Center Consol Gauges

Post Mon Jul 04, 2005 12:40 pm

I did a seach and come up with a bunch of things I didn't want.

I need some help I've plotted out the gauge pod, but what I need to know is how to wire the guages up, and how to get the wiring out from the center consol, down to the engine bay.

I'm going to use Fuel Pressure, Oil Pressure, and I'm not sure of what other guage to use, I was thinking of using A/F Ratio... ? What owuld be the best to use as my 3rd guage.

Thanks

Post Mon Jul 04, 2005 1:12 pm

Well what gague to use is a mater of opinion, I am using VDO's out of an Audi so that when I have the 2.7 in I can keep an eye on oil temp and press - the volts is irrelevant really. If I was you I'd go for oil temp as the third.

As for wiring them up, it depends on what/whose gagues you are using. I found this site for my VDOs' http://www.thepaty.plus.com/8v/howto/VDO.htm

Post Mon Jul 04, 2005 1:16 pm

Just to add if yo uhave aircon/climate control you cannot put the gauges there.

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Post Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:15 am

Yeah, I've made a plate that covers the consol, with the gauges going into it, I'm not gonna mount them directly to the consol.

As with my other question, I don't want to do any cutting to the consol, to get the wires into the engine bay... So how would I get them there ?

BTW, I've done a couple of technical diagrams of the plate I made, when I'm sure it fits, I'll post them up as a sort of blue print