Triple Gauge Pics

kellzey · 02-17-2003, 11:46 AM

Here is a picture of the triple gauge sold by Palo Alto Speedometer.

Does anyone have a picture of the triple gauge made/sold by North Hollywood Speedometer?

Thanks,

krk · 02-17-2003, 02:38 PM

Karl,

They had one at their site.

http://www.nhspeedometer.com/

under the "goodies" button. (I think I've attached it here...)

kim.

krk · 02-17-2003, 02:54 PM

Karl,

It occurs to me that either of these shops would probably adjust the style when you order it. (they do lots of gauge customization, so it's prolly no different)

I've also attached another pic, where a later- turbo speedometer has the turbo boost gauge replaced by a gas gauge. Don't recall the car -- could be rich johnson's conversion? Anyway, it's another way of getting the three gauges into the limited 914 space.

hth.

kim.

PCA7GGR · 02-17-2003, 04:32 PM

Attached is a picture of a 906 style gauge that I made from a kit that was available a few years back. The kit consisted of the silk screened faceplate, a rear plate, with about various 30 holes, and 8 pages of instructions. In addition to the two face, it called for two donor gauges - one for the gas gauge and the second for the temp and oil pressure gauges.

The kit took about 12 hours to complete. It required 1) opening up a stock gauge canister to get at the the innards, 2) cutting out of the back of a stock gauge canister, 3) unsoldering/re-soldering the older style temp and pressure gauges so that each half fit on separate sides of the provided rear plate and 4) epoxing three light sockets. 5) installing the three gauge clusters and three lights (brake/gen-alternator/oil pressure) and sliding the cluster package into the cutout canister. The rear of the canister retained the screw posts that were used to mount the cluster.

The instructions were excellent with the exception of leaving off the need for a ground wire for the three gauge lights. The bulb housings needed to be drilled out of a stock gauge canister and then epoxied onto the new modified canister. In doing this, the ground for the lights were lost. This came as a surprise the first time I drop the car at night.

I am pleased with the end results although I think that the modified tach with gas gauge is also a neat solution.

Dave at Pelican Parts · Dave at Pelican Parts's Garage

Hey, Sergio--that kit was from Pelican's own Don Haney. The second and third runs were sold through Pelican, but they are NLA. I have one in my car and like it.

--DD

Dbelleperc · Dbelleperc's Garage

Here is the combo gauge from North Hollywood. I saw it at the 2001 German autofest and it's picture is in the photos of 2001 autofest. The guy there said the gauge is $400-500 dollars and they can make the lights do wat ever you want.

krk · 02-17-2003, 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Dave at Pelican Parts
Hey, Sergio--that kit was from Pelican's own Don Haney. The second and third runs were sold through Pelican, but they are NLA. I have one in my car and like it.

--DD

Dave,

Any chance of publishing the instructions/etc? For those of us who might be interested in taking a run a things, it might be helpful...

kim.

Dave at Pelican Parts · Dave at Pelican Parts's Garage

Talk to Don about that...

--DD

Jake Raby · 02-18-2003, 08:35 AM

I had the guys at www.westach.com make me up several gauges, their insyruments are super accurate and super fast responding.....check the out at www.westach.com

chief914 · chief914's Garage

I bought a brand new factory 914-6 combo gauge for $125 on e-bay. Why don't you guys just use the stock sixer combo gauge? Availability?? Is there something I don't know about this gauge? I'm planning on using it with my 3.6 conversion.

kellzey · 02-18-2003, 03:30 PM

Nothing wrong with the stock six gauge. The stock six gauge is similar to the 914 gauge in that it has oil temperature on top and the fuel gauge on the bottom.

It's always good to monitor your oil pressure AND oil temperature in the 911 engine (especially high-performance versions). The stock six motor was a weak 2.0L motor (compared to the E motors and S motors) and monitoring both wasn't as crucial. Porsche decided to that oil temp was enough and provided an idiot lite for the pressure.

So one alternative is to take a 911 oil combo gauge (oil pressure and oil temperature) and place it the dash where the fuel/oil temp gauge is, but then you lose your fuel gauge. What then? Stick a small VDO fuel gauge in your dash, or get a 930 Tach and have the boost gauge on the bottom converted to a fuel gauge.

OR

Get a triple gauge that allows you to have fuel/oil temp/oil pressure on one gauge.

On a 3.6 conversion, I would be sure to monitor the oil temperature and pressure.

Regards,