Geoff B and anyone else using or thinking of using the VR2 Digital Dash might be interested in this.

They have updated the software to v1.32 (which I can't get to load at the minute) so it now includes a "fuel tool box". Basically this comprises of:-

1. Fuel Gauge
2. Instantaneous Mileage
3. Distance Travelled since you last filled up.
4. Distance left to go on this tank.
5. Overall average fuel consumption.

It also includes

1. Total time in hours and minutes the engine has run on that tank.
2. Amount of fuel used.
3. Amount of fuel left.

This is really interesting to me, because assuming it stops raining soon, I'm going to be out on the road and my car doesn't have a fuel gauge! I was going to rely on a graduated dipstick, but this sounds good.

Obviously it is calculation based as it doesn't have a sender in the tank. It relies on the information you put in, tank capacity etc and calculates against revs, time and speed / distance to give you all the figures.

Once I get the software updated I'll let you know how I get on. (Might keep a jerry can in the boot JIC).

Also there is a Forum (a bit like this but with wayyyy fewer members) http://www.veypor.com/forum/index.php where you can ask questions about the installation and configuration of the VR2.

Veypor Forum

Cheers

Mike

Thanks for that link. I've been shopping a bit for clocks and that was quite timely and intresting.

That looks really neat. Not seen one before.
Does it have backlighting?

Bob.

getting one for my xmas prezzie Lenny

Getting it to read to an acceptable level of accuracy is surely going to take a massive amount of calibration? Does it measure injector pulse width, or MAP or throttle position?

Lenny, you must have been a very good boy this year.

MikeRJ, it's no way near as complex as that. You fill up, tell it the tank is full, drive around, it logs time, revs and mph. Then once your tank is almost empty, you fill up and re-calibrate it. It does the maths. I don't think it's ever going to be dead accurate, but it's better than nowt.

Each time you fill up, you press "full" and it re-calibrates distance travelled on the tank, revs and speed, and gets a bit more accurate?

Cheers

Mike

ALLWAYS good she tells me Lenny