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Crazy Canuck View Member Profile	Feb 17 2014, 04:16 PM Post #2
North of the border Group: Admin Posts: 2,307 Joined: 4-February 04 From: Montreal, CANADA Member No.: 177	After better measurements from what I could gather, here is a better rendering... now need to validate if 4" tach fits inside bezel (hope it fits). Why the update ? less clustered enough spacing between gauges most important in center towards sides in circular motion (easy on the eye) I based my dash size on a overlay picture I found and mapped it, using custom work i found w/ known sized gauges... hopefully I'm not too off and things can fit. I really like this one... pretty sure it's close to final setup if fits (think it's better than the original 2 (tach + speedo on their own side) What you think ? I'm showing both metric and standard gauges so you know what the readings are... I'm a metric guy... lol 1 bar = 14.5 psi (easy to remember is 15psi) 0'C = freezing point =32'F (every 1'C = 1.8'F from there) dash_final.png ( 727.65K ) Number of downloads: 16 dash_final_metric.png ( 706.71K ) Number of downloads: 11

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Eugenio_SS critique custom dashboard setup Feb 7 2014, 09:57 PM

bubba353z I think if it was my car, I'd switch the water... Feb 7 2014, 11:24 PM

Eugenio_SS I like the inverted triangle idea... I'll try ... Feb 7 2014, 11:37 PM

Eugenio_SS based on the idea provided, here is a 2nd renderin... Feb 8 2014, 07:05 PM

trackbird QUOTE (Eugenio_SS @ Feb 8 2014, 02:05 PM)... Feb 8 2014, 10:37 PM

Eugenio_SS I agree with the oil pressure being more critical.... Feb 9 2014, 03:40 PM

CrashTestDummy Intake temp would be more important for tuning, I... Feb 9 2014, 06:08 PM

zmaro With the first design you could probably fit two m... Feb 10 2014, 01:49 AM

StanIROCZ Id put the tach on the right and speedo on the lef... Feb 10 2014, 03:52 AM

Eugenio_SS After better measurements from what I could gather... Feb 17 2014, 04:16 PM

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Crazy Canuck View Member Profile	Feb 7 2014, 09:57 PM Post #1
North of the border Group: Admin Posts: 2,307 Joined: 4-February 04 From: Montreal, CANADA Member No.: 177	Hi, I'm ripping the whole dashboard and putting a custom made one... Here is what I'm thinking... please critique anything you want on it. (sorry for white edge thing around each gauge... not an graphic artist) dash.png ( 630.04K ) Number of downloads: 63 Here are some information on why the given setup on the dash. Note that all gauges are upto scale (large = 4", small = 2-1/16") background will be black metal... only light will be a red light in the middle = check engine speedo is in km/h... not mph put the water temp right in the middle for fast access oil pressure also closest to tach for fast eye access (imho, oil-pressure + water-temp = 2 most critical ones to keep a close eye) the rest just followed based by grouping least important ones, but practical are in the a-pillar 3-pod the A/F is actually a wide-band. QUESTIONS: Would you place them any differently ? if so, where/why (ie what changes) ? given that it's a turbo setup (in case the boost gauge didn't give it away), which is more practical to have out of these 2 gauges: oil temperature intake temperature Thanks for your feedback.