Early 944 Tachometer relocation tips
12-01-2015, 08:25 AM
#31
Rennlist Member
I've swapped around my gauges before. Super easy. Also, I'm short, so it gets the tach in front of my face where I want it on a track beater. The speedometer can be over on the side where it's partially blocked by the steering wheel. Ain't care.
Oh man, I'd love to chunk the gauge pod entirely and have a nice digital display in its place...LEDs FTW.
(Might look a little suspect for LeMons, though.
)
As a racer, as opposed to DE, for the first few corners listening to your engine is useless because with other race cars close around you, you can't hear it! That's why serious race cars have LEDs on the wheel which sequentially predict the redline. Without them a tach which is easy to read is a help. For DE maybe not so much.
(Might look a little suspect for LeMons, though.
)
Last edited by ninjacoco; 12-01-2015 at 08:46 AM.
12-01-2015, 09:02 AM
#32
Racer
Thread Starter
I've swapped around my gauges before. Super easy. Also, I'm short, so it gets the tach in front of my face where I want it on a track beater. The speedometer can be over on the side where it's partially blocked by the steering wheel. Ain't care.
Oh man, I'd love to chunk the gauge pod entirely and have a nice digital display in its place...LEDs FTW.
(Might look a little suspect for LeMons, though.)
Oh man, I'd love to chunk the gauge pod entirely and have a nice digital display in its place...LEDs FTW.
(Might look a little suspect for LeMons, though.
)
12-01-2015, 10:33 AM
#34
Racer
Thread Starter
AIM Dash - with shift lights 
Similar to the MOTEC we use in the 911 Cups. [/QUOTE]
Oh my gracious! yes yes! It's perfect because everything fits in the viewing area through the steering wheel. It's sooo clean
Similar to the MOTEC we use in the 911 Cups. [/QUOTE]Oh my gracious! yes yes! It's perfect because everything fits in the viewing area through the steering wheel. It's sooo clean
12-05-2015, 04:07 AM
#36
Rennlist Member
Nuts, I don't have a full picture of it handy, but you can see the middle tach and the hose clamps holding the pod to the dash bar anyway:
It looks like the tach did stick out a bit here, but I know everything sits flush and all the way back now that I had a new speedometer cable put in.
That there is also the finest orange Sharpie I could find in my spares box to say, "shift here or buy me a new engine."
We've since retired the wiper stalk zip-tied to the bar for a simple flip-switch--which was also mounted on a random piece of plastic from out of the toolbox and zip-tied to the bar. Zip ties 'n' hose clamps: because your stock dashboard's just gonna crack apart into sadness down here anyway, silly.
That AiM dash, though...surely LeMons counts that as a budget-exempt "safety item," right? DO WANT.
It looks like the tach did stick out a bit here, but I know everything sits flush and all the way back now that I had a new speedometer cable put in.
That there is also the finest orange Sharpie I could find in my spares box to say, "shift here or buy me a new engine."
We've since retired the wiper stalk zip-tied to the bar for a simple flip-switch--which was also mounted on a random piece of plastic from out of the toolbox and zip-tied to the bar. Zip ties 'n' hose clamps: because your stock dashboard's just gonna crack apart into sadness down here anyway, silly.
That AiM dash, though...surely LeMons counts that as a budget-exempt "safety item," right? DO WANT.
