Finaly,after many months have wired up the temp,boost,oil clocks, theres a mass of wires behind there now,nice colours,the kids think its great,:D Big thanks to SRRAE(Stuart)for info and help after i got confused:eek: cheers mate.

PS,i now realise just how crap the stock temp sender/dial is,frightning:eek: :D

That looks sweet!! :cool:

 

Not as sweet as me murdering that Mk3 Escort RS Turbo in my standard Mondeo at the Pod yesterday though!!! :D:D:D:D:D

Yea,well done mate,by the way Colin ran a 13.1,that mans certainly getting quicker:eek: :D

looking good :)

 

i take it the sender was good in the end then?

Dont get those confused with traffic lights. ;)

 

 

Have you driven at night with them? Are they not a little too bright having them shine in your face? I know mine when all set to the same colour light up the whole of the front 2 seats. :confused:

 

 

Stuart

What make are they?? i want some!!!

Yes Mike,aftermarket sender ok,as for being too bright at night,well they seem ok,if they get on me nerves i'll put in a dimmer/reducer of sorts,as for make mtl,cant remember off hand,will have to dig the box out,sure that SRRAE will know anyhow:)

Originally posted by mtl

What make are they?? i want some!!!

 

I think I should work on commission for these dials ;) I got them about 9 months ago and now every one wants them ;)

 

 

 

They are called Pro LED gauges.

 

You can get some from

http://www.speeding.co.uk/acatalog/copy_of_copy_of_Pro_LED_Gauges.html

 

 

Not a bad price and that includes postage.

 

 

I got mine from

http://www.sca-racerally.co.uk/

They dont sell over the internet but they do offer delivery. £8 it was but was at my door in less than 24hours. At the time they cost me.

 

The Boost £39.99

Water Temp £44.99

Oil Pressure £46.99

 

Stuart

I got them from http://www.larkspeed.com

where did you get the a pillar pod from tony?

aren't they very similar to the avanti gauges jeff at zedworld sells for £27.50 and delivery

cheers ...lee

Hi scoops,got the A pillar pod from Smithy:)

They look great Tony,out of interest what is your water temp reading?

The temperature of the water ;):D

 

:p

Hi Mac,temp reading is around 50c when on run,on tickover after run its not going above 60c :)

Originally posted by TonyC

Hi Mac,temp reading is around 50c when on run,on tickover after run its not going above 60c :)

 

That's too cold Tony,needs to be in low 80s.

sounds cold to me too, ive never known an engine run that cold

Can an engine be "too cold" :confused:

 

Just give it some welly mate, that will warm it up :D

Originally posted by smw1

Can an engine be "too cold" :confused:

 

 

 

LOL here we go on another daft question week:D

mmmmmmm,i will do another run ,get it well moving,another thing is though is that its got Redline Water wetter in it,to keep temp lower,so that must be reason,in all the heat we had this summer it never gave anyprobs even at tickover stuck in traffic,i did have a bit of a scare when i lost 1.5 litres of water when the temp in Rugby town centre hit 37c,and me not moving for a while,temp went to 3/4 on stock gauge and shit myself,after sorting it out it seems as though the old rad cap was not up to it,allowing water to pass and get into head tank,since then have been using Nismo rad cap,no probs,allso water wetter will decrease temp by 10c or more,very handy stuff if you want to run cooler and realy use the Z to its max,and considering how fookin hot it is under there it all helps,anyway,will have a run tommoro:D ;)

How do you wire them up to the lighting circuit? I have got some mechanical Autometer gauges to install. I know where the "plumbing" goes, but not the electrical stuff :rolleyes:

Dave

Hi ya Dave,maybe i am not the best to ask,SRRAE much better than me to xplain,but basicaly the feed for the back lights i used the two wires that run to and away from glove box light,(lights up clocks when turn car lights on) then single live feed to clocks from ignition(had spare live running off it,then earth to clocks from big screw just in side drivers door on pillar,first off though i wired all 3 clocks in tandem,using then the lowest clock on pillar pod as main, then feed to others,allso put in a inline fuse on ignition live to clocks,hope you get this:confused: easier to do than xplain:D Tony

hope you get this

LOL not a chance m8 - but SRRAE is just up the road from me, I'll have a word ;)

Thanks Tony,

Dave

:D :D if it was just one clock would be piss easy,but three,well,trust me fookin wires every where,did me head in:D

LOL - only 2 m8, so may not be too bad ;)

Originally posted by TonyC

Hi ya Dave,maybe i am not the best to ask,SRRAE much better than me to xplain,but basicaly the feed for the back lights i used the two wires that run to and away from glove box light,(lights up clocks when turn car lights on) then single live feed to clocks from ignition(had spare live running off it,then earth to clocks from big screw just in side drivers door on pillar,first off though i wired all 3 clocks in tandem,using then the lowest clock on pillar pod as main, then feed to others,allso put in a inline fuse on ignition live to clocks,hope you get this:confused: easier to do than xplain:D Tony

 

wired mine up exactly the same way and works a treat

 

Tony where did you get your water wetter from mate ??