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Old Sep 21, 2012 | 01:07 PM
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Hi,
I am thinking of having a digital dash in my escort MK2 but not sure how. I need one that shows everything, I have seen some but they don't show oil preasure or water temp. Any ideas? Cheers
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Old Sep 21, 2012 | 03:11 PM
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What ecu you running pal? I've been working on a mk2 with DTA and fitted with the DTA XDash...

http://www.dtafast.co.uk/XDash.htm

very impressive for the price...if your on P8 or Level 8 I wouldn't know...

I have Pectel T6 on my car and I run a Gems CD22..

http://www.gems.co.uk/?content=pages...colour-display

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Old Sep 21, 2012 | 03:23 PM
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No ecu at the moment but I have orderd throttle bodies with management kit and its a DTA ecu that I will be running
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Old Sep 21, 2012 | 03:56 PM
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The X-Dash was a doddle to fit, very straight forward and we got all the inputs sorted very quickly...

I'd say overall they are better than the Gems at a third of the cost...

I find DTA very easy to use both install, mapping and running the cars (logging etc)..

You will need a Innovate or similar controller if you want to monitor Lambda but nowadays they come in about an extra Ł150, the innovate is pre-programmed as an option in the S40 so no need to plot a linearisation curve....

You get decent support off DTA and the last race car we fitted it to, (R1 engined single seater) required launch control, again all easy to configure...

HTH

Ian
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Old Sep 21, 2012 | 04:22 PM
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I will have a proper look at this when I can get to my computer, can't see much with Iphone, thanks
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