Hi all
Has anyone got any words of wisdom, with the benefit of hindsight, on the positioning of traditional round analogue gauges? There seem to be 3 schools of thought:
1: Speedo & tacho above the gearbox
2: Speedo & tacho centred above steering column
3: One or two ancilliary gauges above steering column and speedo & tacho either side of this but still viewed through the wheel.
I suspect this might be one of those err in haste, repent at leisure decisions....?
Steve.
Gauges
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Re: Gauges
Well the less you have to glance away from the straight ahead windscreen view the better I would have thought so I'd say speedo/tacho ahead through the steering wheel then water temp/oil press next closest.whiterabbit wrote:Hi all
Has anyone got any words of wisdom, with the benefit of hindsight, on the positioning of traditional round analogue gauges? There seem to be 3 schools of thought:
1: Speedo & tacho above the gearbox
2: Speedo & tacho centred above steering column
3: One or two ancilliary gauges above steering column and speedo & tacho either side of this but still viewed through the wheel.
I suspect this might be one of those err in haste, repent at leisure decisions....?
Steve.
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I think they look best straight ahead too, but its down to personal choice.
A lot depends on the size, & whether you want to scare your passengers.
I went for 80mm main gauges, 100mm look a bit overkill to me.
You could always go modern & fit an all in one unit or a fancy SPA Rev counter that has a digital speedo built in.
Tim's demo car has the Digidash unit... nice, simple & one hole to cut. Good price too.
The thing that I learnt, was buy some decent panel lights & switches straight off. Then choose carefully where you want to put them.
I had two goes, & went thru two dash panels before I was happy.
Another option, is to fit a dash from another car.
Brian Beavis fitted bits from an MX5 dash & instrument pod in his car. Some very nicely rolled ali sheet !
Matt
A lot depends on the size, & whether you want to scare your passengers.
I went for 80mm main gauges, 100mm look a bit overkill to me.
You could always go modern & fit an all in one unit or a fancy SPA Rev counter that has a digital speedo built in.
Tim's demo car has the Digidash unit... nice, simple & one hole to cut. Good price too.
The thing that I learnt, was buy some decent panel lights & switches straight off. Then choose carefully where you want to put them.
I had two goes, & went thru two dash panels before I was happy.
Another option, is to fit a dash from another car.
Brian Beavis fitted bits from an MX5 dash & instrument pod in his car. Some very nicely rolled ali sheet !
Matt