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Fred W B

posted on 6/9/07 at 08:12 AM Reply With Quote
Bling GT40 Dash

Pinched this from gt40s.com. I think it looks great.

Owner says “As I’ve mentioned elsewhere on this forum, my view is that the biggest failing of any kit car is the dash. The car looks great, until you look at the dash, and it looks half built. I feel they should look ‘busy’. When it came time to do mine I went for plenty of instruments and switches in order to get an aircraft cockpit quality about it. I’m using Smiths Telemetrix instruments, Rover toggles with MkII Jaguar blades, engine start button from Demon Tweeks with audio control knobs to match for AC control, hazard and Bluetooth phone connection. I’m using engraved plastic labels for the switches. They’ll be silver to match the instrument bezels with the engraved names showing in black. Everyone that’s seen it likes it”

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Fred W B

gt 40 dash
gt 40 dash


[Edited on 6/9/07 by Fred W B]





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locoboy

posted on 6/9/07 at 08:22 AM Reply With Quote
I like it

In any other car i would have had to vote for OTT, but GT40 style its cool.

I can hear the pre flight switches being flicked already





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iank

posted on 6/9/07 at 08:29 AM Reply With Quote
Bit OTT for my taste. Nice craftsmanship, but just far too many gauges and switches. The ergonomics don't look very good either.





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David Jenkins

posted on 6/9/07 at 08:31 AM Reply With Quote
OTT - you'd never be able to spot if something important was happening (unless you also had an aircraft-style hooter that shouted 'oil pressure low' - 'oil pressure low' - 'oil pressure low' in times of crisis...).

More to the point - who managed to click on the 'non-option' below 'OK'? Early morning mouse problems?






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iank

posted on 6/9/07 at 08:48 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
OTT - you'd never be able to spot if something important was happening (unless you also had an aircraft-style hooter that shouted 'oil pressure low' - 'oil pressure low' - 'oil pressure low' in times of crisis...).

More to the point - who managed to click on the 'non-option' below 'OK'? Early morning mouse problems?


That would be me
It was worse than OK, but I didn't think it deserved a completely OTT as it didn't reach these levels linky





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02GF74

posted on 6/9/07 at 08:56 AM Reply With Quote
what a pointless waste of money and time and weight. *

the guy has no idea about Human Interfacing - if he wants to looks (& be distracted by something), why didn;t he fit a plasma TV in the dash?

It is all so wrong ; as DJ pointed out, you would have no idea if something went wrong.

The placement of dials is wrong too - dials with simialr pointers that point to the same place at normal should be next to each other - the human eye is extremelty good in picking a differnet item in a group of similar items.

the only dials you need are speedo, rev counter, oil and wter gauages.

* I best not show my Land Rover dash panel then

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locoboy

posted on 6/9/07 at 09:00 AM Reply With Quote
As fred says, its a 'look' he is going for, i think he has achieved it.

So long as he knows which dials and guages are the ones to keep an eye on then im sure he will notice anything untoward should anything happen





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locoboy

posted on 6/9/07 at 09:05 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
what a pointless waste of money and time and weight. *

the guy has no idea about Human Interfacing - if he wants to looks (& be distracted by something), why didn;t he fit a plasma TV in the dash?

It is all so wrong ; as DJ pointed out, you would have no idea if something went wrong.

The placement of dials is wrong too - dials with simialr pointers that point to the same place at normal should be next to each other - the human eye is extremelty good in picking a differnet item in a group of similar items.

the only dials you need are speedo, rev counter, oil and wter gauages.

* I best not show my Land Rover dash panel then


Tad harsh maybe?............. surely if ever there was a time for the old IMHO than this is it!





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2b_pablo

posted on 6/9/07 at 09:07 AM Reply With Quote
not my cup of tea at all Im afraid. Keep it simple is a great philosophy!
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Fred W B

posted on 6/9/07 at 09:07 AM Reply With Quote
Whats he got there?

10 gauges

Revs
Speed
Fuel gauge x 2
Oil pressure
Water temp
Clock
Amps

Oil Temp?
Fuel Pressure?

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Fred W B





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2b_pablo

posted on 6/9/07 at 09:09 AM Reply With Quote
wiring was bad enough on my car for 3 gauges and a vapour imagine the back of that lot!
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Dillinger1977

posted on 6/9/07 at 09:13 AM Reply With Quote
completely disagree with him that a dash -should- look busy or the car looks unfinished. IMHO thats just confusing looking and looks tacky!





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nick205

posted on 6/9/07 at 09:15 AM Reply With Quote
Definitely not to my taste although it does look well put together.

IMO simplicity is the key to a good and useable dash. Don't clutter it with stuff that doesn't really matter or tell you anything vital.


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Peteff

posted on 6/9/07 at 09:17 AM Reply With Quote
Years ago a mate of mine had a Moggy thou pickup with aeroplane gauges from various sources. He even had the altimeter and artificial horizon. That was almost as overdone as the one in your picture I think.





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v8kid

posted on 6/9/07 at 09:21 AM Reply With Quote
Got to take these things in context - for what it is I think its brill. Having said that the only instruments I have are an oil pressure gague, a rev limiter warning light and a bike speedo - but the GT40 thing is a gendre in its own right and whats wrong with a bit of bling on a saturday night?
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gezer

posted on 6/9/07 at 09:22 AM Reply With Quote
not for me

I have to agree with those who say keep it simple and to the minimum,

that looks like a panel from a industrial complex,
also if the builder is over here would it pass SVA with those switches and knobs,





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3GEComponents

posted on 6/9/07 at 09:28 AM Reply With Quote
Looking at the instruments, i take it that the car in question is turbocharged, and that the it's twin tanks aren't linked in any way?

Surely linking the tanks would have easier, and cheaper, than two fuel gauges.

Also the clock is a curious choice in that type of car?






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ditchlewis

posted on 6/9/07 at 09:35 AM Reply With Quote


totally OTT. very difficult to get the information you need from all those dials and a big distraction to the driving experience

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tks

posted on 6/9/07 at 09:46 AM Reply With Quote
i like it, its the reason that its just because its new you need to know where to look at if you need to know certain information. saying that every control need to work, else its useless.

also if you step in a cockpit of an airplane
you will feel the same, but after some lessons you will see that it makes sense.

sow i guess just more time needed to learn. also on the oil warning etc. you could easyly fit a buzzer for that.

Tks





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DaveFJ

posted on 6/9/07 at 09:54 AM Reply With Quote
I don't think the layout of the gauges is quite as bad as people have stated....

look at where the steering wheel goes.. to right you have the fuel together and is that a boost gauge?

to the left you have 2 pairs of smaller clocks seperated by a clock....

It's not to my taste but i think people are being a little harsh...

As for the switch gear....... that's another story altogether!

I didn't think toggle switches would get through SVA ?





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speedyxjs

posted on 6/9/07 at 10:03 AM Reply With Quote
Too busy for my liking

[Edited on 6-9-07 by speedyxjs]





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2b_pablo

posted on 6/9/07 at 10:05 AM Reply With Quote
maybe because a lot of us are track orientated it seems wierd. For a roadcar its probably fine but on track you need to know immedietly if something goes iffy
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davie h

posted on 6/9/07 at 10:12 AM Reply With Quote
def not for me less is more if you know what i mean but hey each to their own i suppose
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thebull

posted on 6/9/07 at 11:36 AM Reply With Quote
gt 40 bling

far to ott
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RK

posted on 6/9/07 at 11:49 AM Reply With Quote
As long as he doesn't take his eyes off the road too much to check his gauges, who cares?
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