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Boost | 10 | 14.93% | |
Vacuum | 3 | 4.48% | |
Boost/Vacuum (combo) | 14 | 20.90% | |
Intake Pressure | 11 | 16.42% | |
Water Temperature | 33 | 49.25% | |
Exhaust Gas Temp (EGT) | 11 | 16.42% | |
Oil Temperature | 36 | 53.73% | |
Oil Pressure | 49 | 73.13% | |
Fuel Pressure | 13 | 19.40% | |
Voltmeter | 18 | 26.87% | |
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06-03-2009, 01:00 AM | #1 |
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▀▄ eas | Macht Schnell Ashtray Gauge Panels - Sneak Peek (and Gauge Poll)
Some of you may have already seen this on display at Bimmerfest 09. These are rapid-prototype pre-production photos of upcoming ashtray gauge panels for e9x 3-series/M3 BMW. Gauge panels will allow three 52mm gauges and replace your factory ashtray using the factory mounting locations, with finished production units made from injection molded ABS plastic and an estimated arrival date of July ‘09. Gauge Selection: I'm interested to what opinions are out there for your top 3 gauge choices in your M3 (boosted or normally aspirated) given the following choices: Boost Vacuum Boost/Vacuum (combo) Intake Pressure Water Temp Exhaust Gas Temp (EGT) Oil temp Oil Pressure Fuel Pressure Voltmeter Feel free to write in your own selection and reasoning if needed. Let's discuss. 06.24.09 - Official pictures released today: Official pictures released today: We should be seeing these arriving in stock in approximately a couple of weeks. Pricing to follow.
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Isn't oil temp already on the dash?? any of the boost/vacuum would be cool if you go FI otherwise it's kinda dumb to have. Volts could be cool if you're interested in another gauge.
The panel looks kinda cool though, are the gauges angled towards the driver?
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It doesn't make sense to me that it is displaying a pure oil-temp reading, because it reaches operating temp so quickly. In other cars I've owned which have both water and oil temp gauges, the former comes up fairly quickly, and oil temp lags way behind. In the M3, that gauge comes up to temp much more quickly than I've ever seen for oil temps.
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IMHO - the Autometer gauges are more suited for american iron and in no way match the stock BMW cluster.
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I realize you can check to oil level through the check control on the dash, but because of the missing dipstick could you do oil level?
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Really? do tell.... I can't think of a single time I ever needed it in a NA car.
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Oil temp and pressure, volts, water temp - these are not values that one needs to check very often in normal driving conditions. So it's better to not have them in the direct field of view for regular driving.
You check them either when you're debugging a problem, or perhaps when driving in extreme conditions - in which case you want them in the field of view. But this type of driving happens very rarely, less than 10% of the time (less than 1% for me personally). So on balance, for a fixed set of gauges I'd rather not have them in my field of view all the time. Of course, ideally the dash display should have a configurable area where you should be able to display anything you want - but in absence of this, I think this gauge pod can still be very useful. |
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Great feedback everyone - keep the comments coming.
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IMHO, these look a little bit "tacked on" - like an afterthought. They need to be more recessed, which I think would make them more aesthetically pleasing.
In terms of functionality, I can't see any of the listed options being of use to me, to be honest.
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When is somebody going to modify the iDrive and put all of those measurements on the screen GT-R style?
Gauges look like Defi - top quality top $$$ |
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Volts, Oil Temp, Oil Pressure, and/or instantaneous mpg if you can get it off the bus.
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We're looking into this option also.
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That's not carbon leather - that's real 1x1 fibre.
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I would pick AFR over Exhaust Temp.. You never know what's a good number with Exhaust Temp..
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