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lilmatti_69
 Post subject: Gauges
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hey

Just wondering if you can put different gauges to a custom setup for a Clubman. I had in mind oil pressure, temperature, rev counter/monster tacho.

Do they have to be specific brands or can you use anything?

Any help would be good

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yep you can.
someone will have more info, if your after speco gauges shoot me a pm.

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you can put in anything you like, here is my dash i made up myself, the 3 centre gauges are oil,volts and temp all speco and the tacho is just a cheap brand, but i am going to change it to speco soon.
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pls use the same brand for all the gauges or it will look sht :D
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pls use the same brand for all the gauges or it will look sht :D


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pls use the same brand for all the gauges or it will look sht :D


+1


Smiths gauges are the ONLY gauges for mini's!!!!


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2 S's & a clubman wrote:
1018cc wrote:
Spaceboy wrote:
pls use the same brand for all the gauges or it will look sht :D


+1


Smiths gauges are the ONLY gauges for mini's!!!!


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Innos excepted. They got the good ones, Veglia Borletti. :wink:

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1018cc wrote:
Spaceboy wrote:
pls use the same brand for all the gauges or it will look sht :D


+1


Smiths gauges are the ONLY gauges for mini's!!!!


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+1 :D (oh dear god....I'm turning into the bean! :lol: )

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you can put in anything you like, here is my dash i made up myself, the 3 centre gauges are oil,volts and temp all speco and the tacho is just a cheap brand, but i am going to change it to speco soon.
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that dash setup is very nice Steve.... but the tacho sitting up there like that looks HORRID!

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When I want to be totally mislead, I always trust my smiths gauges to lead me up the garden path... :lol:

that's why most of them don't have very many numbered graduations on them..

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would you need anything extra, sending unit, to install a tacho meter?
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Tacho doesn't need a sender - it gets the signal straight from the coil :wink: All the tacho needs are wires hanging out the back (unless you get a mechanical tacho)

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but you would need it for voltage or oil temperature...
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when u want to change to speco, flick me a pm.

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lilmatti_69 wrote:
but you would need it for voltage or oil temperature...


No sender required for volts. Sender units are required for electrical gauges (turn pressure etc. into an electrical signal). If you use mechanical gauges the oil pressure etc. is taken right into the gauge.

I had a specometer rpm gauge and found it highly inaccurate, the autometer that replaced it is spot on. Yes, smiths look the part in an original mini, it all depends what look you are after. :wink:

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