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OEM Retrofitted Gauges....I am trying to source that Alpina Vent unit next
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The switches are for:
One is to turn on the timing transponder, which is how our lap times are recorded with the officials.
Second is to turn on an aux cooling fan on a hot day, for if we are having to idle or go slowly, say under a full course yellow
Third is a defrost fan, currently not working. :-(
The next two are not used, and actually that is an old image I realize because we put a timer next to the 3 remaining switches to be able to watch the time of the race from inside the car. The races are 30 minute timed events, so right before the green flag, start the timer, and have a better idea how much time is left in the race.
All in all, it is not pretty, but it is a race car and just needs to be functional.
I color coded the dials after my first day in the car when I realized how much mental work it took twice a lap to read the information and decide if it was good or bad, all while traveling 120+ MPH with other cars. The red and green color coding helps a lot. In fact, I've added a yellow zone in the water temp because I now have a second driver running the car (my wife) and I wanted her to know what constituted warm, but not super hot where you would want to turn off the car to save the head.Leave a comment:
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Depends on the use
Agreed with RCWells on placement. On a street car, no worries being low. That's how I have mine in my street E30.
But on my E30 race car, I have them higher, where I can see them easier. I literally check them two times every lap. Note how I color coded each dial so I can quickly look at the 3 dials, and if I see the needle is in the green, then I know the engine is OK. Without the color coding, you have to actually read each dial, remember what good and bad numbers are, and decide if the numbers just read are OK. In the middle of a race, I generally don't care what the numbers are... just that they are OK.
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Dude, let me know when it is done, I'd love to rock some carbon A pillar gauge hotness on my e30!Leave a comment:



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