Managed to get a pic uploaded of my slightly not quite tip top A pillar mounted gauge. Daytime pic. It comes with bulb covers in red or green, but yellow and blue are available also. It's a 'mechanical' gauge, ie. thin pipe you plug into your manifold -



These are distributed in the UK by Reel Steel, not sure where they are located but their number is 01895 440505. hth

Whip - an action shot, the engine is idling

[Edited by mook - 11/2/2001 10:18:31 AM]

[Edited by mook - 11/2/2001 10:21:29 AM]

[Edited by mook - 11/3/2001 2:03:25 PM]

 

Are they really worth the outlay for a road car or should I invest? my hard earnt folding elsewhere on the car? If they are then which are the best ones to go for.

 

I have HKS 62mm gauges in a centre mounted pod. Now unavailable.
The nicest ones I've seen since are the official Subaru ones for the P1 and the Defi gauges.

 

Are they worth it........?? Apart from looking really good, they also allow you to keep a closer eye on the engine and what's going on under the bonnet..... go on, fit the gauges I'd go for the normal three.... boost, oil temp and oil presure.

 

I have Nito's Defi gauges fitted, oil temp, oil press. and boost, on track at oulton last week my indicator light on the Defi oil temp came on, it read 120 degrees it allowed me to back off and cool down a while.....dont know what'dve happened if I'd continued......are they worth it.....to me they are

 

Can anyone post a pic of the P1/Subaru centre pod, I'd love to see one before I splash the cash

 

I have an Autometer boost gauge in mine and planning to get some more soon. Everyone raves about these other makes and I never see Autometer mentioned, here's the website for you to take a look if you wish.

I'd say certain ones are very helpful, like the oil temp mentioned above. I've got the boost gauge and am looking to get some more, including oil pressure (instant way to spot leaks), want to get an intake temp gauge (to prevent me knackering the turbo or putting too much strain on engine when hot) and contemplating voltmeter and air fuel ratio.

They look the mutts too - my ones are carbon fibre faced with chrome bezel, very nice

 

See my pod comparison page for the Subaru pod, MRT pod, scoobymania pod and ggr pod...

Nick
(web pimping again)

 

Something else to bear in mind is the quality of the housing as some have horrible plastic housing which doesnt match the rest of the dash for either colour or texture.

 

Definitely worth it as stated above, and Defi's look the best - get them

 

And for those of us whose technical inadequacy scares them from drilling holes in the dash and playing around under the bonnet is there anywhere that would fit them?

 

Petoir,

If you want a look at the gauges in action have a look at the Cossiekiller @ The Ring video..

About 90 minutes of the things boiling away !!

Jerry

 

likewise i'd also like to see the P1/subaru pod - anyone got a pic and where do I get one from?

cheers
Gordo

 

"...horrible plastic housing..."

Though this WAS the discription of the dash

Hugh

 

Depends on what you want from them.

If you are doing a lot of tuning then you probably need boost, oil temp, oil press, egt and inlet temp.

I like Defis. However some guages you get can be used to switch peripheral devices - e.g. using inlet temp to drive intercooler water spray (in line with a boost switch).

Cheers,

Trout

 

I was in hongkong recently and a mate has a 97 wrx he had the hks boost,oil temp and oil pressure gauges on his a-pillar, the a-pillar pod , was'nt sure which company made the pod but it looked really nice and the gauges were a bigger size than the usual one i see. Does anyone know if a-pillar pod for 3 gauges are available over here?

 

A rather large pic of the guages in my UK300...



Car at Donno on Saturday for those that want a look....also Mellow and Stef have different sets....that look equally cool

Rum*

 

...and I'll be there too Tom! I've got the bargain basement option of Autometer gauges. About 200 quid all in for pod, gauges, senders, etc.

Rob, fitting is verrrrry easy, even for a hopeless case like me.
http://www.chiark.com/scooby/gauges.asp

Nick.

 

Rum

So what have you done about your clock with the official Subaru offering?

Duncan

 

Chiark > good to see someone singing the praises of Autometer, your setup looks tip top

 

Are any of these gauges backlit and which pod is closest to the colour and style of the P1 dash?

 

Rob, Defi are the best match when the dash is illuminated, otherwise the Autometer Phantom looks quite good and is a lot cheaper.

Pod-wise, I'd go for the Scoobymania one as it's the best looking one out there, in my opinion.

Nick.

 

My autometer ultra-lite lights from around the edge, looks quite good. Depends on what your standard lighting is, or whether you want to change that too.

 

Mook

Any chance of a piccy of the Ultralites in action, those are the ones I think I'll be going for m8.

Also what colour do they illuminate?

Ta, Whip

 

Another large picture, but of Defi's with GGR pod in P1.

 

Mook

Can't see that piccy for some reason m8, any chance you could mail it to us at firestorm996@lineone.net

Whip

 

Whip > you have mail

I think the pic thing is something to do with the host Tripod, some people can see it, others can't, there's 3 different ways you can code the url, some work for some people, some for others etc. It's a bit poo, sorry

 

Cheers for that Mook, the guage looks trick.

Checked your website out, I'm assuming that you did the carbon fibre dial face yourself?

Whip

 

Whip > that model comes in carbon fibre, but I'm in the process of matching my main instrument panel to that design. This is all part of my new company, MJDesigns, which specialises in bespoke replacement dials. Our website is http://www.mjdesignsuk.com

As it happens, I want to expand into scoobies, if there's anyone who fancies some custom dials feel free to get in touch. We need some templates to make up the first set so if anyone has any old replacement dials for any model/spec of scoobie going spare, please let me know as it would be a great help developing some options.

Cheers,
Mook