mad_pete Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 I have a nice shiny raptor binnacle for my megasquirt rover auto v8 Defender. Currently I have speedo, fuel, water temp and a tachometer on the top of the dash. The far right pod in the dash is a light that would come on if I over rode my electric fan but I’ve gone back to viscous fan. Seeing as I am pulling the dash out this might be a good time for a new gauge or light. What would be a good gauge or light to add ? I have Lc-1 wideband so I could do AFR. Oil pressure or temp ? Low coolant mod and light ? Warp speed indicator ? Clock ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynic-al Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 I found fuel pressure in the rail useful when I had a problem where the car wouldn't rev once it had been running a few hours. I just used an oil pressure gauge. Not sure how useful it would be the rest of the time apart from something to look at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_pete Posted February 1, 2018 Author Share Posted February 1, 2018 I do have an hydraulic winch can you get elecric gauges for winch pressure ? I don’t fancy a pressured line behind the dash :-). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 5 minutes ago, mad_pete said: I do have an hydraulic winch can you get elecric gauges for winch pressure ? I don’t fancy a pressured line behind the dash :-). electric engine oil pressure gauge & sender tapped in to the hyd motor pressure in port or pipe might work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickwilliams Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Typical max. engine oil pressure - 10 bar Typical max. hydraulic pressure for hydraulic winch - 150 bar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 oh well that won't work then, was just an idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynic-al Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 You will be able to buy an electronic pressure gauge for the winch and it would be very useful. Try a hydraulics supplier! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_pete Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 Not finding many gauges. Found some senders that would maybe do it but not sure which gauges it would connect to. Could maybe link into my PI but that seems like work to get it to display nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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