Journal: Mark W. Jackwood's V8 MGB
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Gauges
Created on 2009-11-03 05:05:20
The gauges are by Auto Meter and the style is Antique Beige (from Summit Racing). The gauges are set in a 1973 style dash. The oil gauge in the center and the amp meter (bottom left) and clock (bottom right) had to be rounded out for the gauges to fit. All the others fit right in.
The Auto Meter gauges came with instructions and sending units making it easy to install them. For the electronic speedometer, I used the stock sending unit already located on the T5 transmission. The speedometer is programmable. You set it based on a measured distance and it adjusts for any gear ratio and tire size to read the proper speed. Very trick.
The Auto Meter gauges came with instructions and sending units making it easy to install them. For the electronic speedometer, I used the stock sending unit already located on the T5 transmission. The speedometer is programmable. You set it based on a measured distance and it adjusts for any gear ratio and tire size to read the proper speed. Very trick.
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Antique Beige Auto Meter Gauges
Antique Beige Auto Meter Gauges
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Summary of Previous Journal Entries
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| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
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| Drive Shaft | 2009-11-03 | 1 | A drive shaft was made from recommendations obtained on this BBS. It is made from 2" tubing so it clears the emergency brake lever. The yokes and U-joints are Spicer and the number... | |
| Attaching The Front Suspension | 2009-10-29 | 1 | The front suspension was completely dismantled, cleaned up and painted with POR15. It was completely reassembled on the bench then attached to the bottom of the car. The fr... | |
| Rear End Assembly | 2009-10-29 | 1 | Here is a picture of the rear end with the shock mounts, antitramp bar, and antisway bar. All the bushings on the suspension are the red poly bushings from Energy Suspension.... | |
| Preparing To Insert A V8 Entry #1 | 2009-10-29 | 1 | Now the fun begins. Putting it back together. All winter I was cleaning and painting (POR15 of course) parts. Here you can see the clutch and brake master cyl. and brake booster, a... | |
| Truck Bed Liner On The Bottom | 2009-10-29 | 1 | Then I flipped it over and put "brush on" truck bed liner called Raptor on the bottom and the wheel wells. Between the POR15 (see previous entry) and truck bed liner... | |
| Disassembly And Paint | 2009-10-29 | 1 | Once all the body modifications were made, the car was completely disassembled and painted inside with Por15. The engine bay and interior including the boot was painted gray, and b... | |
| Roll Bar Backing Plates | 2009-10-29 | 1 | One of the backing plates for the roll bar consisted of this angle iron to improve body stiffness. | |
| Roll Bar | 2009-10-29 | 1 | I know some don't like them but roll bars don't bother me aesthetically and this being a V8 conversion I wanted to try to add some stiffening to the body. All of the mounting point... | |
| Mazda Miata Seats | 2009-10-29 | 1 | Leather Mazda Miata seats were fitted. The original mounting points were used for the front bolts and two new holes were drilled for the rear. In addition, backing plates under the... | |
| Tramp Bars Mounting Points | 2009-10-29 | 1 | Glen Towery's mounting brackets were used for the tramp bars. The fine thread bolt allows precise adjustment of the tramp bars. I did not use a panhard rod. The tra... |
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