of this "HICAS adapter" you're talking about. the bottom line is, if the racing hub you have wont clear the hicas angle sensor, and you dont machine it to work, then in order to have an aftermarket steering wheel, you will have to remove the sensor, and delete any hicas functions. you will just have to take the factory wheel off and try it to know what im talking about.


ive installed like 6 aftermarket steering wheels, and the hicas one was the only one to give me trouble. and i know of no aftermarket wheel hubs made with special clearances for hicas or other sensors. its just a matter of preference

cj

[Dreamspawn]

Ok so if when i'm looking at a 240 for me is there ne marks,badges, indicators of a hicas system besides the the sensor. I doubt the person letting me look at the car is going to let me take off there steering wheel.

[NiSmO_zt]

on the side of the car, just in front of the rear wheels on the black trim stripe, it will say "super hicas." and if the car has been re-painted and doesnt have trim, look under the hood by the passenger side firewall, i believe all hicas cars had abs brakes, so there will be a box with a bunch of little brake lines running to it. all no hicas models had standard brakes, i believe. other than that, you can lay down behind the car and look at the diff, the hicas cars had a finned diff cover, and a hydraulic cylinder mounted to the back of the diff, so thats another way to tell, and of course, theres a dummy light next to the steering column, on the right, that says hicas

good luck in the 240 search, but probably 90% of the cars dont have hicas.. so not a big problem

lataz
cj

[Dreamspawn]

Thank you so much. I'm loving this site more and more everyday. Learning so much can't wait to start school and then start the 240. **also know as project Beast from the east** now the debat SR20 vs. RB26

[NiSmO_zt]

you left out the best one, rb25, thats whats going in my 180 this summer, if i can get a good job right out of college.

[Dreamspawn]

I want the Rb26 the most i like the tt. Is the Rb25det swap as easy affetive as the Sr20 havnt really ever looked into it. Kinda been blinded by "godzilla"

[logik23]

On a scale of one to ten, SR is like a 1, RB25 is like a 3 and RB26 is like a 10.