haha thanks. the car drove just fine this morning so im not sure what to think about that...my temp on BOTH oil and water are about the same from 180-195

having them be close to each other is normal.

glad to hear the car is running well again.
I would still double check everything to be certain there are no leaks.

Thank you jedi, I just installed my lotek with prosport gauges following this DIY... thank you!!

looks amazing, i was just looking at doing this and had the same complaints about RB's gauges.

sticky!

Great writeup and pics on this topic. I will be doing the same setup soon, but I will be mounting the oil sender to the frame of the car and using a -3 line to connect it to the plate. This is because I don't think the sender should just hang off the adaptor plate, it dosn't seem all that strong.

once you have the sender in your hands and feel it's lack of weight, you'll understand why most of us just leave it hanging

I think your right, there isn't much weight to it at all.

So im looking around for the gauge pod for the ashtray. I cant find it, can anyone link to it?please?

are you kidding me? Did you read the 1st post?!

Search... the first post. somewhere near the top...

umm....i did, i googled racingbeat.com and their site is soo shittacular that if it is there they have it under the wrong catagory.

Im a system admin for a company...i know how to google and look for shit indepth and if I DONT find it then it aint there.

So if you would like to show me up then POST THE LINK!











please

Hey Mr. System Admin.... the link is in my 1st post. :banghead:





had you not put this last tib bit in, my response above would not have been as 'kind'...

Facepalm.jpg

i hate you :anger: this link didnt work when i clicked it!

RAWR!!!!!!!!


but thank you for the clarification :p

but like i said they have a shittacular site and its not in a correct category

you should have seen their site last year...
And technically it is in the correct section (oil system) since the gauge pod was originally designed to accomadate 3 gauges, two of which monitored the oil system. (oil temperature and oil pressure) ;)

are you going with their complete kit? http://www.racingbeat.com/RX8/Oil-System/11816.html
or are you using different gauges?
keep in mind the gauges I went with are discontinued.

no im going with different guages, defi or glowshifts. dont know if i want the digital or not. But i also need a boost/vacuum gauge and pod for when the greddy goes in.


Im trying for a purple LED interior. with the black its gonna look bad ass hah

big thumbs up for DEFI gauges, i have them in my pod and luv em.

I had the cyberdyne (the suck, dont buy them, they all failed within one month) for the digital look but I find the ability to just glance at the gauge and see where the needle is makes a better set up.

yeah i like the defi gauges...easy to color the leds and really really nice setup with the control unit.

here's a vid of them in my car

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrG28laPgdY

Nice dude. Where are they located and whats the middle one? looks like MPH o.O

I believe the middle gauge is oil pressure.

water temp, oil pressure, oil temp

jedi bumping your thread, but after looking this many times. i just noticed a cell phone in your pic's, was it part of the modding process too...:D::D::D:

that cell phone was critical to this install! :rofl:
how do you think I sat there texting people while Tim did all of the tedious work??? :lol2:

what do these gauges actually tell you? i can guess what the water is.. level of what left in the car but what about the other 2 oil?

the gauges monitor 3 different parameters simultaneously

1. Water Temperature. (this has nothing to do with water LEVEL as we already have a sensor for that.
2. Oil Pressure
3. Oil temperature

I will be doing this DIY in the very near future - anyone have feedback on
Intellitronix LED Digital Gauges ?

my new setup. I wish they still made your gauges Jedi.

those look awesome Michael, congrats.
Yeah, I'm bummed Nordskog is gone as I liked their product quite a bit.

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Never heard of that brand and damn sad I haven't since those gauges look sick and work with the interior styling really well. I was thinking of doing this with two AEM AFR gauges + Pineapple's dual EGT gauge (snagged one before they went out of production) for when my 8's sorted, but I don't want to sacrifice the lighter socket since I use that for a BT/FM transmitter so I can play music without burning to CD-Rs all the time. Any guides on how to relocate the lighter socket without burning your house down out there? A guy at a local car meet did it with his S2 RX-8 and relocated it down the side of the centre console, just wondering how others have done it for a little inspiration, would like to get it to look OEM rather than an obvious relocation.