andyace
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| posted on 7/9/07 at 11:48 AM |
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Where to get reasonably priced gauges
Hello all,
I am currently trying to price up a set of gauges (2x80mm tacho and electronic speedo, 4 x 52mm volt, fuel, water and oil pressure).
I am struggling to get the above (just the gauges not senders) for under £300.
Any ideas ? Will there be any suppliers at Donny doing gauges?
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hobbsy
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| posted on 7/9/07 at 11:50 AM |
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ETB are reasonable I thought?
www.etbinstruments.com (off the top of my head)
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Mr Rob
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 posted on 7/9/07 at 12:12 PM |
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Wow, as i'm only at the planning stage of the build (hoping to get my donor this month) i hadn't looked into gauges.. I can't
believe the price of them!!! For an all singing all dancing dash it will cost a small fortune. I think i'll just stick a Digidash behind the
wheel as it's about the price of two normal ones and does the lot.
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02GF74
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| posted on 7/9/07 at 12:42 PM |
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pity then the GT40 owner whihc his unfeasilby large plethor of guages!
I looked into this; if you want them all to be the same brand, then I think green guages are the beswt value i.e. cheapest.
Otherwise a rev counter can be taken from a variety of donors - the speedo is more problematic getting the right drive ratio.
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stevec
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| posted on 7/9/07 at 02:41 PM |
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Carbuilder solutions do a reasonably priced set of oil, water and volts gauges with senders.
Its the speedo and tacho that make your wallet squeak.
Just bought a set of 6 CAI gauges and senders and speed pick up. £400
swmbo dosn't know yet.
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jack trolley
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| posted on 7/9/07 at 04:35 PM |
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Tacho with 3 other integral displays on ebay - cheapish
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sgraber
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| posted on 7/9/07 at 06:23 PM |
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I just purchased a Mychron3 Plus auto for $650USD includes 4 analog inputs with alarm leds, tach and speedo, sequential shift lights, gear indicator
and datalogging.
My 4 inputs will be fuel level, boost (turbo car), oil press and water temp. I can configure the inputs at any time to datalog something else such as
steering input, damper travel, tps....
It just bolts to a simple bracket and you hook some wires up. Otherwise I was looking at 6 analog gauges, a fabricated dash plate, no datalogging, no
shift lights nor gear indicator.
It seems to be a better deal overall than individual gauges.
Just my simpleton opinion tho. Some people hate digital gauges. I think they are 'kewl'.
Steve Graber
http://www.grabercars.com/
"Quickness through lightness"
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dave1888
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| posted on 7/9/07 at 06:26 PM |
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I got these from ebay usa, they cost £200 including import duty. They come with all the senders apart from speedo. I think the seller is
oldnewparts
 
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RK
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| posted on 7/9/07 at 10:20 PM |
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check fleabay. it will depend on how fancy dancy you want to get, but I bought a whole set of old Spitfire gauges that will need a bit of TLC for $65
US delivered (I'm in the Great White North).
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grusks2
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| posted on 8/9/07 at 09:02 PM |
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Im also running dolphin gauges ( like the shark one above) as stated above £200, The only thing i dont like is the slow reaction of the rev counter -
its wired to the EDIS unit on my MJL
http://mac1worxbuild.wordpress.com/
forgot my old password so another username doh
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robinj66
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| posted on 8/9/07 at 09:56 PM |
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The Vapor trailtech unit is available from TIFOSI for just over £70. Sounds good but yet to fit mine.
www.trailtech.net
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