Has anyone messed with the Instrument cluster

[prove_it]

I'm just wondering if anyone has modified their instrument cluster by any means. pics are good. I ordered up some led's to replace the standard bulbs for a better backlight, I'm curious if anyone has done anything else?

 

[TylerAdamson]

I don't have pictures available at the moment but on my 1g I installed my boost, oil pressure, and water temp gauges into the stock cluster. It took quite a bit of time to get them to fit right but the finished product was nice and a great alternative to the pillar/vent gauge pods.

 

[prove_it]

that always does look good.

 

[FCR]

I make my own cluster with DEFI gauges oil p,oil t, boost, rev, ext tem

 

[prove_it]

that looks good, real good.

 

[RayH]

Possible Gauge Pod Idea

 

[14u2nV]

dirty cluster, bad lighting but you get the idea

 

[RedTwo]

Anyone thought of putting a A/F bar graph guage into the vertical section where the A/T selection lights usually go? Or a knock gauge in the factory 'turbo pressure' (which is kinda useless once you go past 8psi...) gauge position?

 

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Or a knock gauge in the factory 'turbo pressure' (which is kinda useless once you go past 8psi...) gauge position?




http://www.dsmchips.com/faq.asp?A=5


done like 10 years ago /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[RedTwo]

But that needs a Mitsubishi ECU and that chip. I'm talking about whacking a Knock Link in there or wiring one up to the bar graph.

 

[14u2nV]

the chip upgrade turns the factory boost gauge into a knock gauge. Look at my pic and you can see it says knock instead of boost. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[mean_green]

I have my boost gauge mounted right under the high beam light indicator, theres an old how to write up on it. I'll see if I can find a pic of mine.

-Alan

 

[mitsuturbo]

Quoting FCR:
I make my own cluster with DEFI gauges oil p,oil t, boost, rev, ext tem


Whoa.. that's hot! I've been thinking of doing pretty much the same thing. What about the speed sensor input to the ECU though? Is that gone now? It's kind of nice to have with DSMlink. It looks like all the indicator lights are gone as well. Right?

 

[mean_green]

Crappy pic but you get the jist. Going to go with a different gauge in a little bit and clean up the work a little.

 

[prove_it]

I saw the gauge install in the cluster and it did inspire me. Thanks to you now I'll be hacking up a hard to get cluster...ha ha

 

[Lonewolf64]

I did something similar.

 

[teamhightower]

I did the gauge in the middle mod, but used a PLX multi use display. This way I have four different gauges available as well as idiot light protection. You can read more about that on the PLX site. Here is a VFAQ on how to do the in-dash mods for the center gauge.

Center Gauge VFAQ