Topic: Dashhawk or other gauges

[Uranium-238]

I think my plan is even more ricey than that...or maybe redneck.

My idea was to get 2 shift light, one red, one yellow. Once you reach the powerband, yellow lights up, then the red a few hundred rpm before the rev limiter and/or end of powerband.

[lil goat]

I have looked for a 2 1/16 gauge that is nothing but a big damn LED, can't find one yet, they all have tachs in them or aren't 2 1/16. I like your idea U-238, but I am a redneck.

[Uranium-238]

Shouldn't be too hard to make one.

I like these:
http://www.raptorperformance.com/

These are cheaper, but not as adjustable:
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-G2945/#

Also, an adjustment on my prior post. The best way to setup the yellow light would be to have it turn off at the best point to downshift. So, aim as close to the bottom of the powerband, but adjust so you can safely downshift across all gears.

[KWhale]

But Goat, that boost gauge only goes to 26lbs ?!?!   

[lil goat]

It goes to 30, I picked it on purpose, they have one that goes to 60 too, I want it to be quick and easy to read, I also did not want it to read vacuum just boost I don't expect to ever see much over 26 if that so It will work fine, and for $40 if I don't like it no big deal, I'll get a better one.

[Uranium-238]

Why not buy one that shows vacuum?

[lil goat]

What do I care about vacuum, it is meaningless to me, it shows on my Dashawk and I just ignore it. I just want to know boost, it is just a simpler gauge.

[Kelu]

I going to buy a boost gauge with LED alarm for a preset value and with peak memory. I end up buying GReddy intelligent informeter Touch:
http://www.greddy.com/products/display/?Category=electronics&SubCategory=56


I bought at the US price which is almost to be true for Romania. It is touch screen slim and nice, somewhere between dashhawk and dashdaq as price and features. I thought is a nice touch to have everything in one place rather than 2-3 expensive aeroforce gauges or 3-5 cheaper ones.

I can buy additional sensors but will very pricey:
Adapter: $135
Boost sensor: 123$
Pressure sensor: 123$
Temperature sensor: 66$
To connect the sensors to the adapter I need harnesses: $28 each

Complete additional sensors would be: boost, oil temp, oil pressure and coolant temperature. All of those will probably go over $500 which is an overkill in my opinion (I calculated as I need a harness for each sensor). It is worth the amount of money for the all? Should I skip some of the values like water temp (what others)? I can read oil temp/press from OBD it is advised? Boost to go paralel system or stay with the 25 psi maximum shown by the OBD?

Also as I read before in this topic the AF is enough to be read from OBD, I could see on my display lambda values since I test it, I don't know how to read the knocks, also I saw reading of IAT, exterior temp, ing timing and some others.

I want to test the error reading/deleting, does anyone knows how to replicate an error which will disappear by itself IF I will not be able to read/delete it.

[kennysabarese]

If you are gunna spend that much consider a racing data logger. They may have more features for around the same price. There's hundreds of them out there.

Here is one for example.

http://store.traqmate.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=930002

[Kelu]

I have return it, it was reading the codes with info but wasn't able to delete them.

I think I will make a custom thing, reading ECU values, in the same time parallel systems for some specs (boost, afr, oil), boost controler, data logging.

[kennysabarese]

If you own HP Tuners. Put a Car PC in the vehicle and just run HP Tuners all the time That'll do everything you need. Tune on the fly

[Kelu]

If you own HP Tuners. Put a Car PC in the vehicle and just run HP Tuners all the time That'll do everything you need. Tune on the fly

I was thinking to this idea BUT I can't find proper Car PCs and I don't know which one will fit in our dash. Car PC will be great because will allow internet through GSM, Nav with a GPS receiver, big high monitor.

[kennysabarese]

mp3car.com you have Double DIN.

It should be easy to find something to fit. Just take out the stock stereo and measure the depth of the space.