Fg Dash Gauge Pod

[xr6turbo2005]

top marks for having ago at making your own guage pod, but to me it just doesnt look right. maybe its because im just more use to seeing the BA/Bf guage pods. this one sits way too high.

why not recess the holders into the top panel like the BA / BF ones ?

[PHANTMXR6]

As previously stated, and looking at some of the pics with the top panel removed, there just isn't any room to recess gauges.

I would have liked to go down this path but not physically possible.

I will, however, use smaller diameter gauges if I do go with the three gauge setup later down the track.

It is a bit deceiving looking at the pics, but when in the car it doesn't sit too high.

I guess people are so used to seeing BA/BF gauges up the top that anything in the new model is going to look out of place to start with.

It'll grow on people I think, especially if some aftermarket manufacturer starts mass producing something similar.

[PHANTMXR6]

Picked up my gauge pod and headunit surround from my panel beater yesterday.

All painted and looking good.

I've fitted it to the car and it doesn't look too bad.

Will see how it goes.

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Head unit surround. Not screwed in place yet.

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[PSI40T]

came out great!!!

I was toying with the idea of taking the bf twin gauge pod and molding that into the top plastic bit... might look a lil smaller...?

should work I think lol

[Guest]

Deck surround looks good but I don't like the shape of the pods. They don't match the profile of the existing dash pieces too well...

10/10 for effort though mate

[01txr]

If you want a great AFR gauge, have a look at the PLX Devices AFR set up.

available in 52mm & 60mm gauges.

The gauge is a LCD monitor that can be custom designed by yourself and is feature packed.

It is a wideband setup so you need to have a second bung welded to your exhaust for the O2 sensor.

It does not jump all over the place.

Mine sits at idle 14.6 to 15.1 my tune Vs old tune 14.5 to 15.5

Cruise is like wise tapering to 11.9 WOT where it sits constant old tune was 12.2 WOT.

I feel I will get my tune even better with a bit more tuning.

Once I sort the AFR to be perfect I will start adding some timing and may get a bit more out of it.

I have just started to learn how to tune these cars and am using no dyno to do so.

About 1 month ago on its professional tune from x workshop my car ran a best of 14.1 At 100mph.

saturday night with my new tune done by myself my car ran 13.33 at 108mph

The idle has been bought down from 1000rpm with a intermittent slight miss to a very smooth 650rpm idle.

I have also improved fuel mileage.

All this by tuning with use of this AFR gauge.

car (BA XR6T) is still running standard intake pipe work and intercooler.

Mods include T56 upgrade still T5 diff ratio 3.45.

CI Twin Plate clutch

Walbro Fuel Pump

Nizpro Injectors

Nizpro valve springs

X-Force 3.5 exhaust system

Street Tyres, lots of problems getting off the line.

2.3 60ft times.

So since you are a long way from a tuner I suggest this AFR gauge set up.

They also do a I-Pod/I-Phone OBD11 setup as well as any other gauge setup you may need.

Also If you want to tune your own car PM I can get you linked up to do so.

great work on the Pod. Should be able to get the 60mm in there.

[PHANTMXR6]

  03XR6T said:

Deck surround looks good but I don't like the shape of the pods. They don't match the profile of the existing dash pieces too well...

What do you mean?

The profile is exactly a perfect match to the existing panel. It just has a big lump in the middle. lol

All the lines that were the factory panel are still there as I used the original panel as the base for the pod.

The only thing that I don't like about it is the paint finish. Colour wise it's very close, but it's a gloss finish not a matt one like the rest of the dash pieces.