actually, i think that mini LED gauge they have would be the ticket. i may pick one of those up and find a nice, readily visible place to put it. the amber one ought to match the stock illumination pretty well!
thanks for the pointer. i will post pics when complete!
Let me know what you think. It seems like it would be alot more useful than the gauge is in it's current state.
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Actually, if you guys are electronically inclined, I could show you how to do the mod on an LED O2 gauge (autometer and the like). The parts cost about $5 and it just takes a little bit of soldering and voltage measuring. To make a custom AF meter costs about $20, 10LED and voltage metering is adjustable. I had mine read .600-.999volts which is where you'd like your o2 sensor to be in WOT......
As for the digital version, if you can find a "calibrateable" digital DC volt panel meter, it does the same thing. One thing to consider, the digital voltmeter/panel meter takes samples of the voltage at a regular freq, sometimes 2-10 per second (a bit low). The LED versions don't sample, they are continuously monitoring the o2 voltage......I got a digital voltmeter at radio shack for @$20-30. I use it to measure knock voltage output...
yeah that's the only thing i didn't like about those gauges above - it says 1.5 samples per second. kinda slow!
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Originally posted by 00G Actually, if you guys are electronically inclined, I could show you how to do the mod on an LED O2 gauge (autometer and the like). The parts cost about $5 and it just takes a little bit of soldering and voltage measuring. To make a custom AF meter costs about $20, 10LED and voltage metering is adjustable. I had mine read .600-.999volts which is where you'd like your o2 sensor to be in WOT......
As for the digital version, if you can find a "calibrateable" digital DC volt panel meter, it does the same thing. One thing to consider, the digital voltmeter/panel meter takes samples of the voltage at a regular freq, sometimes 2-10 per second (a bit low). The LED versions don't sample, they are continuously monitoring the o2 voltage......I got a digital voltmeter at radio shack for @$20-30. I use it to measure knock voltage output...
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