565edge
09-03-2003, 08:06 PM
I may regret this in the morning, but I drilled holes in my deck for a couple of horns...
http://users.lvcm.com/lvjetboy/DragnHornsTwo.gif
I hated to do it but 8 gages on the dash no room for two more?
Let's see, maybe I don't need a voltmeter? Just sorta guess if the battery's charging? Good plan, get stranded in the middle of Lake Mead with stray TS's heading my way. Forget that. Ok, no fuel gage, just carry an extra gas can in the back and time it? j/k How about no speedo or rpm? Nope. Those big holes don't fit other gages anyway. Well, surely oil pressure is important? Maybe no water temp just hope all's cool and flowing fine? I've seen otherwise...as it happened...before engine damage.
Then there's water pressure. Could ditch that but what if the regulator goes bad and feeds too much pressure? Wait for milkshake to find out? Then post milkshake help! and wonder why no $40 gage to protect a $$,$$$ engine? Naw. Fuel pressure is nice when a filter clogs or a pump goes out and leans the engine....right? What does that leave? Oil temp and knock sensor. Neither essential I suppose, until she overheats or detonates from a bad load and blows my engine. Can't hear over pipes until too late. Well then, that settles it. The horns go on. Even if a bit retro.
Then I see the latest HBM wee-drives with HUGE tachs mounted mid dash...no other gages in sight...and wonder...
They don't care what the h*ll else's going on as long as the tach's cool everything's golden, right?
jer
Holly shit he cut his deck up!
[ September 03, 2003, 09:09 PM: Message edited by: 565edge ]
http://users.lvcm.com/lvjetboy/DragnHornsTwo.gif
I hated to do it but 8 gages on the dash no room for two more?
Let's see, maybe I don't need a voltmeter? Just sorta guess if the battery's charging? Good plan, get stranded in the middle of Lake Mead with stray TS's heading my way. Forget that. Ok, no fuel gage, just carry an extra gas can in the back and time it? j/k How about no speedo or rpm? Nope. Those big holes don't fit other gages anyway. Well, surely oil pressure is important? Maybe no water temp just hope all's cool and flowing fine? I've seen otherwise...as it happened...before engine damage.
Then there's water pressure. Could ditch that but what if the regulator goes bad and feeds too much pressure? Wait for milkshake to find out? Then post milkshake help! and wonder why no $40 gage to protect a $$,$$$ engine? Naw. Fuel pressure is nice when a filter clogs or a pump goes out and leans the engine....right? What does that leave? Oil temp and knock sensor. Neither essential I suppose, until she overheats or detonates from a bad load and blows my engine. Can't hear over pipes until too late. Well then, that settles it. The horns go on. Even if a bit retro.
Then I see the latest HBM wee-drives with HUGE tachs mounted mid dash...no other gages in sight...and wonder...
They don't care what the h*ll else's going on as long as the tach's cool everything's golden, right?
jer
Holly shit he cut his deck up!
[ September 03, 2003, 09:09 PM: Message edited by: 565edge ]