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From: [email protected] (Alex Miller)
Subject: Re: Choice of gauges
If I'm going to drive on a public road then I need a
speedometer, and an odometer helps for navigation.
My 1965 Chevy has a bare minimum: Engine-temp and
Oil-press warning lights and a fuel gauge.
My 1983 VW has tach, water-temp, voltmeter
and oil-temp gauges.
If I had a turbo car, I'd want a vacuum manifold/boost
gauge. An oil pressure gauge is a nice, reassuring
gauge to look at. If my car was air cooled, then I
would substitute a cyl-head-temp gauge for the water-temp
gauge.
A few years ago, I looked at the Audi Quattro Si Coupe
that Bobby Unser used to win the 1986 Pikes Peak Hill Climb.
The gauge layout, from left to right, top to bottom was:
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speedometer
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fuel tranny
press temp
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differential water
temp temp
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big orange tach
oil-press
warning light
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oil-temp boost
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oil-press
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Alex
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