JC Cosmo Build-Up
September 1998
Dakota Digital Guage
Installation
| One thing I don't like about the
JC Cosmo instrument cluster is the lack of what I see to be crucial guages, such as Boost,
Oil Pressure and Oil Temp. Wanting to keep with the digital theme of the
car, I searched far and wide for the ulimate guage. After about 9 months, I discovered a
company called, Dakota Digital. www.dakotadigital.com
This was just what I was looking for. I ordered the following gauges. Oil Temp,
Oil Pressure, Boost/Vac, Ambient Air temp, Air temp after turbo, Air temp after
intercooler.
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| OK, the first thing to do after
they arrived was to pull em apart. YES, thats right, I only want to mount the actual
guage, none of the front case portion as it may become to light to read. |
| Now to cut the blue perspex so
that it can sit closer to the actual FL Display. I also disabled the backlighting which
told you what guage it was. I didn't need this function. After these
mods, I glued them back into their own cases and left to set over night. Next was to
install them in the car. This was a huge job..! |
| I had to cut holes in the dash
to house the new guages. Then there was all the wiring etc. The whole job took around two
weeks to complete. I still have to hook one of the sender units for the
air temp up, thats what the EE display says. But it is now all back together, and I can
finally see what boost I am running as well as other vital functions. |
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