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#16 Marky Tizz

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Posted 07 January 2009 - 10:33 PM

yo gangsta,

I like the idea of some custom clocks :P Certainly some digital clocks that fitted into the original clock housing would be amaaazing.

I would imagine there is definitely a market for it!

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Posted 09 January 2009 - 12:52 AM

woohoo - bits arrived today for one of these. Im just a little *drunk* off I cocked up the order. ;D

Ive ordered 11 RED leds for the revs and only 4 GREEN - Its meant to be the other way around.

Im figuring not many mini's do over a ton - not as standard anyway.

This is what ive got - until the new LEDs come - but ive got work in all the way through till tuesday - then im off to Jock-Land for a b/day party wednesday - so who knows. Might be able to build a test circuit in the evenings but I really want to get the engine out the clubby.

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Posted 09 January 2009 - 02:13 PM

standard 1275 i had when i first got the car did 120mph...... even the standard 1275 clocks go to 110 lol

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Posted 09 January 2009 - 05:54 PM

Hey Gangsta

I would love one of those when you build some, please put me down for one.

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Posted 09 January 2009 - 07:44 PM

standard 1275 i had when i first got the car did 120mph...... even the standard 1275 clocks go to 110 lol



What do the smaller engined ones go to? - The pictures I seen the clocks only went to 90mph. Are you sure that you were doing 120mph - Ive been building these for a while now and ive never seen a speedo thats even 95% accurate.

I have had mine calibrated and its 99.97% accurate, and believe me when I say cars feel a lot faster when you are actually doing 70, as opposed to 57-59mph (which is what most cars are doing when they read 70)

This particular design is a very basic one, but much more can be done. I would imagine if your car goes over 100mph then youd probably be looking for something a bit more interesting.

Its economics at the end of the day - the design above can be manufactured in whatever colour somebody wants very cost effectivly. It includes all the basic functions - Speed (will read to 199 mph) but wont show the '1' but believe me you'll know if your doing 120 as opposed to 20 haha, it has a 5 digit odometer (99999miles) and a 15 segment rev counter (400rpm per division), to 6k. If you add that up - it makes 64 segments in all, which is how many my display controller handles. too add the '1' for hundreds would cost a bit more.

A more advanced one could be built with all the features above + much finer revs, fuel, temp, boost, etc - infact the full dash but it costs more, so i figured this would be a place to start.

Im still looking for someone local to help me test it.

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Posted 09 January 2009 - 07:57 PM

Mine does 95 on a good day but I would want a speedo that does 110 minimum. Where are you, if you are in Dorset I can help you. I trained in electronics but can't remember any of it now!

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Posted 09 January 2009 - 08:03 PM

What sort of money would you be after for one of these? With say everything on it, so fuel, boost, temp, oil pressure, etc...




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