Looking for ideas for a non standard speedo as I will need one when my new gearbox is fitted.

Pics and opinions please

 

I think Carlo looked into this in some depth..maybe worth checking with him Euan

 

Euan

Dont use the small SPA rectangular speedometer kit as it's utter junk!!

I use my Road Angel for speed measurement in my Escort... but at times this is also utter junk!

 

stack or those AIM MXL things, i suppose

Stack are easier to wire i believe, depends what you want, they do a stack st700 that does Revs, Speed, water/oil temp and oil pressure for about £400 ish, then it goes upto as much as you want really, £1k for a st8130 of rainbum.

Aim dashes start at £500 and do pretty much everything but dependent on what management can be porblematic to fit im told

I dont know a lot about them, only what others have said

Not much help, but it gets it to the top again for you

 

I looked into this when the focus was getting built i was thinking more of a full stack dash. i also got andy to speak to frasor(promethious) & he could sort something out like single speedos no probs might be worth speaking to him there were loads to chose from

 

in what way ?

 

yeah in what way?

I liked them cos they are only 160 quid

all the others are fortunes

 

what dash do you have at the min euan ?
if standard the the spa fits very nicly where the abs light used to go



very good unit ran one for 4 yrs in my saff now i have the rev counter shiftlight speedo all in 1

 

Dont you need a working abs light for MOT's

 

not when its moved somewhere else like the black cowling

 

I run a Spa Speedo with the sensor off the back wheel. I find it a brilliant bit of kit and as you say Euan the others are stupid money.

 

I also run a spa one and checked with gps its spot

 

Wish I never sold you it now LOL.. how you finding it.. ?

 

Well out of the 3 I had, every one developed faults. Kept coming up with FFF on the display - had to reset the 1.96m calibration all the time - kept losing its memory, illumination kept going wrong.

The last one I had, I sold it but before I did, sent it back to Spa to have it repaired again. Had it sent direct to the guy who bought it off me (a mate) and surprise surprise it went wrong again - so I gave him his money back and threw it in the bin!!

Not a good experience of this product!!!

 

i would just use a gps, but then i already have a PDA or a smartphone with the capability to do it so no extra cost

 

Brom will have a look at fitting where you suggest as it looks quite cool

Ian I have had similar probs with my other SPA gauges loosing their memory etc.

I would buy the stack combined rev counter and speedo like Brom talks about but I already have a stack rev counter so seems silly to sell that just to buy another one.

 

get a AIM or racepak dash and connect it to your ecu

 

I would love the AIM dash or something similar but dont want to spend 700 quid plus fitting

The car take enough of my bloody money

 

yeh its cool radders reacts well does what it says on the can cant say anymore really

 

Was it easy to fit and set up jay?

 

when i had standard brakes on the car i fitted to the inner drive shaft cup and a bracket off the beam but now i have ap 330mm its so much better read out and a easier fit the magnet is on one of the bell bolts and the bracket is fitted to the shock . its very easy to fit , the slightly harder bit wat to set it up to read the correct speed i measured the wheel and tyre but it was still out so i used a gps item to set it up and it is spot on

 

on the mxl and aim dashes i take it all the gauges etc are accurate?
as it may cost 700 but youd probably get quite a bit back on all your gauges and rev counter.and there also all in clear easy view then aswell
id love something like this in my car http://www.racecarsdirect.com/viewlisting.php?view=8750
but i need alot more than a dash

 

Now its set up my Stack is 100% spot to my Tom Tom GPS speed

 

Will probably set it up on the rollers to ensure its accurate...

I have bells so hopefully it wont be too hard.

 

cool now im looking at a full dash now just justify £700+ the only reason i have fittied it was coz i couldnt be arse to strip the gearbox out to fix the speedo drive

 

i have the spa combined tacho/speedo,

not sure how accurate it is low down speeds but at the daddy thrash my recall was 150.1mph and PF's gps gear recall was 149.8mph

never had any trouble with it either

 

looks pretty cool marc