Dash idea - what are your thoughts?
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I had an idea to reproduce a centre binnacle, and put it infront of the steering wheel.

But now I'm into it, I'm thinking of putting it in the middle, with an 80mm speedo, and a 52mm fuel and boost gauge.

Then doing a smaller version with an 80mm rev counter, and 52mm oil and water gauges.

Here's a mockup (a not very good one, I was in a rush!) of the sort of thing I'm thinking, what you reckon?

This is FORD country, on a quiet day you can hear Vauxhalls rusting.

This is the sort of thing I was thinking of making, so there was two pods big and a small one

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Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

Yeah, I was going to do a raised section on the big one, like the big speedo. But then recess an 80mm gauge flush into it, to keep the look?

This is FORD country, on a quiet day you can hear Vauxhalls rusting.

Looks good to me

rick

nice idea, like it

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Iv done this with my digi dash

Ok, templated the binnacle and scaled it down to 66%.

Made a pattern. It's ready to rub down, paint, and mould. But I thought I'd see what it looked like first.





Fairly happy with that. On to moulding and making.

This is FORD country, on a quiet day you can hear Vauxhalls rusting.

Looking good

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Made a mould, and have made a quick mockup to see how it all looks.

Just need to mount the gauges tomorrow



Edit: I hate the trim strip around the outside. I called in a favour, and he clearly didn't listen! Lucky I'm painting it black.

Edited by steve w on 12th Feb, 2014.

This is FORD country, on a quiet day you can hear Vauxhalls rusting.

Am I the only one who can't see the first set of photos?

No, I had a photobucket clear out!

This is FORD country, on a quiet day you can hear Vauxhalls rusting.

looking good so far steve, can't wait to see the finished product

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Ash - Will your dash shake while driving while its supported like that?

But looks good.

And Steve no piccys working for me either. :(

Gauges mounted in the pod, now to trim the pod, and fit in the dash.

This is FORD country, on a quiet day you can hear Vauxhalls rusting.

Very nice? Got a price?

I run a supercharger and I don't care the TB is on the wrong side.
VEMS + 12 PSI + Liquid Intercooler = Small Bore FUN!

Not sure really.

If I were to sell them, I suppose about £70.

This is FORD country, on a quiet day you can hear Vauxhalls rusting.

That's not bad really considering the time you've put into it. The one I bought was £40? And it's literally a rectangle with rounded edges

That looks the tits !!!

I have started posting on Instagram also my name on there is turbomk1golf

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

Nice work.

Phil.

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I'm now thinking about fitting it like this

This is FORD country, on a quiet day you can hear Vauxhalls rusting.

I think it needs to be on an angle upwards.

I run a supercharger and I don't care the TB is on the wrong side.
VEMS + 12 PSI + Liquid Intercooler = Small Bore FUN!

I think you're right

This is FORD country, on a quiet day you can hear Vauxhalls rusting.

super steve

Looks a little lost on that flat carbon panel. Agreed it definitely needs tilting upwards. Cracking dash though, really like this.

BHP sells engines, but Torque wins races!