White dash gauges - in KMs?

Post by **Nev** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:32 am

yep you've got interest from me too!

Post by **karmic** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:40 pm

I took apart and scanned my speedo & tach guages in a little while ago and inverted the colours to make them white .. I think they look quite good! now to adjust the readings to match my tyres and get them printed!

The temp and fuel guages were left on the mechanisms when I did the scan but should still be suitable as a template.

http://gallery.agrajag.org/family/Kyle/sierra/speedo/

Kyle

Post by **=SKB=** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:00 pm

karmic wrote:I took apart and scanned my speedo & tach guages in a little while ago and inverted the colours to make them white .. I think they look quite good! now to adjust the readings to match my tyres and get them printed!

The temp and fuel guages were left on the mechanisms when I did the scan but should still be suitable as a template.

http://gallery.agrajag.org/family/Kyle/sierra/speedo/

Kyle

Post by **da13ro** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:49 pm

Hey thats perfect, thanks dude I really appreciate it, ill see what I can mock up, ill make as many differnt kinds as time permits.

Im also still looking into printing options, and does anyone know where the backlight comes from? Is it from behind the panel, or infront but out of sight?

I think thats about 4 people interested.
Cheers, Brodie J

edit// Creating a vector image of the dashes as we speak

Post by **Bad JuJu** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:29 pm

Im interested in the 31" tyre correction version.

Post by **sanger** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:32 pm

Bad JuJu wrote:Im interested in the 31" tyre correction version.

Ditto

Post by **da13ro** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:36 pm

Sure im happy todo that for you guys, ill be interested in it myself. For me to be able todo it though ill need your help, someone that wants to spare 10 min and probably has a gps or access to one.

PM me if you can help!

P.S (vector for the speedo is done btw)

Post by **fool_injected** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:57 pm

da13ro wrote:Sure im happy todo that for you guys, ill be interested in it myself. For me to be able todo it though ill need your help, someone that wants to spare 10 min and probably has a gps or access to one.

PM me if you can help!

P.S (vector for the speedo is done btw)

zuwharrie.com wrote:You take the size of your new tire....say 35" and devide it by the size of your old tire ...say 26.3" ( 35/26.3 = 1.33)....but for better accuracy actually measure your new tire and not just go by what it says it is....some 35" tires may actually be 33" or 34" when measured.

Now that you know the new ratio (1.33) you will multiply it by the numbers on your speedo.....5,10,15 ect.

So now the would be like this 5mph would be 6.65.....10 would be 13.3 and so on thru all the numbers..... You can play with the math alittle to get it better adjusted. Say for example you can look at your speedo and judge about where 11mph would be on it....now multiple 11x 1.33 = 14.6 ...........so now you could put the number 15 on your speedo where you judged about where 11 would have been and it should be pretty close.

They don't light up too well so the guys use these
http://www.directron.com/lightstrip.html

Post by **da13ro** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:12 pm

Looks like I have todo some math then, thanks for that info!
Can someone tell me what the stock wheels are on a Sierra, are they 26's?

+Standards
+ 31's
Any other requests?

Post by **nicbeer** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:23 pm

they light from the back.

Post by **Bad JuJu** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:33 pm

Stocks are 205/70R15 or good enough for 26", so Id work on 20% over read speed for 31" tyres this gives you a less than 0.8% error and its in your favor.

Example 100 on existing speedo your actual speed is 119.2km/h so having it read +20% would be 120km/h.

Close enough for me!

Post by **smiley_smoke** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:32 pm

sounds good to me. if you want some help making them in photoshop or something.. my missus is a wizz at it and she wont mind

heh

i am up for stock and 31s myself. lets pool our skills..

Nic... - nerd

Post by **sanger** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 7:40 am

Any way of compensating for 6.5:1 transfer gears and 31's.

Post by **Bad JuJu** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 7:47 am

Just need to compensate for the tyres I think, as the speedo drive is on the output of the xfer case and is related to wheel speed and not revs.

Post by **sanger** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:32 am

Bad JuJu wrote:Just need to compensate for the tyres I think, as the speedo drive is on the output of the xfer case and is related to wheel speed and not revs.

If thats the case then its all good

Post by **Bad JuJu** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:38 am

The only thing that will make the math harder is if you have done a diff ratio swap and altered tyre size.

Post by **karmic** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 9:21 am

Bad JuJu wrote:The only thing that will make the math harder is if you have done a diff ratio swap and altered tyre size.

This page may come in handy:
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~zerosin/gearcalc.html

Kyle

Post by **Nev** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 9:54 am

well if its easy to do...I run 30's but if not the alterations for the 31's would still be closer to accurate than it is now!

Post by **da13ro** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:34 pm

Still working on the vectors, then ill do designs, then ill see how easy it is to make the differnt kinds. I think these should turn out well!

edit// I also need the measurements for each panel, just the height should do but maybe take the width aswell would be great. Fuel, temp, tach, and speedo. Ill post a pic of the vectors soon, Cheers guys

Post by **karmic** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 12:39 am

da13ro wrote:I also need the measurements for each panel, just the height should do but maybe take the width aswell would be great. Fuel, temp, tach, and speedo. Ill post a pic of the vectors soon, Cheers guys

Its been a couple of months since I took my pics of the guages so I cant help with dimensions :(

Kyle

Post by **want33s** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:52 pm

I am interested in a set too! 89 1.3 jx sierra swb 33" tyres 4.57:1 diffs. I'm not too good with the maths but heres a couple of links to gear/tyre/ratio calculators.
1. http://www.rocky-road.com/calculator.html
2. http://golenengineservice.com/calc/calcrpm.htm

Post by **da13ro** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:10 pm

Ok, ill be contacting the laster cutter this week and work out what has to be done. you guys think other people, possibly on other forums will be interested too? Because the more we can get done, the cheaper it will be to make.

Post by **sanger** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:17 pm

Im sure there would be enough interest on this forum alone. But what kind of numbers do u think will be needed to make it reasonably cheap.

Post by **da13ro** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 4:24 pm

I cant say untill i get the quote from the cutter, the aim is to have it laser cut out of perspex, then screen printed. My aim is to keep each set under $50

Post by **sanger** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 4:26 pm

Sounds good to me. Hope it all goes to plan.

Post by **Nev** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:03 pm

Yeh that sounds alright...are you working on the NT or WT dash though? I think you'd quite a lot of interest from other forums too such as NBS and maybe NSW suzuki club too?

Post by **nicbeer** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:22 pm

yeh tru.

also remember there are a couple configurations.

NT inc tach
NT no tach
WT with tach (dont think we got WT without tach)

I'll be looking for one for 31,3.9s for a WT

Nic

Post by **suzuki boy** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:27 pm

Sounding good!

A set of nt no tach sounds good! With 31 correction!

Post by **Bad JuJu** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:32 pm

For $50 or less, Im in for WT set with tach, 31 Correction.

Post by **karmic** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:26 pm

Bad JuJu wrote:For $50 or less, Im in for WT set with tach, 31 Correction.

same for me

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