V8 Swapped E30

patsbimmer1

Earl said:

They just figure you would want them out of sight and your current location would be better suited for switches of gages. For me it would seem better to try and mount them under the dash right above the pedals to have the shortest lines going down to the pedal. You dont need much room above them because you can fill them with fluid using a bottle pump=)

*Gauge's

Earl

I always say gauges but for some reason everything that has to deal with them at work is gages. I calibrated all pressure and vacuum gauges in the plant and I hate how it is always spelled gages.

KaiserRolls

Go, no-go earl

Earl

lol

straight6pwr

yeah it just seems like other, more important, things should go there. like craig said, it seems like you are trying to show them off, even though we know you arent.

second, brake fluid can get super hot/boiling under hard use. isn't it also flammable? I wouldn't want that by my face.

patsbimmer1

I wouldn't do it that way but I like the way it looks. You do you man!

johnprusinski

I was going to put gauges there, but I already decided that I'm going to use a digital display for my cluster so I won't need most of my gauges. I mainly put my resivoirs there, because they don't fit right on the masters and to keep an eye on it if it gets too hot and the fact that I won't have to go under the dash to fill the resivoirs. I don't want to cut the dash like in the pictures because I don't want to completely destroy my dash and I'm unsure about how much space I have in the bay yet. I might make a change in the future, but all I can do is see.

patsbimmer1

andyhundley

johnprusinski said:

I was going to put gauges there, but I already decided that I'm going to use a digital display for my cluster so I won't need most of my gauges. I mainly put my resivoirs there, because they don't fit right on the masters and to keep an eye on it if it gets too hot and the fact that I won't have to go under the dash to fill the resivoirs. I don't want to cut the dash like in the pictures because I don't want to completely destroy my dash and I'm unsure about how much space I have in the bay yet. I might make a change in the future, but all I can do is see.

I have an extra cracked dash in my garage to experiment with if you want it.

Earl

johnprusinski said:

I was going to put gauges there, but I already decided that I'm going to use a digital display for my cluster so I won't need most of my gauges. I mainly put my resivoirs there, because they don't fit right on the masters and to keep an eye on it if it gets too hot and the fact that I won't have to go under the dash to fill the resivoirs. I don't want to cut the dash like in the pictures because I don't want to completely destroy my dash and I'm unsure about how much space I have in the bay yet. I might make a change in the future, but all I can do is see.

Bottle pump solves all isses=)

YoungCR

It's a race car, purely functional so i don't see what all the fuss is about haha.

m42b32

YoungCR said:

It's a race car, purely functional so i don't see what all the fuss is about haha.

Everyone knows that real race cars need that exact spot for mounting things like gauges that monitor super important stuff like CV grease temperature and GoPro battery life. Trust me, I'm basically an expert because I saw a spec e30 car on a trailer going the other way on a freeway one time.

Earl

^hahahahahahahaha

straight6pwr

how about just mount this baby on your dashboard and run some hoses.

B C

Thats probably dangerous for up to 40 feet

johnprusinski

Earl said:

YouBottle pump solves all isses=)

You still have to fish yourself under there to check to see if everything is full and you're still reaching under the dash to get the hose into the res. Why deal with that when everything is out in the open. That's how I look at it.