Spiyda Wizard MK3
Discussion
Just came back from classic resto,anyone fitted the Gauge Wizard ? .
You can have a low fuel light ether on the guage or dash which needs to be set so does not need a switch in the tank .
They also offer a bit of kit which allows you to use the original temp sender by calibrating at five temp points.
Is it worth worth doing ..?
We spoke and Dave chimonngas came up in the conversation .
You can have a low fuel light ether on the guage or dash which needs to be set so does not need a switch in the tank .
They also offer a bit of kit which allows you to use the original temp sender by calibrating at five temp points.
Is it worth worth doing ..?
We spoke and Dave chimonngas came up in the conversation .
Edited by SILICONEKID345HP on Saturday 1st April 20:58
I have one I will be using on my water temp but I've not installed it yet.
However, I have used one on another car for water temp where the resistance of the sensor was going opposite to the way the gauge wanted.
Works well. Not difficult to set up but very time consuming with hundreds of button presses required to input the settings.
Nice piece of kit but not waterproof so under the dash install would be wise in which case make sure you wire it with a couple of feet of spare cable so you can sit somewhere comfortable to program it.
Steve
However, I have used one on another car for water temp where the resistance of the sensor was going opposite to the way the gauge wanted.
Works well. Not difficult to set up but very time consuming with hundreds of button presses required to input the settings.
Nice piece of kit but not waterproof so under the dash install would be wise in which case make sure you wire it with a couple of feet of spare cable so you can sit somewhere comfortable to program it.
Steve
Last year I got fed up with my water temp gauge reading incorrectly.
I sent the gauge and sender, purchased for a reputable TVR spares supplier, to Speedy Cables who said that the sender and gauge were not matched and the gauge could never read correctly.
They replaced the movement in the gauge and supplied a sender that fits the original Rover tapping in the inlet manifold.
Southways checked the gauge v ECU temp who said that they were the same and more importantly correct.
It cost about £100 but I think it was money well spent.
Perhaps the gauge/sender mismatch is the reason so many people complain of incorrectly reading gauges.
All the best
Dick
I sent the gauge and sender, purchased for a reputable TVR spares supplier, to Speedy Cables who said that the sender and gauge were not matched and the gauge could never read correctly.
They replaced the movement in the gauge and supplied a sender that fits the original Rover tapping in the inlet manifold.
Southways checked the gauge v ECU temp who said that they were the same and more importantly correct.
It cost about £100 but I think it was money well spent.
Perhaps the gauge/sender mismatch is the reason so many people complain of incorrectly reading gauges.
All the best
Dick
I've got two of Spiyda Design's little boxes under my dash.
1. Takes a temp reading directly from my LPG vaporiser and translates that information to an LED embedded in my coolant temp gauge, the LED changes from blue to green to red. Blue meaning the vaporiser is too cold to switch to gas, green being hot enough to switch over, and red just means the coolant in the vaporizer is excessively high (over 95 degrees) and acts as a good general engine overheating warning light
2. Takes a reading from the LPG level sender in my bottom LPG tank, reverses the resistance scale so it works with my second Caerbont fuel gauge and damps the readings so the needle doesn't fly up and down on cornering as LPG in it's compressed liquid state is very thin so false readings due to slosh become more of an issue than with petrol, I also have a separate low fuel warning LED that reminds me to find an LPG station 50 miles or so before I genuinely run out.
In both cases Spiyda Design's little boxes work well, they take a bit of calibration and need reliable +12v supply and a good earth to work correctly as they're very voltage sensitive, but once dialed in and wired properly they do work as designed.
1. Takes a temp reading directly from my LPG vaporiser and translates that information to an LED embedded in my coolant temp gauge, the LED changes from blue to green to red. Blue meaning the vaporiser is too cold to switch to gas, green being hot enough to switch over, and red just means the coolant in the vaporizer is excessively high (over 95 degrees) and acts as a good general engine overheating warning light
2. Takes a reading from the LPG level sender in my bottom LPG tank, reverses the resistance scale so it works with my second Caerbont fuel gauge and damps the readings so the needle doesn't fly up and down on cornering as LPG in it's compressed liquid state is very thin so false readings due to slosh become more of an issue than with petrol, I also have a separate low fuel warning LED that reminds me to find an LPG station 50 miles or so before I genuinely run out.
In both cases Spiyda Design's little boxes work well, they take a bit of calibration and need reliable +12v supply and a good earth to work correctly as they're very voltage sensitive, but once dialed in and wired properly they do work as designed.
trumpet1608 said:
SILICONEKID345HP said:
So he had the original land rover sensor matched up to the gauge ?
No.Speedy Cables fitted a new movement in the original gauge and supplied a sender that matched the new movement.
I removed the Land Rover sender and replaced it with the new sender.
The new version of Spiyda's gauge wizard is all digital and has pre-programmed presets.
If someone measured the sender resistances of the original Rover sender, they could be supplied pre-calibrated.
Then it would only take seconds to set up.
It also has outputs for various warning lights, such as in this case High Temperature warning.
And finally, the option of using an output to turn on fans (through a relay)
If someone measured the sender resistances of the original Rover sender, they could be supplied pre-calibrated.
Then it would only take seconds to set up.
It also has outputs for various warning lights, such as in this case High Temperature warning.
And finally, the option of using an output to turn on fans (through a relay)
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