SpeedoHealer v4 in 4th Gen

So for those of you who are not aware, when you change the physical tire size of your vehicle you will affect the speedometer's accuracy. For example a common tire upgrade on this forum is to go from the stock P265/65R17's (30.5") to LT285/70R17's (32.7") which comes to a 7% difference in diameter. This means that your speedometer reads 7% less than what you are actually doing (I found that at about 80mph I was doing 85mph or so.) You can figure out what the percentage difference is in your tires by using a tire calculator like the one on Tacoma World:
Tire Size Calculator - Compare Tire Sizes

There's a product called SpeedoHealer by Healtech Electronics (HealTech Electronics Ltd. ? Smart Tech for your Ride ? SpeedoHealer v4) that corrects this issue in motorcycles (apparently digital speedometers in motorcycles are notoriously inaccurate), conveniently the VSS (Vehicle Speed Sensor) in motorcycles is the same in most automobiles. I want to thank 4Mudder on the Toyota120 forums for referring me to this product and his write up (Speedometer correction - Toyota 120 Platforms Forum)

NOTE- You'll want to use the SpeedoHealer "Universal" kit as the wiring will match what I did.

Now I installed mine a bit differently than 4Mudder's and I figured I'd post how I did it in case others wanted to see other ideas for installation.

First things first lets get the wire colours of the SpeedoHealer v4 out of the way, I found this slightly confusing at first because they didn't show a diagram or table and instead used verbiage to somewhat describe what the wires did.

Red- 5v-12v Power Source
Black- Ground
White- VSS (Vehicle Speed Sensor) Input
Green- VSS Output

Now lets get the combination meter out of the vehicle so we can get to the wires. This is all straight forward, you'll find two 10mm bolts on the lower kick panel under the driver's side that need to be removed and everything else just pulls off with snap clips. The combination meter is held down by three 10mm screws that go into the dash and two 10mm bolts that secure the connectors to the combination meter as illustrated in the following picture. Do note that the gold 10mm bolts will "click" when tightened, you only need them to click once to have the connectors nice and tight when reinstalling.



The next thing we need to do is determine what wires we're going to cut into, if you happen to have an EWD (Electrical Wiring Diagram) for 4th Gen you'll find (after digging a bit) that Pin#4 (Grey with Red Stripe wire) on Connector C9 is the VSS Input from the Skid Control ECU. You'll want to cut that off about an inch or two from the connector and splice the White wire to the end feeding from the Skid Control ECU and then splice the Green Wire into the end feeding into the combination meter, like so:




Now that we have the VSS signal taken care of, you'll want to get power and ground, this is mainly where I differed from 4Mudder's installation procedure. I figured that the unit is not drawing a significant amount of amperage to operate (as it just shifts the VSS signal by a calculated percentage) and thus took that gamble that it could be spliced into the combination meter's power supply (it was a gamble because I didn't have a small amp clamp to bench test its actual amperage draw and so I based my guess on experience.) I tapped into Pin# 5 (Black with Orange Stripe wire) of Connector C10, this is the 12v Fused Power Supply for the combination meter (the 10Amp IGN Fuse located under the dash) and then for ground I tapped Pin#13 (Solid Brown wire) on Connector C10 for the ground. Pin# 13 is what is referred to as a "Dirty Ground" which means it is used for many various functions such as the small motors for the speedo, tach, ect. and using this ground won't cause issues with sensor readings or computer function such as using a "Clean Ground" would.



I then routed my SpeedoHealer harness behind the dash bar and fuse block and to the actual SpeedoHealer unit which I stuck to the metal reinforcement plate for the kick panel. It comes with adhesive velcro tape and it perfectly fit between the fuse block and the metal panel right here.



Now the main reason I routed it here was for ease of access in case I ever needed to do anything with the unit. Where it is now is out of the way, but easily accessed; with the added bonus of looking almost factory (you all know how obsessed I get about that! hwell



After its all nice and installed, just follow the instructions on the paperwork that comes with it to set your SpeedoHealer and enjoy a now accurate speedometer! I will also note that the SpeedoHealer v4 comes with a dual memory function, which means you can switch between two different settings; I would assume this is a nice bonus for those of you who run smaller street tires and larger off-road/winter tires.

great write up. this is exactly what I needed, thanks [MENTION=66389]BlackWorksInc[/MENTION]

I've had mine on for a year, I love it. Was an extremely easy install as well. Well worth the money

Awesome write up, as usual. Thank you. Can't wait to get one of these for mine.

im running 32's on mine but dont see the need to do it. great write up though.

kevinpt said:

im running 32's on mine but dont see the need to do it. great write up though.

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It wasn't a big difference, but it bugged me to notice I was doing 5 mph over what my speedometer was reading on the freeway. Also it will be a bigger difference when I do 35" tires like I plan in the end.

Mileage also isn't right let alone the mph. I track my vehicle for service records off miles which calculated mpg as well. So I was off and it bugged me.

LTDSC said:

Mileage also isn't right let alone the mph. I track my vehicle for service records off miles which calculated mpg as well. So I was off and it bugged me.

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i just calculate mpgs and add the difference to figure it out. like the fact that im not putting miles on it faster by fixing the speedo. the way i see it is im putting the same amount of wear on the drive line with my larger tires so why put more miles on it.

if going to 35's in the future i can understand

LTDSC said:

Mileage also isn't right let alone the mph. I track my vehicle for service records off miles which calculated mpg as well. So I was off and it bugged me.

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Reviving this thread. Does the speed healer fix the mileage as well and the dashboard computer that give your avg. speed and such?

wkeryder4 said:

Reviving this thread. Does the speed healer fix the mileage as well and the dashboard computer that give your avg. speed and such?

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yes it makes it as accurate as OEM was. Still 2mpg off but it was like that from the factory.

If you want accurate MPG readings you're not going to get it from the factory trip computer no matter what you do. That's the bad news.

The good news is that either a Scangauge II or an Ultragauge will give you very accurate MPG readings because you can calibrate them (you can also program them to show your speed, BTW.)

I use both (I have the UG on my DD Mazda pickup and the SGII on my T4R.) I like the SGII on the T4R because it can also be set to show Transmission Fluid Temperature (TFT) and that's important to me since I pull a trailer. The Mazda has a manual tranny so I don't need the TFT on that.

Thanks for reviving, I have stopped driving my little MPG saver 1998 cavalier and started driving the 4Runner most of the time. I track mileage daily and have a monthly expense report. Over time I will get the $109(cost of healer) back with my expense report due to correct mileage.

Make sure I have this correct. Lets say, currently I drive the T4R 2000 miles a month. In reality I drive it 2140 a month after the 7% calc. 2000*7%=140=2140

Current= 2000 miles * $0.15 mile = $300
with healer=2140 miles * $0.15 mile = $321

Month mileage change constantly, but that helps a lot.

guess its time to buy!

[MENTION=87687]LTDSC[/MENTION] did you get the universal kit? I'm guessing it doesn't matter which kit, since we will be splicing the wires, correct?

S p a r k y said:

[MENTION=87687]LTDSC[/MENTION] did you get the universal kit? I'm guessing it doesn't matter which kit, since we will be splicing the wires, correct?

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yes i got the universal kit. Was really easy to install.

S p a r k y said:

[MENTION=87687]LTDSC[/MENTION] did you get the universal kit? I'm guessing it doesn't matter which kit, since we will be splicing the wires, correct?

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The Universal kit is the best one to get as it will have the matching wires that are shown in my write-up and the one I linked in my first post.

The "vehicle specific" ones have a plug & play harness for certain models of motorcycle. You can find the Universal one on Amazon for the same price as a model specific unit.

BlackWorksInc said:

The Universal kit is the best one to get as it will have the matching wires that are shown in my write-up and the one I linked in my first post.

The "vehicle specific" ones have a plug & play harness for certain models of motorcycle. You can find the Universal one on Amazon for the same price as a model specific unit.

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Just want to confirm the correct setting, unit will read "AP7.0" do I have that correct, for 285/70/17

That is what I have mine set to for the 285/70R17's I am running, you can always fine tune it from there if you want to bust out the tape measure and really do the math, but its a good number to go with.

So I have been thinking some... technically all the SpeedoHealer is doing right now is correcting the Vehicle Speed Signal from the Skid Control ECU to the Combination Meter ECU; this leaves a large and critical part of the vehicle subject to the 7% differential in perceived vehicle speed. The ABS/VSC/TRAC systems all rely on accurate wheel speed signals to determine what needs to be done, currently the system is getting a roughly 7% slower reading from each wheel speed sensor thanks to me using 33" tires. This means that the system is reacting based on information that is offset 7% slower; which means the system may not function correctly.

Theoretically wheel speed sensors on our Toyotas are typically simple 2-wire passive magnetic sensors paired with a tone ring that outputs a varying voltage frequency pattern. Which should be similar to the varying frequency output that comes out of the Skid Control ECU, so theoretically you should be able to utilize the SpeedoHealer between the Wheel Speed Sensors much in the same way it is currently utilized between the Skid Control ECU and Combination meter to provide a much more accurate picture of the actual vehicle speed to the entire vehicle. So a simple 4 wire parallel tap into each sensor with the SpeedoHealer outputting it's offset signal should work fine rather than needing 4 stand alone units correct?

Sorry, it's a bit late and I'm not sure if my ramblings making any sense... feel free to punch holes in the theory? Was just thinking that a better way to utilize this is to tap it in before the Skid Control ECU to "fix" the speed issue for multiple modules not just the combination meter (something that would benefit 4th, 5th, ect. gens using this "mod") I just don't have the time right now to change the wiring/mess with things on my daily driver so I figured theory-crafting beforehand might be a better idea.
[MENTION=66316]1engineer[/MENTION] [MENTION=78273]Jeremy556[/MENTION] [MENTION=89562]bimrunner[/MENTION] (I swear I remember some more guys who'd have some clever input on this... but for the life of me I can't seem to remember the names!)

BlackWorksInc said:

So I have been thinking some... technically all the SpeedoHealer is doing right now is correcting the Vehicle Speed Signal from the Skid Control ECU to the Combination Meter ECU; this leaves a large and critical part of the vehicle subject to the 7% differential in perceived vehicle speed. The ABS/VSC/TRAC systems all rely on accurate wheel speed signals to determine what needs to be done, currently the system is getting a roughly 7% slower reading from each wheel speed sensor thanks to me using 33" tires. This means that the system is reacting based on information that is offset 7% slower; which means the system may not function correctly.

Theoretically wheel speed sensors on our Toyotas are typically simple 2-wire passive magnetic sensors paired with a tone ring that outputs a varying voltage frequency pattern. Which should be similar to the varying frequency output that comes out of the Skid Control ECU, so theoretically you should be able to utilize the SpeedoHealer between the Wheel Speed Sensors much in the same way it is currently utilized between the Skid Control ECU and Combination meter to provide a much more accurate picture of the actual vehicle speed to the entire vehicle. So a simple 4 wire parallel tap into each sensor with the SpeedoHealer outputting it's offset signal should work fine rather than needing 4 stand alone units correct?

Sorry, it's a bit late and I'm not sure if my ramblings making any sense... feel free to punch holes in the theory? Was just thinking that a better way to utilize this is to tap it in before the Skid Control ECU to "fix" the speed issue for multiple modules not just the combination meter (something that would benefit 4th, 5th, ect. gens using this "mod") I just don't have the time right now to change the wiring/mess with things on my daily driver so I figured theory-crafting beforehand might be a better idea.
[MENTION=66316]1engineer[/MENTION] [MENTION=78273]Jeremy556[/MENTION] [MENTION=89562]bimrunner[/MENTION] (I swear I remember some more guys who'd have some clever input on this... but for the life of me I can't seem to remember the names!)

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I honestly don't know enough about how the systems interact and such so unfortunately I don't have any input other than to say that I like how you are thinking!

Good thinking! I have been thinking about all of this since I installed. Main reason I installed is to make my expense report (by mileage) correct so that I am not loosing money driving for work. So my question is, does the healer fix the 7% mileage reading as well as the MPH?