Does RB sell the Pod alone without the gauges?

 

Mazsport does, not sure about RB themselves

 

RB does. I swung by there and bought JUST the pod without any hassles.

 

Don't listen to Jedi he lies.

He used his mid trick to get the pods.

 

Duly noted master

 

Olddragger and I will be replacing my analog gauges with digital this Saturday. I just can't decide which digitals to purchase. I will stop by Summit Racing on the way down to Macon.

 

I like the idea of this gauge pod... I was even thinking about trying to fabricate something like this myself for a while.

Just out of curiosity, am I the only person that has reservations about plumbing hot pressurized oil and water into the cockpit? On a related note, does anybody know of any good looking gauges with remote sending units that would fit in this pod?

Edit: Just found Jedi's DIY: RB Gauge Pod + Nordskog thread... don't know how I missed it. Looks very nice, although I do prefer analog style gauges.

 

Some of us have used a stainless steel fuel line to pipe the oil to the cabin.
I have not experianced any leaks.

 

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...o-20/ref=nosim
Above is the link to what I used. Compliments of EXPO

 

I was not crazy about the mechanical gauges so I went with Autometer Cobalt which are electric. See the attached images. The main reason I went with the Cobalt gauges is that I have the identical set installed in my RX-7 and I didn't want to have to make an adjustment each time I went from one car to the other.

 

check out my sticky thread in the electronics section: (NO hot fluids in the cabin)

 

does gauge holders a quite nice but isn't hard to see when you are driveing ??

 

if you are tracking your car, it is almost useless even if you only move your head and look at them on a long straight, especially if you are wearing a close-face helment & a neck collar.

 

yea i agree with that. mind you it will be cool to have for show reasons

 

I agree that it's not in a convenient place to see at a glance, but I also think that the types of gauges people are typically putting here (water/oil temp) aren't something you'd really want to be staring at constantly anyway. I guess on a track car that's tuned right to the ragged edge it might be important to keep on eye on the temps during runs, but I view them more as a diagnostic tool to gauge how other modifications you've made to the car have affected the general trend of the temperatures. If it also happens to look cool, bonus

 

Well, I track my car and I don't find them useless. I can glance down at them on the front straight and get the info I need without a problem. I will agree that up on the dash would be better though. When I purchased mine, There was not a pod that replaced the entire dash piece and I was not going to cut my dash for a pod. So, I chose the RB pod for that reason.

About the hot oil inside the car. I used the braided stainless line and never had a problem with oil but I did replace the analog oil pressure gauge with an electronic one and got rid of the oil inside the car. I didn't do it because of possible oil but because the gauge would never stop rattling and fluctuating all the time. It was noisy and a pain in the *** to see.

I'm VERY pleased with the electronic version of the oil pressure but the water & oil temp is still the analog.

 

to be honest i wouldn't mind haveing does clusters ay i wouldn't mind a Voltmeter,Amp Current and Air / Fuel Ratio or something it look quite nice

 

i may have looked over it when reading through this, arnt the guages that come from RACING BEAT in the pod smaller then a normal gauge. like say im cheap and go to autozone and buy the autometer guage they have on shelf. will it fit? or are they bigger? what im saying is i want just the pod, then buy my own guages to go in it.

 

yea it does come with gauges but i was thinking of just geting it without the gauge i think they can sell it to you without gauge

 

I been looking for gauges for ages now, I really don't find any gauges I want.
I want 3, Oil temp, Oil Pressure, Water temp.

Its have to be a 270 degree gauge with clear lens with red nidle in size 52mm (2 1/16)
Some thing like this one:


Any advise?

 

get the prosport gauges

 

what about Racing Beats option,,, all the gauges match the interior and illuminate red,,,,

 

DEFI makes a sweet gauge. i personally prefer autometer though.

 

I been thinking of those, but the lens are smoked.
Same with DEFI gauges, and they are really expensive too.

Omori gagues would be perfect, but I heard that they are out of business.
But arent there any other gauges with black face and red nidle and not smoked?

 

i know garret makes a boost gauge and egt gauge that have black faces and red pointers but i dont know what else they make