Bored

[hollowpockets]

Extremely bored bobbing around on this rig, sooo, out of interest has anyone ever changed/thought of changing the gauges on the dash, as in all of the speed, revs, fuel, oil, boost and water temp gauges for something that looks more modern or something more 'in tune' with the interior.

Not wanting stupid flashing LED's etc but a subtle change from the plain and uninspiring white.

Graham

[alex s]

hollowpockets said:

Extremely bored bobbing around on this rig, sooo, out of interest has anyone ever changed/thought of changing the gauges on the dash, as in all of the speed, revs, fuel, oil, boost and water temp gauges for something that looks more modern or something more 'in tune' with the interior.

Not wanting stupid flashing LED's etc but a subtle change from the plain and uninspiring white.

Graham

Yes.

Looked at bloody loads, main problem you are going to find is the speedo and rev counter - getting the replacement ones the same size.
Several people have used SPA gauges, for the oil pressure/temp, boost etc.
I even looked at changing to the SPA "pod" they designed for the M14/15 where the rev needle changes colour as the revs increase, they are selling them at a discount because they were not used in the end.(long story)but would need to do a new complete dash (which still might happen)

Let us know what you find.

Alex

[art411y]

ohhh yes!got a rep dash with all sizes .got the honda s2000 dash to fit but means joining the 2 humps .curved the centre dash 30 degrees with digi tec dials as a guide .not sure as yet my mate who is a dab hand at the carbon fibre stuff is moulding as we speak

[The Frog Gobbler]

art411y said:

ohhh yes!got a rep dash with all sizes .got the honda s2000 dash to fit but means joining the 2 humps .curved the centre dash 30 degrees with digi tec dials as a guide .not sure as yet my mate who is a dab hand at the carbon fibre stuff is moulding as we speak

Want to see that please..

[hollowpockets]

Sounds interesting, would be good to see the finished article arty.

If i dig anything else up ill be sure to post info

[roi354]

If you're thinking about going as far as cutting and reshaping then what about Stack?

Just an idea

[alex s]

This is what I was thinking of.

http://www.spa-uk.co.uk/design/productdetails.asp?...

[Lakelord]

alex s said:

This is what I was thinking of.

http://www.spa-uk.co.uk/design/productdetails.asp?...

Only goes up to 160 tho

[alex s]

Lakelord said:

alex s said:

This is what I was thinking of.

http://www.spa-uk.co.uk/design/productdetails.asp?...

Only goes up to 160 tho

They do one to 200 as it was for the M15..
It has the added advantage that it will work with the Nobles current senders, as it was designed for a v6 noble.

Arty...when you say using the s2000 dash would the rev counter be under used, when we had one ( S2000) I think the redline was at 9500rpm.. plus to me it looked a bit dated. ( but maybe thats just my taste) Would be a nightmare to convet to work with our senders etc wouldnt it? ( 4 vrs 6 cylinder etc)

[Adrian W]

alex s said:

[Arty...when you say using the s2000 dash would the rev counter be under used, when we had one ( S2000) I think the redline was at 9500rpm.. plus to me it looked a bit dated.

Be ok for me

[gadgeroonie]

i'm not a big fan of a cluttered dash - they are more bling than funtional IMHO

i bought one of these a while back for a race car project that never came to be

http://www.autogauge.com.tw/web/products/productde...

it does :

RPM 11,000
boost 2 bar
water temp
oil temp
oil pressure
battery voltage
and has a programmable shift light

Edited by gadgeroonie on Tuesday 25th November 20:09

[node]

gadgeroonie said:

i'm not a big fan of a cluttered dash - there are more bling than funtional IMHO

i bought one of these a while back for a race car project that never came to be

http://www.autogauge.com.tw/web/products/productde...

it does :

RPM 11,000
boost 2 bar
water temp
oil temp
oil pressure
battery voltage
and has a programmable shift light

Edited by gadgeroonie on Tuesday 25th November 17:18

that looks too creepy for me, reminds me of the HAL 9000

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

Adrian W said:

alex s said:

[Arty...when you say using the s2000 dash would the rev counter be under used, when we had one ( S2000) I think the redline was at 9500rpm.. plus to me it looked a bit dated.

Be ok for me

For about 20 seconds.

[Adrian W]

ThatPhilBrettGuy said:

Adrian W said:

alex s said:

[Arty...when you say using the s2000 dash would the rev counter be under used, when we had one ( S2000) I think the redline was at 9500rpm.. plus to me it looked a bit dated.

Be ok for me

For about 20 seconds.

get on with your work

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

Adrian W said:

ThatPhilBrettGuy said:

Adrian W said:

alex s said:

[Arty...when you say using the s2000 dash would the rev counter be under used, when we had one ( S2000) I think the redline was at 9500rpm.. plus to me it looked a bit dated.

Be ok for me

For about 20 seconds.

get on with your work

go back to blowing up every electrical item in your house

[Adrian W]

ThatPhilBrettGuy said:

Adrian W said:

ThatPhilBrettGuy said:

Adrian W said:

alex s said:

[Arty...when you say using the s2000 dash would the rev counter be under used, when we had one ( S2000) I think the redline was at 9500rpm.. plus to me it looked a bit dated.

Be ok for me

For about 20 seconds.

get on with your work

go back to blowing up every electrical item in your house

Basterd