Car Crazies in here? Tell us what you got...

[rvflyer]

  Thanks Vraciu, yes they are both pretty fast. 

Couple of nice airplanes you have there. 

[Skuzzy]

Nice looking 69 there rvflyer.

How you like the Dakota gauges?

[rvflyer]

I absolutely love them, They fit right in the stock instrument console and all hook up using just a cable like a Cat5. and one cat 5 cable down to my console cluster gauges also. Of course my glove compartment is now a Dakota Digital  control center. The new style of Dakota Digital gauges I like even better but they were not out yet when I put mine in. I have the 1969 Camaro VHX Instruments with the center console cluster.

Nice looking 69 there rvflyer.

How you like the Dakota gauges?

[Skuzzy]

I have been looking to use them in my builds, but wanted to hear how well they worked.  Any caveats and so on.

Night lighting is usually the pitfall of most aftermarket gauges.

[Nypsy]

Still driving my 2009 GT.
113,000 miles. Runs like the day it was new.

[rvflyer]

If there are any caveats I have not found them I love them, straight forward installation with well written step by step instructions. All connections are well identified. You can buy them in several different instrument lighting colors and can control the lighting either by using the setup settings or buy the optional  rheostat to dim and brighten them to your liking.  The kit is complete with all of the sensors, connectors and wiring. You can buy options for different gauges you might chose to run. Speedometer is easy to control so it runs dead on through the settings. I use my GPS and set speedo to the speed on my GPS, on the run. There are several other ways to calibrate speedo. I run optional fuel pressure, transmission temp, and outside air temp and compass. Yes they are a little spendy but I think they are worth the money. I have had mine about 3 years now and not one problem at all. Only thing I had to contact them about was they sent me a 300psi fuel pressure sender and I only needed one to 100psi, I called he said keep the sensor and he sent overnighted  the correct one.... Just checked the DD gauges for a 64 Ford Ranchero, those are some good looking gauges

I have been looking to use them in my builds, but wanted to hear how well they worked.  Any caveats and so on.

Night lighting is usually the pitfall of most aftermarket gauges.

[Skuzzy]

Hehe,...the Ranchero is not going to have the same dash it has in it now, but I am leaning towards Dakota Digital for the gauges.  I like the night lighting.

The Ranchero is getting a full custom interior.  I just started gluing the foam blocks in place to make the shapes, after striping the interior of everything, including the dash.

Considering lowing the roof 2" as well. It has a ton of head room in it.  More than I need.  Also adding in a full stealth roll cage.

Making molds for all the parts is going to be fun.

[Mano]

What?

Not one AH'er owns a Tesla? I can't be the only one.

 

[eagl]

What?

Not one AH'er owns a Tesla? I can't be the only one.

I couldn't afford the insurance on a Tesla, let alone the car itself...

[rvflyer]

I am sorry for your ownership Mano. 

What?

Not one AH'er owns a Tesla? I can't be the only one.

 

[SilverZ06]

I couldn't afford the insurance on a Tesla, let alone the car itself...

I got to ride in a P85D in insane mode and I walked away from that car with much more respect. It was amazing. Still too pricey, but incredible performers.

[Skuzzy]

There are any number of fast and quick cars available today,.....but they have dumb down the driving experience for me to where they are boring.

A friend of mine got a Corvette ZR-1 and took me for a ride.  Quick is too slow of a term for that car, but I could not help but notice that the only thing he had absolute control over was the direction of the car.  Everything else was being controlled by computer.  Nice car.  Fast car.  But it lacked what I want in a car.

Part of the driving experience, for me, is the entire control thing.  Sure, computers can do it better.  No doubt, but that is not the kind of fun I am after.

There are a lot of things I like about new cars, and a lot of things I do not care for.  I am going to make my Ranchero the best compromise I can between old and new so I can have a ball when I drive.  If I had to pick a comparable car to match, it would be the original Porsche "whale tail" 911 Turbo.  Light, quick, nasty, visceral, mean and more fun and terrifying to drive than anyone could imagine.

The Cobra is obvious.  The Ranchero is a sleeper.

[SilverZ06]

That's why the earlier gens of Vipers were so fun. No nannies. If you didn't know how to control the car it would cost you big time. You can get a nice early 2000's gts for around 30k now. Great car for the money.

[Vraciu]

I know a guy who launched a Viper into the trees near Tulsa.  His brain was ripped out and took the entire stem with it.   The vanity plate: ORGNDONR or something similar.   Guy lost it on the freeway showing off.   Killed him and his passenger.   Gruesome.

[Dichotomy]

Finished a 77 Jeep restore then bought a 73 Corvette for restoration next... Drag raced fuel altered for years too. Thus the name.... (No, it's not because I wear high heels and a bra, 27th, even though you dream of me in them)

Got an old car, truck?? Let's hear about it.