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I saw the idea on turbobricks. It's surprisingly popular. This setup theoretically acts like a 23mm sway bar, up from stock 19mm. The car is still waiting on it's non-miata drivetrain before I can properly test it.
Well It's been a while since I've posted on here, other things to do that I've been putting off. Here are the latest from the past weekend.
A bit of body work
Also got a chance to clean up the wiring harness under the dash and install my front bright yellow anti-sway bar
The before under dash wiring
The after, just have to finish up the power wire and an alternate power source bar
will you be adding a wing?
Hahaha I'll be adding a molded in spoiler but no wing, that wouldn't go with the theme 
Got the dash bolted in tight after straightening out most of the wiring
I still haven't given up on the idea of a hybrid dash incorporating in the center part of the original dash
Love me some NRG
Getting closer to that 10k view on this post so I may have to offer up some kind of prize for ever that ends up being, wish I knew how to figure that out, maybe it should be based on post Hmmmm
Is that hammer finish paint on the dash panel? I like it. This doesn't look like the average Lemons car, that's for sure.
Edit: How do you know the number of views?
Is that hammer finish paint on the dash panel? I like it. This doesn't look like the average Lemons car, that's for sure.
Edit: How do you know the number of views?
The dash is done in Black Krinkle paint by VHT and it is a strange product. It takes about a day to get the krinkle effect to start working
The views come up on the forum page before you actually open it up under the particular item that your commenting on
Are you coming to CMP the end of the month?
Ahh, I see the views now. I use the "new posts" view most of the time and it doesn't show the view counter.
I won't be at spring CMP; with my little one, I'm probably only doing one race (or two?) this year. There's a slight possibility of fall CMP. So I'll miss the debut. 
Ahh, I see the views now. I use the "new posts" view most of the time and it doesn't show the view counter.
I won't be at spring CMP; with my little one, I'm probably only doing one race (or two?) this year. There's a slight possibility of fall CMP. So I'll miss the debut.
Well maybe not, This car won't be ready until the September race so I hope you can make it. It promises to be epic? Epik? ehhhhPicccc? Yeah something like that
Well dang, I got a lot done on the car this weekend but unfortunately I can't post anything because it was all theme related. I did get a little bit done on the dash console but not picture worthy.
So I messed around with the dash center console and came up with two different ideas, let me know what you think
Thinking of mounting the oil and water temp in the holes where the A/C vents were
And this one I plan on making a face plate and painting it the same material as the dash
Do you still have the gauge cluster hood out of this or the other NA?
I don't have the cowling piece, they are hard to find that aren't broken up
Yeah, I've found that out. I dropped mine when I was reinstalling my dash
Yeah, I've found that out. I dropped mine when I was reinstalling my dash
Yikes, but yeah I think that's what happened to mine. I found out that you can't drill holes in that panel with out it looking like what you have there. I found out later that the way to put a hole in one of these panels is to use a soldering gun and just burn it through. My ultimate plans for the dash is to incorporate a Race Capture system and use a tablet for the gauge display.
like this 
like this
I know a guy that just make you nice vinyl sticker that looks just like that. Probably be equally useful based on the monkeys that general drive our cars.
My suggestion is to go with the flat panel for simplicity's sake.
- Also, while you are cutting/painting the metal panel, just go ahead and make a spare. THis way, if you find yourself wanting to remove gauges, you have a replacement panel already pre-made.
- My gauge panel has evolved over the past few years as my love for gauges grew (oh, I need this) and most recently I've actually gone in the other direction to try and simplify things (too many gauges means the most important ones tend to be ignored).
- I originally started with a modified dash panel (as you initially planned) and then abandoned it as I found myself wanting more gauges.
- My most important gauges are already mounted in front of the driver (RPM, shift light, fuel level, and knock sensor).
- For my gauge panel, I've found the most useful ones to be: coolant temp and oil temp. Coolant pressure is not necessary (light is sufficient) and VOLT gauges are useful to diagnose issues but can be ignored while driving. I also found the most accurate temp displays that can be read at a glance were the dual displays from AuberINS (a guy recommeneded these to me and I've found them to be more useful that my autometer gauges). Also, my car's ECU is too stupid to query the car for this info.
- In mounting your tablet, be aware that you may need to make a shroud b/c of glare. Factor this into your design.
I didn't think of soldering iron. I like it.
I'm going for stock but blacked out gauges
I didn't think of soldering iron. I like it.
I'm going for stock but blacked out gauges
I believe that the less there is to look at the easier it is to see, kinda the KISS method. I may go with the flat panel and maybe curve the panel out at the top where it meets the dash to look like it flows into it
well I managed a little bit of work on the build given that my daughter just gave birth to our first grandchild and I took a road trip this weekend. I got the right fender extended for the theme and other theme related stuff that I can't show at this time
Woo Hoo I hit the 10,000 view!!!!
Top's fitting pretty good now
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