Who's going to be first to try this then?

A digital speedo in a Z - yuk ? Buy a US Z31 !

I am fitting a discreet digi change up lights and rev limiter though ! Very practical !
 
Because the old analogue stuff is way 80s ;) Also the digital stuff is more accurate and you can often take an output from it to record the values when you're on a trackday or somethig.
 
Yeah digital is cool... :) I mainly want to connect all the cars data to a little computer...

That digital LED display he has in his car is foul though... I want to make something like a skinnable lcd screen, so I can setup the panels as I like... I don't like to do the usual! ;)
 
Russ, your analgue stuff is way '70s (240Z) ! On competition days, you can take what readings you like but the only ones that count are those accorded you from the official timers :) And trackdays ? lmao !!!

Now, downloading the cars' data is more interesting...........and not just a speedo convert !
 
Sean: who ever uses the term "way 70s", its got to be "way 80s", I'm aware my car is 1973 ;) Analogue has been around since literally the dawn of time (along with digital) so I could have better said "way forever".

The point is, with a digital oil gauge I could look to see what the peak temperature may be over the course of a trackday and the average, and from that I could deduce whether an oil cooler would be needed. I could also fit a warning buzzer in case it gets too hot.

You have to understand, Mark and I are children of the 80s, we've grown up wanting more information readily available, and want to take advantage of all the electronic wizardry we can :) I'm sure you're not, but don't confuse digital clocks with clocks that have digital read outs, the back end can be digital and you can still have a nice needle and gauge (analogue) read out.
 
Yes Russ but as a child of the '80s you have chosen a '70s car, when we drove around the track and saw that the temp rose, we slowed down or stopped, we didn't dither over to fit an oil cooler or not, if it was hot, before the next session, we fitted one :) Warning buzzers ???? That's what instruments are far - looking at :)

That said, I appreciate the analogue reading from didgital input - could be useful on the tachometer although doesn't it change your personal perception of the car, getting all hi-tech in a 240Z ?
 
Russ said:
Sean: who ever uses the term "way 70s", its got to be "way 80s", I'm aware my car is 1973 ;) Analogue has been around since literally the dawn of time (along with digital) so I could have better said "way forever".

The point is, with a digital oil gauge I could look to see what the peak temperature may be over the course of a trackday and the average, and from that I could deduce whether an oil cooler would be needed. I could also fit a warning buzzer in case it gets too hot.

You have to understand, Mark and I are children of the 80s, we've grown up wanting more information readily available, and want to take advantage of all the electronic wizardry we can :) I'm sure you're not, but don't confuse digital clocks with clocks that have digital read outs, the back end can be digital and you can still have a nice needle and gauge (analogue) read out.
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Hehehe damn straight! (sings He-Man theme)

I don't see a problem with improving/personalising something... I know there are purists out there who would freak out at even the wrong kind of bolts on a classic car... but I'm not one of them! :D

The digital read out above is foul, looks tacky and is badly made... if I get round to making one it would feed into a computer which could then display the information on a small TFT in any format or style, you want faux dials, you got em, you want a 1970s digital watch look, it can be done...

Best of all, this data can be recorded and used for what ever you want... link it to a GPS module and you can have it alert you when you're speeding, or pop up the correct speed when a camera is near by ect...

All kinds of cool stuff :)
(can you tell I'm a bit of a computer guy) ;)
 
So, I must resign myself to seeing another generation of Z modifyers with huge V8s and digital dashes...oh, well, that's evolution I guess ! Please spare me, though, the 'old Mr K would have done this if the technology had been around' bit :)
 
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