Bold Mod- Custom Sport Chrono Pod with Multi Gauge
#1
05-05-2010, 08:44 PM
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: ATL
Posts: 1,953
Rep Power: 198 
Bold! Installed a custom sport chrono pod with a multi-gauge
Pretty sure this is a first.
After my SC installation, I wanted a way to keep on eye on certain OBDII data, as well as AFR and Boost. Since I knew I'd need to install a gauge and 2 controllers to measure the new parameters (AFR and Boost), I figured, well, might as well install a multi-gauge and put it where the OEM Sport Chrono would be- if I had that option, which I don't.
So I ordered the Sport Chrono housing/ shell from my boys at SunCoast, and a 60mm OLED multi-gauge from PLX Devices, along with control units for OBDII, WideBand AFR, and Boost.
Since I didn't already have a dash made for a Sport Chrono unit, installation required a bit of ingenuity.
Here are some pics.
CATTMAN
After my SC installation, I wanted a way to keep on eye on certain OBDII data, as well as AFR and Boost. Since I knew I'd need to install a gauge and 2 controllers to measure the new parameters (AFR and Boost), I figured, well, might as well install a multi-gauge and put it where the OEM Sport Chrono would be- if I had that option, which I don't.
So I ordered the Sport Chrono housing/ shell from my boys at SunCoast, and a 60mm OLED multi-gauge from PLX Devices, along with control units for OBDII, WideBand AFR, and Boost.
Since I didn't already have a dash made for a Sport Chrono unit, installation required a bit of ingenuity.
Here are some pics.
CATTMAN
Last edited by Cattman; 05-06-2010 at 02:02 PM.
#3
05-05-2010, 08:49 PM
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: ATL
Posts: 1,953
Rep Power: 198
The steps were:
-Cutting a hole in the dashboard (said a prayer first!) with a round saw blade on a 90 degree drill, to get through the vinyl, foam, and innter plastic layers. Overall it's about 5/8 of an inch thick.
-Cut 4 slits in the dash, into which I inserted the "legs" of the pod.
-Some minor trimming on the edges of the round cutout to make a perfectly tight fit, since the lower side of the pod is not perfectly round, it's an odd shape.
-Securing the legs of the unit to the underside of the dash was the fun part! I wanted a factory fit, so it had to be tight as a drum with no gaps anywhere. Since the dash is not totally flat, this required some ingenuity. You will note that no glue, or adhesive of any kind was needed.
Here are some more photos.
As you can see, it looks great.
-Cutting a hole in the dashboard (said a prayer first!) with a round saw blade on a 90 degree drill, to get through the vinyl, foam, and innter plastic layers. Overall it's about 5/8 of an inch thick.
-Cut 4 slits in the dash, into which I inserted the "legs" of the pod.
-Some minor trimming on the edges of the round cutout to make a perfectly tight fit, since the lower side of the pod is not perfectly round, it's an odd shape.
-Securing the legs of the unit to the underside of the dash was the fun part! I wanted a factory fit, so it had to be tight as a drum with no gaps anywhere. Since the dash is not totally flat, this required some ingenuity. You will note that no glue, or adhesive of any kind was needed.
Here are some more photos.
As you can see, it looks great.
Last edited by Cattman; 05-05-2010 at 09:27 PM.
#4
05-05-2010, 08:55 PM
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: ATL
Posts: 1,953
Rep Power: 198
I have some further final pics when it's all back together again, but here are some highlights:
-The OEM unit is placed facing straight, and the gauge has a rotating bezel in it. Since I have a custom 60mm OLED multi-gauge, I wouldn't be able to use a rotating bezel, so I decided to angle the pod toward me, the driver. I really like how it looks, it's more driver-centric, as it should be.
-This PLX multi-gauge is OLED, so I can customize the look of it, and have it match the OEM dash gauges perfectly, which would in my car, a white background, black units, and a red needle. I can make it any look, color, style, I want. I can have it look like a round gauge, or a graph (with multiple metrics), a simple digital readout for up to 6 metrics at any given time.
I will post more pics shortly, including perhaps a video of the gauge in action. BTW, I can also log data from through this wirelessly via a module and an app for the iPhone. So I can log any OBDII data (like I would with my Durametric logging software) as well as the new modules installed for AFR and Boost. I may likely also install control units for air intake temp both before and after the intercooler. These units are all daisy-chained off of the primary PLX module.
CATTMAN
-The OEM unit is placed facing straight, and the gauge has a rotating bezel in it. Since I have a custom 60mm OLED multi-gauge, I wouldn't be able to use a rotating bezel, so I decided to angle the pod toward me, the driver. I really like how it looks, it's more driver-centric, as it should be.
-This PLX multi-gauge is OLED, so I can customize the look of it, and have it match the OEM dash gauges perfectly, which would in my car, a white background, black units, and a red needle. I can make it any look, color, style, I want. I can have it look like a round gauge, or a graph (with multiple metrics), a simple digital readout for up to 6 metrics at any given time.
I will post more pics shortly, including perhaps a video of the gauge in action. BTW, I can also log data from through this wirelessly via a module and an app for the iPhone. So I can log any OBDII data (like I would with my Durametric logging software) as well as the new modules installed for AFR and Boost. I may likely also install control units for air intake temp both before and after the intercooler. These units are all daisy-chained off of the primary PLX module.
CATTMAN
Last edited by Cattman; 05-06-2010 at 08:46 AM.
