hey guys, im borrowing a pic i saw here. anyone have a DIY on this? the boost guage in the vent. Ive seen this once before but i have no idea how to do this. Im not talking wiring, im talking mounting and air vent removal. I want to install ( i know its pointless ) a stoic guage there. please any help would be sweet, my B-day is coming soon and ill ask my wifey for a new guage if i can figure out how to do this. thanks


P.S. thanks for the pic midnightdave

 

Does a stoic gauge always point in the same middle spot all the time or something? - unaffected by outside stimulus.

 

what?? it sweeps rich to lean. its my favorite guage even though alot of people belive they are useless. it goes in the exhaust

 

Stoic-
n.

1. One who is seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain.
2. Stoic A member of an originally Greek school of philosophy, founded by Zeno about 308 [SIZE=-1]B.C.,[/SIZE] believing that God determined everything for the best and that virtue is sufficient for happiness. Its later Roman form advocated the calm acceptance of all occurrences as the unavoidable result of divine will or of the natural order.

adj. also sto·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)

1. Seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive: "stoic resignation in the face of hunger" (John F. Kennedy).
2. Stoic Of or relating to the Stoics or their philosophy.

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I'm too educated for my own good...

Yeah, i know i pulled that from dictionary.com, but I knew of it before looking, hence my earlier comment.

 

yeah, thanks, thats helpful...

 

SO ANYWAY......

Does anybody know how to install this?
is there a how to someplace?

I think out motoring sells little bezel kits or something for this. they could have a how to on the site?
worth a shot.

good luck!

 

http://www.outmotoring.com/mini-coop...gauge-kit.html

 

Sure was...

 

 

Pm'd you with some info.
Bill

 

I think your thinking of stoich.

 

The OP was just using a short version of stoichiometric...
http://www.taftan.com/thermodynamics/COMBUST.HTM

 

Thanks Astro, even though i cant spell you understood me. Thats what im looking for. Any one have a step-by step minus the Wiring on how to install and mount the guage?

Boy Nabeshin, I feel terrible that i cant spell correctly. i may loose sleep tonight. pretty childish really. tell you what, meet you behind the playground after school.

 

I had the directions for this install at one point, as there was a company that used to offer it before OutMotoring. I can see if I can find them when I get home.

 

agree'd
there is way to much BS on this forum... people should check there bags at the door.


good luck with your install!

 

I'm sorry everyone... I know now you meant stoichiometric. I had almost forgot chemistry. About all my comments above, I was only trying to be funny, really.

 

Dont worry, I was getting ready to make a post that said "what is the point of installing a gauge that doesnt move?" In any event no harm no foul on everyones part.

 

i gots no beef

i em stil howevr waiteng on a nise Do It Yerselv.

 

My only concern with this is blocking the air flow for the A/C. But it does look super clean and OEM.

 

You will just get more air out of the other vents.

 

I actually thought it was pretty funny

 

After some people helping me ( thank you ) and some investigation i was just about to order trim rings here

http://www.outmotoring.com/mini-coop...gauge-kit.html

i have a problem however. The trim rings clearly say that they mount 2 5/8" guages but autometer and stewart warner dont offer anything but 2 1/8" guages. Actually its very hard for me to find a 2 5/8" guage...?
am i missing someting? these dont adjust do they? i wouldn't think so.
if anyone knows or can point me to some higher quality 2 5/8" guages please chime in!

 

60mm gauge will fit right in the air vent. I just popped off the dash, there are two screws holding the speedo to the top of the dash and then you can get to the plastic that holds the vents together. Dremel away I ran the wires underneath the dash because drilling into the air ventilation wasnt my cup of tea. I kept the flaps in the rear and just glued them shut to stop full blast air from attacking my gauge. I also siliconed the gauge into the vent

 

Autometer makes a bunch of 2 5/8" gauges...but the A/F gauges they have(and from other manufacturers as well) are only 2 1/16". You would definitely have to make an adapter to fit one of them in the OutMotoring gauge ring.

As far as the directions...I couldn't find them. They were not where I thought they were, but i'm still looking.

 

Can't seem to find any DIYs yet, but I'll keep looking. As for some 2 5/8 A/F guages:

http://www.dealmonger.com/MSD-2-58-A...38981C236.aspx

http://www.racerpartswholesale.com/c...el_Ratio_Gauge

Not much, but I'll check for more.