yea, 30bucks FTW

 

Does anyone use Stewart Warner guages at all?

 

I've used them in the past - ******* top notch IMO.

 

O rly?

I haven't heard of anyone using them here and I happen to think they look nice and the price seems right on par with Autometer.

Seems I may look into my Summit catalog again and take a gander. That and I'm going to need gauges asap (no boost gauge on turbo/NA swap ).

Thanks ClassicAuto have a face.

 

Hey ClassicAuto, those gauges mounted below the cluster, do you hit your knee on those? I had an oil pres gauge there and had to remove it. It was getting knocked around pretty good.

 

dude - that's my steering wheel!!!

 

TitosToy, did you know you have a CAMERA IN YOUR CHEST?!

Anyway, to add to this thread, my current plan for gauge install is to use a $1.05 square of vinyl tile I picked up at Lowe's, rattle can it black, and cut out the shape to fit around my deck and I can cut gauge/switch holes in it. I'll double up the vinyl or put some other material behind it so it's stiffer, but I figured if I do it well it will look good and be freakin' cheap. SWEET. I may not get to do it for a while though, who knows. Could be tomorrow, could be next month.

 

Nah, might be because I have long legs and the seat all the way back though. But I had an old school RB in cabin boost controller that used to mount there and it actually hung lower then that dual pod and never interefered with my knee.

I made sure to test them before finally mounting it.......I just sat in the seat and mashed the gas and cranked the wheel and made brrrrrrrmmmmmmmmmm noises and got spit all over my dash while pretending to get thrashed about in the pilot's seat.

They didn't really get in the way lol

EDIT, in fact you can see my knee in the picture and its actually in front of the pod, so unless I lift my thigh (and thus my whole leg) up, it doesn't hit me.

PS - I have pics of what I did to fit that moroso battery box (the blue one you're using) under the stock bins.....I'll post them somewhere eventually

 

 

lol, clean up all that spit off your windsheild... you missed a few spots. LOL

Lemme have em!!! I wanna see what you did. You were able to fit the box in there and close the lid completely?

 

Where do you guys get the 3 piece gauge pod from? I have been looking everywhere.

 

idk, but I'm making mine out of a spray painted $1 piece of vinyl tile. It's actually coming along well, it just takes a while to get it just right. I want it to fit really smoothly.

 

In the past I made them out of sheet aluminum. 18 gauge is plenty stout. If you have a jigsaw, holesaw, file, vise and a hammer it's pretty easy to cut everything and bend it to fit. You can cover the hole thing in vinyl which hides most imperfections. Plus if you want to get really creative you can angle the whole thing up and towards you. My suggestion is to practice with some thinn cardboard, I generally use the fridge pack soda boxes and make a few templates and see what works. Trace it onto the sheet AL and have at it.

 

Search 1FastT2, he made and sold a bunch on this forum, fit like a condom too.

Good luck Brah

 

Anybody have pics of the their gauges in this? I want to see if it looks good becuase I love this piece:

 

I made this one myself, bolts to the factory radio chassis and removes from the dash
as easy as the radio does.

(before boost gauge)

older pic, old radio, old shift pedals, old e-brake handle, etc..



newer pic




pic makes it look like its blocking more then it is, it blocks practically nothing
I took a autometer mounting cup, which does not come anywhere near fitting the BLitz gauge, and
used only the cup to mount it to the steering column, I mounted it from the backside so that
no mounting hardware is visable, and so it would not be jacked up on the column.

 

$1 piece of vinyl tile
$5 can of spray paint
and probably about 10 hours of shaping and installation, but that includes the gauges/wiring. Not perfect, but it was cheap and it's effective.





Also, one switch is a fuel cut and the other is for the antenna, since my stereo is retarded. The antenna switch line from the stereo is live whenever the stereo is on, even when I'm listening to a CD. I put the switches close together so that if I ever wanted to add another gauge I'd just have to cut out some more instead of make a new piece.

Oh yeah, my new rotor key is hiding in the ignition...

 

Bought it off ebay......but you can seriously make one with minimal tools. Just find a thick piece of plastic, and cut it to fit....pretty simple. You could probably find the things to do it at a craft store.

 

Ok this is JStewarts Interior set up. He hasn't put it on this yet so I'm going to do it for him.

 

Top notch thread, thoroughly enjoyed looking at everyones creations (even if bought). will be attempting a home job to make a 2 gauge holder for under the radio. will have picks asap. is diy fiberglassing hard?? i wouldnt mind a really really nicely contoured gauge holder

 

Got some tips on fiberglassing over heya. It's not all that difficult but there definately is a learning curve to fiberglass and epoxy. It's more of an art than anything and just takes practice and creativity.

 

Can't see the boost gauge in this pic. I cut a piece of aluminum in the shape of the demister grill and have a pedestal gauge holder attached to it. Looks pretty decent.

Another 1FastT2 gauge/DIN panel.

 

Actually i did theyre on Page 4

 

Here's mine, three 2 1/16" VDO gauges (electrical) mounted in the center vent area. It's a tight fit and required some trimming of the duct behind the vent. I like how it's high up, much closer to my natural sight line so it's faster to check them than if they were lower down.

I don't like gauges way at the bottom of the stack or under the dash, they're just too far away from the natural sight line.

 

See, I would jump on that kind of setup if I didn't need my center vents so bad.