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55ant - 5/1/10 at 04:34 PM

hello all and happy new year, ok finished my engine projects, now its time to sort out the dash, so im after some pointers and some stuff. ok so

1. whats the best material to make a dash out of, also something to use for the transmission tunnel etc.

2. ive got a mix match of dials, including half the original seira set, so what do you recomend, new dials or digi dash? say £100 budget max.

3. could someone point me in the right direction of a oil preassure sender for my pinto engine, found a couple on ebay but seem quite expensive,


thankyou all.

austin man - 5/1/10 at 04:45 PM

£100 for clocks wont get you much I know as Ive been looking myself.

Acewell do a couple which will sit in that price bracket. Russbot on here offers a discount to LCB members

Cheapest option for the dials is the sierra clocks .

Ally is good for the inner panels and dash, for padding to the dash you can use the foam matress people use for camping these retail at between £3 and £4

[Edited on 5/1/10 by austin man]

whitestu - 5/1/10 at 04:49 PM

I've got an Acewell and am very happy with it.

Stu

Humbug - 5/1/10 at 04:58 PM

Depends on your taste and your budget. I personally don't like the way the normal digital ones look. If I were going for an all in one, I would go for something like the Acewell 28xx series



ETA have a linky on me.




[Edited on 05.01.2010 by Humbug]

55ant - 5/1/10 at 04:58 PM

hmm, ok, ill go and have a look at acewell.

Angel Acevedo - 5/1/10 at 05:07 PM

quote:
Originally posted by 55ant
hello all and happy new year, ok finished my engine projects, now its time to sort out the dash, so im after some pointers and some stuff. ok so

1. whats the best material to make a dash out of, also something to use for the transmission tunnel etc.

2. ive got a mix match of dials, including half the original seira set, so what do you recomend, new dials or digi dash? say £100 budget max.

3. could someone point me in the right direction of a oil preassure sender for my pinto engine, found a couple on ebay but seem quite expensive,


thankyou all.


1: Check te sticky for Dashboard for "New Ideas"
2: Sell bit and bobs and splurge with Acewell (i´ve got one too) you may want to retain a couple of the old ones, Volts, and Water temp come to mind.
3: no idea... but I´m sure somebody willl answer this one
HTH

nick205 - 5/1/10 at 05:10 PM

Take a look at this seminal LCB thread on dashboards for some pointers....

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=64223

As above though £100 doesn't get you much in the way of dials - IIRC a set of ETB dials including Speedo, Tach, Fuel, Water and Oil cost me over £300 by the time you've added all the senders as well.

RichardK - 5/1/10 at 05:14 PM

quote:
Originally posted by 55ant

3. could someone point me in the right direction of a oil preassure sender for my pinto engine, found a couple on ebay but seem quite expensive,



And don't forget you'll need a tee piece too for the oil pressure sender.

I probably did my clocks for about £110 all in, keep your eye out for other builders upgrading to acewell etc on here and the bay, I converted my sierra speedo into a circular type by buying a faulty speedo off the bay, but of course all I wanted was the shell and bezel etc. Keep and open mind and be patient and it can be done. Pictures in my gallery using the link banner below.

fyi I found that the oem sierra senders work with the water temp and fuel gauges from Racetech.

Cheers

Rich

[Edited on 5/1/10 by RichardK]

55ant - 5/1/10 at 06:55 PM

cheers for your help chaps.

couch22k - 5/1/10 at 07:55 PM

I have a Acewell 3100 for sale, U2U me if your interested.