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Old 03-03-2011
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I got home today to see my baby in the driveway....with a flat battery. Talking about teasing me. Got the jump starter out and granked it over. I had to check that it was a V8 in the engine bay. New muffler on its way...


More video tomorrow on the road...

Picture of the exhaust..

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Looks fantastic mate well done top job im looking forward to seeing some fine tuning and fuel consumption figures in the near future
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I was going to use a small 8" touch screen monitor for a dashboard, but found this instead. It is ADR approved and will be perfect replacement for the standard dash.



A fully featured digital speedometer with the additional of a temperature gauge. Features additional pilot lamps making it highly suitable for passenger vehicles, 4x4's, rally cars etc.

Features:
- 100% Waterproof
- Backlit LCD screen, easy to read
- Optional tachometer scales of 10,000rpm or 20,000rpm.
- ADR compliant pilot lights
- Hour meter and Odometer readings stored in internal menory
- Includes bracket, RPM sensing wire, reed speed sensor, fitting kits and wiring harness.
- ADR approved for road use for both motorcycle and passenger vehicles

Functions:
- Bar Graphic Tachometer 500-10,000RPM, or 1,000-20,000RPM
- Digital Tachometer 100-10,000RPM or 100-20,000RPM
- RPM shift warning light
- Temperature gauge 50 - 160C
- Temperature warning light
- Battery Volt Meter 8.0 - 25.0V
- Speedometer 2.4-399km/h
- Max Speed 2.4-399km/h
- Average speed 2.4-399km/h
- Trip Meter (1 & 2) 0-999km
- Odometer 0-999,999km
- Clock 12 or 24 hour option
- Hour Meter 0-9999 hours
- Total Hours 0-9999 hours
- Bar Fuel Meter 0-7 bars
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looks good....how well does it fit in the dash? much custom stuff to make?
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The dimensions are 122 x 77 x 25. I hope to install it this weekend. Should fit nicely. I'll have a few spare parts after this build.... May have a garage sale soon...
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100% WATER PROOF what are you planning... lol.
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How much do they go for nakkas? pm me a link if you can.
Thats gonna look awesome once its in your beast.
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