[Audi20V_Kruemmer] RE: [s-cars] S6 Voltmeter to Oil Pressure swap

[Joseph Pizzimenti]

wrt the SPA gauges...

I have 6 in the Evo (boost/EGT, oil pressure/oil
temperature, water temp/voltmeter), or I guess you can
call them 3 if you like.  I really like them, although
it did cost close to a grand by the time I was
done...but I do have 6 gauges to monitor now.  They
offer peak/hold, read in metric or english, selectable
backlight strength and color (red, green or none),
feature warning lights that you can pre-set yourself,
and I believe can fire a 12v solenoid (water
injection, anyone?).

I like em, but I wouldn't know where to put them in an
s-car, so I bought an Evo.  =)

http://public.fotki.com/betbuild/spa_gauges/

The only quip that I have about them is that when you
mount them at eye level, the gauges do not provide the
BEST visibility.  Mounth them down by the gearshift
and they're perfect, though.

Regards,
Joe

--- MLP <mlped at qwest.net> wrote:
> Yes.  You'll (well, I was anyway) first surprized by
> how much you miss
> the clock when you take it out, and how annoying not
> having it got to
> be.  2nd, its hard to match the gauge face to the
> rest of the
> instruments.  This too gets to be surprizingly
> annoying.  3rd, for me,
> it, the clocks stock position, was a lousey spot for
> the boost gauge.
> You have to take your eyes well off the road to read
> it, and one only
> really seems to want to read it when your hammering
> the throttle.  Just
> not a good combination IMO.  I ended up putting the
> clock back in and
> found a different spot, the A pilar for the
> EGT/boost gauge.   
> 
> FWIW, you can combine two functions in one gauge,
> e.g. SPA Technologies
> guages (pricy stuff.)  Lets see from way back, a
> partial list of places
> to check:
> 
> Gages & Instrumentation:
> -	http://www.buffalogauge.com/products.htm 
> -	Davetron - Redwood City CA 650-369-1188
> www.davtron.com
> 	   Gage #308FD  
> -	Wag-Aero Group 800-558-6868
> http://store.wagaero.com 
> -	AvionicsWest 805-928-3601 CA
> http://avionicswest.com 
> -	SPA Technique - 317-271-7941 www.spatechnique.com 
> 
> -	Nordskog Gauges http://www.nordskogperformance.com
> 
>         
> http://www.nordskogperformance.com/d70140.html 
> -	Cyberdyne
> -	VDO 
> -	Banks http://www.bankspower.com 
>                
> http://www.bankspower.com/Dynafact.cfm 
> -	HKS 
> -	Apexi www.apexi-usa.com 
>            
> http://www.apexi-usa.com/meters_elgauges.asp  
> -	Greddy
> http://www.greddy.com/products/electronics_frame.htm
> 
> -  	Supplier of brands http://www.egauges.com  
> 
> Anyone got more suggestions to add to the list?  I
> know Autometer is
> missing.
> 
> HTH
> mlp
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car  On Behalf Of brian bilotti
> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 11:20 PM
> To: s-car-audi-kruemmer; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: [s-cars] S6 Voltmeter to Oil Pressure swap
> 
> Dear list,
> Any BTDT on this subject? I was driving my new
> purchase the other day, just getting aquainted with
> subtle differences between the the 95.5 S6 and a 93
> S4, other than the sensory deprivation that a stock
> exhaust, suspension, turbo, um, etc, and I noticed
> that something was missing in the instrument cluster
> and zap, NO OIL PRESSURE. AHHHHHH, I'm used to
> information, EGT's, AFR's, IC TEMPS, BOOST PRESSURE,
> AND OIL PRESSURE!!!! Let's see, from 5 gauges to 0,
> this has got to change....
> Can anyone help here.
> Thanks
> bb 
> 
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