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Title: Guage postioning help Post by: poppagee on August 12, 2010, 16:55:16 pm Just need some ideas on where to position guages in the oval.
Got a 3 3/8's autometer tacho and 2 5/8's oil temp and pressure. Just need some ideas of positioning Thanks guys Damian Title: Re: Guage postioning help Post by: Neil Davies on August 12, 2010, 17:06:22 pm Do you want to cut the dash or leave it stock? Loads of room in an oval dash... ;)
Best way of doing it is to sit in the car in your normal driving position, with the steering wheel you're going to use, and just mark the dash with masking tape. Use the right steeing wheel - I changed my wheel and now cant see my tacho under the dash... Title: Re: Guage postioning help Post by: poppagee on August 12, 2010, 17:18:53 pm Want to leave the dash stock defo couldnt hack away at it.
Got a std steering wheel as well. Title: Re: Guage postioning help Post by: Zach Gomulka on August 13, 2010, 01:55:17 am (http://www.dark-circuit.com/HOLD/Mod%20Guide/HOLESAW.JPG)
Title: Re: Guage postioning help Post by: Wünderwolff on August 13, 2010, 06:29:18 am What Zach said! 8)
No seriously, what Zach said! ;D Or if all good advice fails, I always like the option (on older cars) where you put the revcounter on a mount on the steering column. A mount not as in a wrap tie or metal band. Rather a purpose made alloy clamp with a small eye to clamp the column and a bigger hole for the autometer. I think motometer had one in the catalogue. Title: Re: Guage postioning help Post by: bodgit on August 13, 2010, 13:03:12 pm Having a roll cage is handy, here's where mine are fitted on my Oval:
(http://i868.photobucket.com/albums/ab243/matt_dainty/web.jpg) Matt Title: Re: Guage postioning help Post by: LuftsickTero on August 13, 2010, 14:07:09 pm (http://www.dark-circuit.com/HOLD/Mod%20Guide/HOLESAW.JPG) Want to leave the dash stock defo couldnt hack away at it. Got a std steering wheel as well. No pain no gain :D (http://www.terovirta.com/images/2006_MyOval_34.jpg) Title: Re: Guage postioning help Post by: streetvw on August 13, 2010, 20:35:06 pm mounted my Tach on the rolled edge on the dash using the tube mount supplied with my tach worked great and hardly any wobble ;)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/streetvw/47b3d929b3127cce9cc4205587e900000016108Ict3Dhq1aa.jpg) Title: Re: Guage postioning help Post by: jonathan on August 13, 2010, 20:40:46 pm I'll come round tomorrow with a hole saw dude!
I can bring the mig welder to get rid of the side trim while we're at it. :P I've got a set of t-bars knocking around I could bring.We could make a day of it! ;D Title: Re: Guage postioning help Post by: poppagee on August 14, 2010, 10:27:20 am jeez.....
best lock the door Title: Re: Guage postioning help Post by: Zach Gomulka on August 15, 2010, 01:07:19 am I like the fact that the hole saw is red. It's as if it has fresh dash blood on it ;D
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