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Saw this on Ebay today.
Not affiliated in any way. Interesting and clean way to mount 3 gauges if 1) you don't have the under dash console like some 2) you don't mind losing your radio https://www.ebay.com/itm/Porsche-914-dash-3...SdR&vxp=mtr ![]() |
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914-6 GT in waiting ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 19,963 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region ![]() ![]() |
I like it. I imagine most of what I would listen to in my car would be over my phone.
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914 Rubber sells a radio delete plate, with basket weave, for $25. Buy a hole saw and you'll have money left over.
http://shop.914rubber.com/Radio-plates-for...m?categoryId=-1 |
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Personally I feel that puts the gauges to far away from "line of sight" there is room @ both sides of the steering column,the PO of my car put the fuel gauge right hand side of the steering wheel and I fitted a voltage gauge on the other side.
I think its a good solution if you don't have a centre console which many say can be a PITA I want to keep my radio for news and weather forecast more than anything else because I have a rather loud 6 cyl behind me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) . |
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I thought I saw either a modified guage or maybe a 911 guage that has 3 or 4 guages all in one that would fit by the steering wheel. Does anyone have a link for that?
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914 Guru ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 5,702 Joined: 1-August 12 From: Salt Lake City Ut Member No.: 14,748 Region Association: Intermountain Region ![]() ![]() |
I think you could slightly modify an A pillar pod and bolt it in place of your radio.... it would angle the gauges to your line of sight.
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None of my Porsches have working radios, and one doesn't have a space for one, the music of the motor is all I need.
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914-6 GT in waiting ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 19,963 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region ![]() ![]() |
I thought I saw either a modified guage or maybe a 911 guage that has 3 or 4 guages all in one that would fit by the steering wheel. Does anyone have a link for that? Custom triple gauge Attached thumbnail(s) ![]() |
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Advanced Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,148 Joined: 2-February 10 From: Atlanta (area) Member No.: 11,316 Region Association: South East States ![]() ![]() |
"Line of sight"...LOL. What difference does it make in these apparent street oriented cars? The stock dash is highly insufficient if you are driving quickly on a track - and the limited feeback a stock dash can provide. The saving grace of most 914's is they're so damn slow - reading gauges while moving is a non-issue. Multi-gauges look good but are also short of being a real answer (for a fast car or driver). The best "performance" answer would be an electronic screen/dash...programmable warning lights and custom views that are all contained in one place.
Mike - Really? An A-pillar pod like a ricer...c'mon man! NO, please! Tony |
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Times a wastin', get wrenchin'! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 3,896 Joined: 24-July 04 From: Dayton, Ohio Member No.: 2,388 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() |
Cut it out of ABS, they make angle kits out of ABS to mount the gauges in done. Only thing I would ever want over there was a fuel gauge. Had it setup that way in my auto-x car.
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914-6 GT in waiting ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 19,963 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region ![]() ![]() |
"Line of sight"...LOL. What difference does it make in these apparent street oriented cars? The stock dash is highly insufficient if you are driving quickly on a track - and the limited feeback a stock dash can provide. The saving grace of most 914's is they're so damn slow - reading gauges while moving is a non-issue. Multi-gauges look good but are also short of being a real answer (for a fast car or driver). The best "performance" answer would be an electronic screen/dash...programmable warning lights and custom views that are all contained in one place. Mike - Really? An A-pillar pod like a ricer...c'mon man! NO, please! Tony Like this? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Attached image(s) ![]() |
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Advanced Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,508 Joined: 22-February 13 From: Middletown CT Member No.: 15,565 Region Association: North East States ![]() ![]() |
"Line of sight"...LOL. What difference does it make in these apparent street oriented cars? The stock dash is highly insufficient if you are driving quickly on a track - and the limited feeback a stock dash can provide. The saving grace of most 914's is they're so damn slow - reading gauges while moving is a non-issue. Multi-gauges look good but are also short of being a real answer (for a fast car or driver). The best "performance" answer would be an electronic screen/dash...programmable warning lights and custom views that are all contained in one place. I'm a minimalist guy. I don't want to know what the numbers are, I only want to know when something is "wrong". Toward that end, I removed the center console and its gauges, changed to the oil temp-embedded left gauge, and then ensured all my idiot lights were working fine. For the race car I'm removing the Stack 8130 head (anyone want to buy?) and reinstalling the stock tach in the center. Then I'm getting a race Technology DASH1 to give me basic display and warnings (I already have a DL1 hidden back there for data acq). Don't bother me unless something is "wrong". (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/www.race-technology.com-15565-1514912002.1.jpg) If you really want to geek out you can read a treatise I did some years ago on the airplane panel... http://www.gatm.org/flying/minimalist.html "Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away." - Antoine de Saint Exupéry |
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daytona ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 467 Joined: 13-April 14 From: Ormond Beach, Florida Member No.: 17,249 Region Association: South East States ![]() |
I like how GeorgeRud added the gauges. I may try to do something similar and add something to angle the gauges towards the driver in my conversion.
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Mark - I wrestled with a digital dash and again, from a performance viewpoint - it the only way to go. From data-logging to programmable warning lights - there is a reason every serious race car has gone in this direction. Gone are the days that a dash has a tach and 2" warning indicators like a 917 - not in a fast car. Whatever is done, it is not a good idea (from a performance perspective) to pull a drivers attention/eyes down away from the road/windshield (peripherally).
For my display, I ended up wanting a custom unit with improved sigh (closer to the driver as well), with largely an analog interface for a classic aesthetic vibe . My car however, is as much hot-rod as it is race car. If it WERE an all-out race car - it would be digital all day long. The large AIM dash is what I ordered mid-project and then returned due to the whole classic feel direction. It would have been cheaper to stick with the AIM dash... Ultimately, my inspiration came from a Ferrari Dino (priceless of course) but I wanted to improve on the "sight line" within the steering wheel. I also opted to forego a tach - since it is unnecessary with a programmable shift light. Unorthodox? Maybe. Tony ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Above the steering wheel: CHT and boost
On the horizontal bar: air/ fuel ratio ![]() |
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