>
QUOTE(Mynzeyes @ Sep 6, 2006 - 11:15 PM) [snapback]476794[/snapback]
>
and, IMO, that looks like quite a hack-job. a-pillar pods are much more in the line of vision.
I disagree, and that's why I tried another way.
1. I don't like how A-pillar looks, but they are even unconfortable, because the higher ones are too near to your face, and you loose time to focus them.
2. Gauges are for tuning/mapping or aestethic.
When you tune/map, you have time and you must look at them.
But when you race, and I am not talking about 400 meters long races...
,
you really have not the time to look at them.
2 years ago I made a 1 hour session in Monza:
when I came out, a friend of mine asked me the top speed I reached in the long long, 5th gear, pitlane.... and I didn't know !
Never had the time to look at the odometer when you are racing !
Gauges are not for safely race, if you want failsafe gauges, you have to buy electronic gauges with alert led when the values are too high or too low...
for example my Greddy fuel pressure gauge has it...
Or, even better, and this is what I made on my car, all the sensor are connected to my ecu and then to the PC you see on the passenger seat, and when a sensor is out of normal values, I get an alert and it goes in safe mode.
IMHO this is the only way to go. And that's what I made...
PS: for this purpose, I will put a 7" touchscreen monitor in the 2 din for the carPC that works with my ecu.
>
QUOTE
>
you posted for opinions, so don't bash me for mine.
.
Absolutely don't be worried for this ! Opinion are welcome !
BTW if opinions were so important for me, I'd ask how to do it, before making in this way.
That is bad ass. I was thinkin about doin something along those lines when i switched over from my ST to my GT, but something about taking a hole saw to my dash with a bunch of wires behind it, just scared the crap outta me.
