chiark

Hi all

Does anyone know of a place which supplies the centre gauge pod thing for a reasonable price?

It's a piece of plastic, and paying 100 quid plus seems a little bit excessive to my Northern mindset (and wallet).

Cheers!

Stef

I got my official Subaru one from my dealer, £57 + vat.

Stef.

chiark

Stef,

B*gger me, why didn't I think of that? Tried Scoobymania, fell off my chair, picked myself back up, tried PE, repeat ad nauseam.

I'll try Jim Childs, and, hell, may as well take a stroll up to my local garage.

That's a lot better. Happy bunny now. Ta!

IDRIS

Hey Stef,

You got the stanard pod from Subaru... what dials did you fit in there. Was it straight forward with the subaru pod?

Thanks!
*IDRIS*

Stef

I have 2 1/16" gauges, and whilst it is a tight fit, they do go in. You will need to make up a fascia though, as the pod does not come with one.
I'll post a digi pic when it's all finished in a couple of weeks.

Stef.

chiark

For what it's worth, Cheam Motors do have them on their website for £59.95.

Saj

Hi Chiark

Yes the HKS 46 mm gauges will go in there.

A little tight but they do fit.

The way in which I checked was got the Subaru Pod, printed out 3 hks gauges on a piece of paper and then used that as a template.

Saj
STI V

Mike Tuckwood

Yep, and we have done something about that price!

Our original source for these was Australia and that is why they were so expensive.

We have now established 'local supply' and have altered the prices accordingly.


Mike.

chiark

Mike,

I sent a couple of mails to "sales@scoobymania.co.uk" but have had no reply - is the mail working ok, or is it personal ?

Cheers!

AndrewC

Stef,

Are you sure they're 2 1/16" and not 2 3/64" ( Mine is 52mm! )

How does the song go:

One gauge in my wagon and I'm still whooshing along...

Ooops, wrong thread!

gavwright

You can get the full set (pod and gauges - oil pressure, oil temp and boost) from Subaru dealers in the Netherlands. Cost including BTW (their VAT) is 486 Dutch Guilders - about £135. A friendly dealer's name is Frits Kempen, in Limburg Province - details in the Subaru manual. Alternatively, Auto Tecnica in Huddersfield have a couple in stock which they bought from Frits after they saw my installation. I bought my MY00 inc gauges from Frits 6 weeks ago. Smashing, super, lovely great! What a car!
Gav

chiark

Hi Gav,

Do you have a picture of your dials? Are they the same as Tal's, who got his from Gertjan?

gavwright

Hi - I can't remember whether Tal got the white (expensive) dials or these (black) ones. Pop to

chiark

He got the black ones... Hmmm.. Choices... I do like the HKS dials...

Tal also never gets -ve boost pressure. I thought the display was supposed to show this?

Mike Tuckwood

Chiark.

Sorry mate, reply done.

We are making our own centre gauge pod to take at least 3 x 52mm gauges which leaves your choice of gauges much more open.

I am putting 2 x SPA dual gauges and 1 x Autometer (Lunar) gauge in my centre pod.

Mike.

gavwright

The Racimex boost gauge shows -ve. On a trailing throttle this is a steady -0.5 bar, which goes less if you snap the throttle shut. The gauge is quite smooth in operation - i.e. it doesn't jerk between settings. I'm very happy with mine. Perhaps the feed was taken from the wrong pipe? Bear in mind I'm no expert on mechanical things! Mine is taken from the bottom of a T-piece roughly in the middle of the engine bay.
Gav

Stef

Andy.
They are 2 1/16". They are from the US, so don't forget they still use imperial!

Craig.
Which dealer?

Stef.

Craig H

This dealer has a carbon instruments surround for £60!! Can't tell if it's real or not though. Is this a Subaru part?

NickP

Curious. I've got the Racimex ones (fitted by a Dutch dealer) and they have never read negative. Get about .95/1 bar on full boost and the needle goes well above this on a fast gear change.

Mine is also tee'd off the grey pipe to the left of the engine bay. I thought you only got the -ve reading if you took the feed off the spare 'valve' on the top of the engine block.

Nick

gavwright

Nick - that's probably where my feed is from. Sorry for being vague - engines are a bit of a black hole to me - I just drive 'em! My t-piece isn't to the left (where I know there is one), it's roughly in the middle. On top of the cylinder head. Lazy throttle is steady at -0.5 bar, smoothly increasing to 0, when you can *feel* the boost coming in - it nver goes higher than ~1 bar. Normally settles around 0.95, same as yours. Much more fun watching the needle wiggling about, though...

Yes. I know. I'm sad.

Gav

PeteC

Forget the white-faced gauges set from Holland ( - well, you would at over four times the price, wouldn't you . I forget exactly what gauges they are, but they struck me as being pretty useless. Something like volt and amp meters. Can't remember the third, but something equally unexciting!

Pete

Stef

The negative you are referring to is the vacuum. My pipe is conected to the spare hole in the mamifold, and the gauge reads both vacuum and boost.

Stef.

sunilp

whats a mamifold?

chiark

It's the visible lump which can be seem when someone is wearing a tight top and a bra that is too small for them.

Thanks for all the info here guys. Looks like I'll get the subaru pod and fill it with gauges... Over time... Providing I can find someone around Leeds who isn't as mechanically inept as me...

Stef

Picci's of my pods and gauges can now be seen in the members gallery.

Stef.

Rum*

chiark,

If you're in the Leeds area and getting them fitted I wouldn't mind a butchers once its done - I'm local and always up for a drive.

Cheers M8

Rum

firefox

Guys..

I have been running the centre pod and 3 HKS guages for over a year and a half now..

They look fab!!

J.

Mark Brown

HI Stef,

Where did you get the air/fuel mixture gauge?

What advantages does this have in a tuned car?? (excuse my ignorance)

Mark

TRIGGER

I might have missed it somewhere but where is the best place to get HKS gauges ?

chiark

HKS seems to be supplied ScoobyMania or BRDevelopments (Bob Rawle). Scoobymania told me that they couldn't fit them for me, which leaves me stuffed on that front.

Much cheaper seems to be the AutoMeter ones that Stef has fitted, supplied by Real Steel and fitted by Tyres Northampton, I think.

Stef: how much did TN actually do? Did they fit the interior stuff too? If so, they're getting my business!