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Re: Digital Cluster conversion

Posted: March 2nd, 2012, 8:04 pm
by RS_OBD'oh_2
wow it's really really cold there.

Re: Digital Cluster conversion

Posted: March 4th, 2012, 4:24 pm
by wertys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51IKTEdlFFc
its in french yeh..
gotta change the color filter because in daylight it looks greenish but at night its blue
give me comments

Re: Digital Cluster conversion

Posted: March 4th, 2012, 4:34 pm
by Evo_Spec
comment given!

Re: Digital Cluster conversion

Posted: March 4th, 2012, 4:42 pm
by mikeinaus
looks awesome, good job!
i wonder if its possible to fit the cluster from a merc cougar? oil pressure/voltage gauge would be nice. only 6k red line thow :(
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Re: Digital Cluster conversion

Posted: March 4th, 2012, 4:53 pm
by wertys
hmm turns out this was the wrong video haha the speedo didnt work on this one, will post another one with working speedo

Re: Digital Cluster conversion

Posted: March 4th, 2012, 5:23 pm
by Nd4SpdSe
mikeinaus wrote:looks awesome, good job!
i wonder if its possible to fit the cluster from a merc cougar? oil pressure/voltage gauge would be nice. only 6k red line thow :(
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Wow, that looks so Star Treky!

Re: Digital Cluster conversion

Posted: March 5th, 2012, 6:58 pm
by wertys
New video.
i think the screen is too reflective, going to work on that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYvYjMwv2Qw
going to change screen filter too, because its too greenish in daylight.

Re: Digital Cluster conversion

Posted: March 6th, 2012, 9:20 pm
by mikeinaus
i was reading online that its possible to build little computers that can monitor the mpg of older (obd1) fuel injected cars. they basically work by tapping into an injector signal wire and the speed sensor. between the amount of times the injectors fire and how fast the car is going they are able to calculate mpg fairly accurately. maybe its possible to get get those economy gauges working? if the processor involved in their calculations was built into the gauge and not the ecu all youd need to do is find what wire it needs for the injector signal? if not you could remove that section and install one of these gauges?
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some of them are fairly advanced and can record 0-100times, instant mpg, average mpg, battery voltage, mileage till empty and so on. im definitely considering buying one.

Re: Digital Cluster conversion

Posted: March 6th, 2012, 9:32 pm
by wertys
great idea, will look into that. finding the same digits & color(well , close to it) would be a + too

Re: Digital Cluster conversion

Posted: March 6th, 2012, 9:44 pm
by mikeinaus
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthread.p ... 20362.html 2nd post on that page. there are supposedly a bunch of diy guides for making your own (i havnt found any yet). that guy builds/sells them and he also modifies his own code. if you were to contact him its very possible he could make you one with a blue display. he shows one on his pictures page but its not quite the same blue as yours.
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found a kit you can buy here, you can also select the colour screen you want. http://store.fundamentallogic.com/ecom/ ... 8ab9d04a10

Re: Digital Cluster conversion

Posted: March 7th, 2012, 4:17 pm
by MrMazda92
mikeinaus wrote:Image
If we could get THIS look, with a 7-8K Redline, I'd be putting other projects on hold to put it in right now... I LOVE the way information is displayed here, especially oil pressure! I love that blue too...

Re: Digital Cluster conversion

Posted: March 7th, 2012, 5:17 pm
by wertys
the process would probably be really similar, but the fitting would be more of an a-- than the villager one.

Re: Digital Cluster conversion

Posted: March 7th, 2012, 5:35 pm
by MrMazda92
Amen to that. The 6k Tach kills the idea entirely for me anyways. Props for thinking outside the box here! I'm liking this thread all over.

Re: Digital Cluster conversion

Posted: March 7th, 2012, 7:39 pm
by wertys
what mikeinaus was telling me is quite doable i think. will keep this post updated as well as the other one(the HOW-TO that i will probably finish tonight)