Vovchandr

Well as the title says im near completion of my FI setup, and looking at guages and everything else, and it has a hefty price tag. I have no problem with buying all of that but was just wondering if there is anyway to incorporate my in-Dash TV into the system and cut down on guages?

Like if there is any sensors that have the 3 color AV output (very unlikely but hell) i obviously could use those.

And if that dosnt work, any recomendations on guages and wideband 02?

I was thinking of going with the AEM 02, but it only supports the AEM dataloging (1000$) which is pointless to me. How does PLX 300 sound?

thanks

Vovchandr

DaveF

you would have to have a "dash" monitor, in your ecu. most aftermarket standalones have this type feature. that is the only thing i can think of that would work. you would just need to connect your labtop to the tv screen, and it should output on there.

Vovchandr

So basically i have no way of getting around it.

Thanks

B20TDC2

try looking into the hks camp system it an use in dash monitors

http://www.hksusa.com/categories/?id=1082

adseguy

Actually when I was thinking of putting a computer system in my car to have GPS, games, DVD, etc I was thinkng of putting digital gauges as well. If you put a datalogging cable off your ECU and run somethig like Crome/Uberdata/Hondata/Neptune you can log a lot of the things you'll need like coolant temp, RPMs, map sensor (boost gauge), air temp (nice to have), speed, and a few others. ECUcontrol is a nice program that allows you to have all these "gauges" displayed on screen and thus eliminating the other guages. So unless you don't have a computer system in the car you can run this and save some money.

Boostage

CALMAP. cant find better pics than these but http://www.hahnracecraft.com/hahn/parts/DFI.htm

Vovchandr

Will it work with Turbo Edit?

An alternative to not buying any guages sounds VERY intruiging

Boilermaker1

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You're still going to have to buy sensors. its not like you don't have to buy anything. Anything you want to show up is going to need something that reads a pressure, temp, or AFR and I doubt the stock sensor tolerances are going to be adequate for monitoring anything.

I have the Defi screen, displays 2 values at all times, and scrolls through a max of 7 in "cinema mode" when you come to a stop.
I've found it to be a pretty good dash space saver.

Vovchandr

Let me guess.. you need to buy that main Defi box that they sell for everything for like 150$ right? Like the one without which non of the guages work?

Boilermaker1

Bingo. Need the control unit (which is about 110, not 150) and a sensor for everything you want it to track.
The first time the warning system went nuts and saved the car.... it paid for itself.