John Scott Posted January 16, 2001 Share Posted January 16, 2001 Is it just a gimmick or worth while? Has Speedo, tach, and shift light. $185 www.defi-shop.com I like the heads up idea. Never liked taking my eyes off the road, especially if its gettin' sideways! JS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pauli Posted January 16, 2001 Share Posted January 16, 2001 hud's always freak me out a bit... just doesn't seem like something i would like. particularly if it meant i got stuck with a digital tach... i remember once i drove my friend's neon at night, and found that i really didn't need to look away from the road to drive, since it had a very well thought out tach: straight left is idle, straight right is redline. particularly nice since that night his dash burned out, all i had were the needles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavyZ Posted January 17, 2001 Share Posted January 17, 2001 I'm a "carb" and "analog" guy myself--just can't seem to get in to all of the EFI stuff right now. There is something raw and primal about gas sucking carbs, big&loud torquey motors and analog gauges...Gets the blood flowing, know what I mean? I guess at the very most I would go with a Jacobs ignition system. That's about as complex as I would want it for now. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavyZ Posted January 17, 2001 Share Posted January 17, 2001 This ALMOST looks like what some car manufacturers are going to. A computer "brain" that sends out a specific signal for each electrical component in the system--thus keeping each component separate from each other in their readings. It's like the human body when your brain tells your little finger to move--the impulses travel along a common pathway, the same nerves that go from your brain to the rest of your hand, but the finger knows to move by itself. This is similar to "daisy-chain wiring" (much fewer wires, less weight, etc.) Difficult to tell if that is what this truly is. The cars at my dealership have this type of system. There is a downside though: what happens when the "brain" (read expensive) has a problem? There is a high possibility that nothing will work or that many things will work haphazardly, etc. Computer modules can your best friend or your worst enemy--quality and budget come into play here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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