i want to put a stack tacho in me series 1 and other gauges like act etc on a carbon sheet. The problem that i might have is that i will need a speedo as me car will be used on the road. I was just wondering if anyone did a digi speedo or if not any type of speedo really. O and who can supply me with all the above cheers

 

Have you seen the one 3drstretch has

 

SPA Tacho and speedo

 

I have a Stack tacho , it has a speedo function if you fit a wheelspeed sensor

 

 

does the speed come up in the small display on the tacho how accurate are they, i take it they should be pretty accurate??

 

just been on the spa site they look the nuts, i think i will end up getting carried away and me car will end up looking like a cockpit

 

Mine still aint finnished yet but heres how its looking so far!

Am running the speedo of the back wheels so the speed is spot on, measures 1/4mile times etc etc.

 

THats why I would opt for a stack every time as they can display a number of parameters all in the one display. Saves having 10 x 52 mm gauges dotted around your dash

 

I have the stack, and the speedo sensor is mega accurate:



Best place to get one from is Mike R on this board:

www.randbmotorsport.co.uk

 

but the down side to that is you can only view one at a time, if there a multiple gauges then all can be viewed individually, i say carried away all i want is a fuel gauge, tacho, speedo and water temp gauge really. Was thinking of getting a combined tacho/speedo, combined water/oil temp, seperate fuel and a act gauge.

 

Rich - youv'e been spinning that round with your drill again havn't you

Andy - hurry up

 

fook me 186 i dont think the series 1 will be getting anywhere near that. Iwill probably end up looking like a knob with a true 140 showing, all the knobs will be saying its shit slow and that there 106 gti does 145 of the clock

 

Lol, i know what u mean.... My speedo is v accurate, often when people in car, they commentin i only doin 80 etc, when a normal rst is showin about 95...

How much is that stack? Would like it for the rev counter.

 

Rick, 280+vat i think it said on the stack website could be totally wrong like, check there site out do some VERY nice gauges.

 

As per Rich Pon... that Stack is a loely piece of kit... Extremely accurate to the nearest 1 mph... I know someone who did a recorded 148.8 or summat on GPS and the Stack showed a peak of 149!!!

 

Damo, You should tell him to send that back as you can only really make out the 0 and the 8

Love that dash, very nice, good work m8y

 

Not quite - mine used to belong to Mike R

 

The Stack ST500SR has now been discontinued and you can only buy the ST700 now.

It is only as accurate as the measurements you program into it - you have to measure the circumference of the tyre and tell the Stack this info and it counts the rotations to work out the speed. It is 100% accurate with the correct information (according to Datron timing gear). However, be aware that as the tyre wears from it's maximum tread to minimum, the circumference will reduce and give a slightly higher reading (a smidge over 1% @ 181mph).

Please be aware that the speed sensor ideally needs to be on an undriven wheel.

Ben,
The brightness can be user adjusted .

 

Can you buy just the speed sensors for say like navigation or anything else that needs a road speed?

Mike Rainbird, Please be aware that the speed sensor ideally needs to be on an undriven wheel.

how does it work on the 4x4 then?

 

Fozy,
It's not so bad with a 4x4, as these don't wheel-spin that much. However, if you have a REALLY powerful 4x4, then the performance timing function of the Stack ST700 will obviously give a false time if the car wheelspins at all. A bit like when you used to see how fast you could get a normal speedo to register on a front wheel drive car with-out actually moving anywhere - this is why you don't want it connected to a driven wheel .

 

Thats not entirely true actually. The good thing with the Stack is that you set the parameters and if you have a problem it will flash a Redlight and tell you what is wrong. I used to use this system and then thought I wanted a bit more 'bling' and so bought 5 seperate SPA gauges. There is now ALOT to keep an eye on! The Stack just shows you the info when there is a problem (you can scroll through manually as well though)

My SPAS all have visual alarms and you can set these up, but the stack was better as it was straight in front of me and you continually look at it.

There are another 2 SPAS that you can't even see in this piccy

 

Thanks Lee, you just answered him for me Last thing I want to do is watch all the gauges rather than the road/track.

 

YOU especially need to keep your eyes on the track! I seem to remember a girly 200bhp Boxster with 33 stone of passenegers on board keeping up with you at Bedford. Were you watching an on board DVD player or did you have a PS2 game playing?

 

The Stack ST700 has a fantastic sequential shift light arrangement as well. This isn't available on the Stack arrangement I have (just a single light ) and I really miss this facility (along with the preformance timer).

 

Mike may be the best person to get them from but I see there is no sign of them on his website

 

http://www.randbmotorsport.co.uk/sho...p?ProductID=89

Mmm, no sign (Need a twat smiley made just for you ).

 

to go with my dickhead smiley??

Anyway, I still cant find it on there unless you do a search. Its not in the guages/monitors section like it should be

 

to be fair the spa one is a nice little but of kit for not alot of cash
Ł170 i think they are
very acurate and does 0-60 0-100 mid range and 1/4 mile
nice installs aswell
zoo can do them for Ł270 fitted

 

I quite agree, although I haven't seen it light up since Bedford a year ago

 

Dom,
THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE IT IS , try and work it out for yourself before you make yourself look an even bigger tit (if possible ).

 

Thats great Value! I'd definately be looking at that option if I didn't have a Stack already

 

Porkchop,

Have you PAINTED the needle on your Elliot boost gauge?

 

what does the SPA speedo look like??

 

id say yes

 

thats a nice intall aswell like this in the cozzy dash

 

looks cool

 

me??? take apart an intricate piece of instrumentation, paint a tiny component and then re-assemble it so that it still works perfectly?!?!?!?

are you smoking crack?!?!?!?!?

Martin did it for me mate ! great touch I think

 

FPSML

I forgot about your mechanical ability

Looks good though

 

There is a feature which allows you to compensate for this though isnt there?? Noticed it when read through the manual... wouldnt even want to begin trying to set ti up though