Took a break from tearing apart the red car to play with the instrument cluster. I'm going to be doing a custom setup so I took it all apart:
Spent some time last night laying out some ideas. The current leading candidates are #1:
and #2:
#1 is nice because it puts every gauge except the wideband right in front of me, but it's a little cluttered. #2 is cleaner but I have to relegate fuel level and voltmeter to the center console with the wideband. I can add a 4th gauge in the middle (voltmeter?) for a total of six readings in the cluster. I still need to lay out everything in the car to make sure the steering wheel won't obscure any of the gauges.
Today I braved the weather to work on the silver car. I got the rear end completely buttoned up and the fuel lines switched around so they're in the right locations. I've been selling a lot of parts from both cars so some of the silver car is slowly beginning to disappear:
Unfortunately I broke a ton of M6x1.0 bolts on the bottom of the car during this process so there's going to be lots of drilling and tapping in my future. I also had my first unpleasant surprise on the passenger's side:
The passenger's fender had about 1/4" of bondo on it and above is what I found underneath. It's clear this car was in a low-speed, offset collision on the passenger's side. I'll like have to replace this entire piece and weld in a new one.
Spent some time last night laying out some ideas. The current leading candidates are #1:
and #2:
#1 is nice because it puts every gauge except the wideband right in front of me, but it's a little cluttered. #2 is cleaner but I have to relegate fuel level and voltmeter to the center console with the wideband. I can add a 4th gauge in the middle (voltmeter?) for a total of six readings in the cluster. I still need to lay out everything in the car to make sure the steering wheel won't obscure any of the gauges.
Today I braved the weather to work on the silver car. I got the rear end completely buttoned up and the fuel lines switched around so they're in the right locations. I've been selling a lot of parts from both cars so some of the silver car is slowly beginning to disappear:
Unfortunately I broke a ton of M6x1.0 bolts on the bottom of the car during this process so there's going to be lots of drilling and tapping in my future. I also had my first unpleasant surprise on the passenger's side:
The passenger's fender had about 1/4" of bondo on it and above is what I found underneath. It's clear this car was in a low-speed, offset collision on the passenger's side. I'll like have to replace this entire piece and weld in a new one.