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| Dr Evil |
 Nov 12 2004, 01:21 AM
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Send me your transmission!  Group: Members Posts: 23,035 Joined: 21-November 03 From: Loveland, OH 45140 Member No.: 1,372 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region 
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I'd be willing to do the work for budget minded people. Any case mods, installation of 914GT's kit, assembly, what ever. The bezel is a huge PITA that is why I have people sending me there gauges to disassemble, clean, and paint. Guy, if you want to do a collaboration on this, I'm in.
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| bondo |
Nov 12 2004, 01:39 AM
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Practicing my perpendicular parking Group: Members Posts: 4,277 Joined: 19-April 03 From: Los Osos, CA Member No.: 587 Region Association: Central California |
Any ballpark guesses on how much this would cost? I was planning on buying an aftermarket tach with the same scale, hacking the guts into the stock housing, and sticking the stock needle on it. If your solution is cheaper and easier, I'd jump on it.
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| Dr Evil |
Nov 12 2004, 01:42 AM
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Send me your transmission! Group: Members Posts: 23,035 Joined: 21-November 03 From: Loveland, OH 45140 Member No.: 1,372 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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You know I'll cut you a deal if you want me do do any work, Royce.
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| Series9 |
Nov 12 2004, 01:43 AM
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Lesbians taste like chicken. Group: Members Posts: 5,444 Joined: 22-August 04 From: DeLand, FL Member No.: 2,602 Region Association: South East States |
I used a 993 tach to go with my engine. It looks slightly different than the original, but the backlighting is cool and the operation of the needle is awesome. It never bounces and moves quickly and accurately with the engine speed.
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| Dr Evil |
Nov 12 2004, 01:45 AM
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Send me your transmission! Group: Members Posts: 23,035 Joined: 21-November 03 From: Loveland, OH 45140 Member No.: 1,372 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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Stock 911 baby, ya (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) Maybe someday I'll put it in a car <_<
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| Britain Smith |
Nov 12 2004, 01:50 AM
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Nano Member Group: Members Posts: 2,354 Joined: 27-February 03 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 364 |
I need to convert my tach for the electromotive ignition...how did this cost you through Palo Alto Speedo, Qarl? I wonder if it would be possible to mount an accurate CHT gauge in the place of the turbo boost gauge on a 911 tach?
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| lapuwali |
Nov 12 2004, 02:50 AM
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Not another one! Group: Benefactors Posts: 4,526 Joined: 1-March 04 From: San Mateo, CA Member No.: 1,743  |
QUOTE I wonder if it would be possible to mount an accurate CHT gauge in the place of the turbo boost gauge on a 911 tach? Anything's possible, but an analog CHT gauge has a number of problems. They're reading VERY small voltages (millivolts), so accuracy is hard to acheive. PA and NH Speedo don't like messing with them (as in swapping them around in various cases). Making a digital CHT (with or without a digital display; with a servo, you can easily make an analog gauge with all-digital guts) is much easier, but requires a reasonable knowledge of electronics to make. A digital unit could also incorporate some temperature compensation to account for the variations due to ambient temps you see with the VDO or Westach CHT gauges. If I could spare the time, I'd design something to at least drive a row of LEDs... |
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| Dr Evil |
Nov 12 2004, 03:59 AM
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Send me your transmission! Group: Members Posts: 23,035 Joined: 21-November 03 From: Loveland, OH 45140 Member No.: 1,372 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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There is a system called fule plus for the BMW K bikes (3 and 4 cyl). It could be adapted to go into our cars, I bet. It tells you what your milage is, how much you have left at the milage you are traveling, what the best fuel econmy speed is, yadda yadda. Its pretty awsome and since it is for a 4cyl too I bet it could e adapted. Someone is crazy (rich) enought o try it. It would be bitchen to have as a gauge. Just thinking.
http://www.fuelplus.com/ |
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