Multigauge Options

[vavJETTAw36]

Guys, Just want to know all the up to date technology on multi gauges. A buddy of mine is looking but he is not a fan of the stock look of mine. Looking for an all-in-one Solution


Ill start off:

[FlyboyS4]

[Monty23]

I run 2 Zeitronix multi gauges and really like them. Contact jibberjive on here and he can give you a good deal on zeithronix items. The black bezel with red lighting matches the interior very nicely.

[vavJETTAw36]

Hell yea! its labeled for fool-proofness too.

Do you really rock that bezel? You need to grab some project sheets of plastic and make yourself a bezel

[getslideways]

Flyboy, did you steal your gauge setup from Doc Brown's Delorean???



You are never short on data

[Royal769sr]

Flyboy, did you steal your gauge setup from Doc Brown's Delorean???



You are never short on data

Lol

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[CJ_]

Guys, Just want to know all the up to date technology on multi gauges. A buddy of mine is looking but he is not a fan of the stock look of mine. Looking for an all-in-one Solution


Ill start off:


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What is that?? thats not a STE PPD is it?

Also I use a Nexus tablet to run and app called Torque. It can pull just about everything you can get from the sensors including timing, temps, MAF, Load, RPMs, fuel trims, knock, and a lot more.

[S4tech2]

Someone needs to bring up that gauge pod that was on here earlier this week. The one that comes off of the small defroster vent.

[Tiluleshpingen]

Someone needs to bring up that gauge pod that was on here earlier this week. The one that comes off of the small defroster vent.

i reallyyy hate those ones

[Royal769sr]

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[Royal769sr]

That's my homemade prototype. I messed up on the right side but will fix that in the next one.. I can see redline and all speed levels

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[getslideways]

Someone needs to bring up that gauge pod that was on here earlier this week. The one that comes off of the small defroster vent.

they were just 3d printed. You could make your own for essentially free if you know someone with a 3d printer and are willing to tweak this file to your liking:

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1561995


As for the multiguage I have been working on an arduino driven display that would fit in a dash vent, but just haven't had as much freetime lately to work on the coding for it. If I ever get my head out of my butt and get somewhere with it, i'll post it up.

[getslideways]

That's my homemade prototype. I messed up on the right side but will fix that in the next one.. I can see redline and all speed levels

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b-b-b-baller!!!! lol

A+ for ingenuity. My first column pod was made out of PVC pipe for the housing, and was attached to the column by being bolted inside the tube and hung at about the 10 o'clock position. It was purdy-snazy and I rocked the $h!t out of it back in the day when I had a B5A4 lol Second was a piece of plexiglass I cut to fit the shape of the driver side vent, drilled a hole in it, painted it black, and that too what ghetto-fabulous at its best, made all the women's panties drop for sure....

[vavJETTAw36]

What is that?? thats not a STE PPD is it?

Also I use a Nexus tablet to run and app called Torque. It can pull just about everything you can get from the sensors including timing, temps, MAF, Load, RPMs, fuel trims, knock, and a lot more.

STE PPD plugs in and displays where your radio RBDS would display. This one is made by Zada tech. He's got like 15 sensors you can add on


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[S4tech2]

i reallyyy hate those ones

http://www.block8head.com
You really hate these?

[Royal769sr]

b-b-b-baller!!!! lol

A+ for ingenuity. My first column pod was made out of PVC pipe for the housing, and was attached to the column by being bolted inside the tube and hung at about the 10 o'clock position. It was purdy-snazy and I rocked the $h!t out of it back in the day when I had a B5A4 lol Second was a piece of plexiglass I cut to fit the shape of the driver side vent, drilled a hole in it, painted it black, and that too what ghetto-fabulous at its best, made all the women's panties drop for sure....

Lol nice. Thanks for the a+ I thought aboutv trying 3d printing but that's going to take a minute. Got other things I have to finish first

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[88ninety9]

3d printers are fairly cheap really. Of course you can always spend more than necessary. Really been looking into them myself.

I like the zada tech system. Been looking into them for a while now, handsomely priced and very oem-like

[Royal769sr]

3d printers are fairly cheap really. Of course you can always spend more than necessary. Really been looking into them myself.

I like the zada tech system. Been looking into them for a while now, handsomely priced and very oem-like

Yeah I downloaded some software to try it out and I am lucky if I can get the screen to move let alone add an object lol.

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[Trb1]

I really like the zeitronix zt2 lcd. Can have afr, boost, etc going all into 1 ecu and then to 1 unit that you can either mount or hide. I'm not a big fan of any sort of gauges so it's nice to be able to tuck the lcd away.

[88ninety9]

Yeah I downloaded some software to try it out and I am lucky if I can get the screen to move let alone add an object lol.

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Which printer do you have?

[getslideways]

Even the Printrbot is a good entry level printer. Its about as simple as they come, the early version I had was assembled out of laser cut wood and zipties, but surprisingly put out nice pieces. It was a good tool to try getting into it see of you like it or not without dropping a lot of cash. I am sure there are better entry level options now, but 3 years ago or so that was a good compromise.

As for software, 123Design is free to use, and has LOTS of tutorials on Youtube, which helps making getting into it even easier. Once you get used to thinking a few steps ahead when designing, it gets pretty easy. For example, here is the first mockup for the multigauage housing to fit in a center vent spot i mentioned earlier (its since gone through several major revisions to make it one printable piece and more aesthetically pleasing). Took less than an hour to model, and I am by no means an expert or even "good" lol:



As far as hobbies go, 3d Printing is a fun one. It has the reward of seeing your imagination come to life literally before your eyes. I would strongly recommend it. Besides, we could certainly use a few more B5S4 specific designs freely floating around out there!!!

[Royal769sr]

No printer. I figured I could get some software to make what I want and send it to someone with a printer

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[zillarob]

3d printers are a ton of fun if you are the tinkering diy type.

This is prob the best $250 I have ever spent. Well, thats just the entry fee I guess. I goes up quick after you get one.

[zillarob]

Oh ya, gauges.

I run a ppd for daily, and dell venue 8 (me7logger, visual logger, vcds) if I need to see more.
There is an o.ct led boost gauge in the tach, but the 4bar throws it off.
And I still want an analog, so much easier to see a sweeping needle out of the corner of your eye.

[vavJETTAw36]

Oh ya, gauges.

I run a ppd for daily, and dell venue 8 (me7logger, visual logger, vcds) if I need to see more.
There is an o.ct led boost gauge in the tach, but the 4bar throws it off.
And I still want an analog, so much easier to see a sweeping needle out of the corner of your eye.

So true. It is hard to see numbers while you're blasting it.


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[BOO$TedS4]

Boost/vacuum, afr, exhaust temp


B5S4

[getslideways]

There is an o.ct led boost gauge in the tach, but the 4bar throws it off.
And I still want an analog, so much easier to see a sweeping needle out of the corner of your eye.

You could probably program a tiny arduino board to put inline with your O.C.T. signal. So it reads the 4 bar input, and outputs the correct signal to correspond with the visual LEDs correctly.

Could not agree more with the analog comment. Thats the same reason why I chose the AEM anaolog wideband gauge, as it was the only analog option for that at the time. Its much easier IMO to "understand" what is happening quickly when you have some extra visual references.

[zillarob]

I went off the grid for almost a year mucking with that arduino based 3d printer.
Youd prob never hear from me again if I had to figure out how to write that from scratch

Some day I would like to learn about that stuff and maybe a little can to use one of these though.
https://www.ghielectronics.com/catalog/product/540

If I get bored, I may put 25psi to the sensor and turn the cal screw until just before the red leds come on.
I never really see it anyway, but would be a quick visual indicator that it is above 25.

[CJ_]

Could not agree more with the analog comment. Thats the same reason why I chose the AEM anaolog wideband gauge, as it was the only analog option for that at the time. Its much easier IMO to "understand" what is happening quickly when you have some extra visual references.

Yep, I went with the Podi analog AFR and innovate LC2 for that reason.

Heres my current setup, Podi AFR on the left, AWE boost gauge on the right, and my Nexus 7 to run Torque pro (main screen has RPM, Boost, Load, IAT, Water temp, GPS speed, and MAF). I have a few other pages setup with fueling info, timing, and a few other things. Eventually I'm going to install it in place of the double din and run just the Nexus.