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Re: New instruments in Rally dash
« Reply #90 on: May 04, 2016 - 03:56:29 PM »
Looks great! I think it will look good with woodgrain also, was there ever any non-rally panels with stock woodgrain?
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Re: New instruments in Rally dash
« Reply #91 on: May 04, 2016 - 04:08:49 PM »
Looks great! I think it will look good with woodgrain also, was there ever any non-rally panels with stock woodgrain?
  Yes my gran coupe has wood grain with A non rally dash bezel.

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Re: New instruments in Rally dash
« Reply #92 on: May 04, 2016 - 05:08:51 PM »
Looks real nice there...
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Re: New instruments in Rally dash
« Reply #93 on: May 04, 2016 - 07:01:46 PM »
After seeing these Speed hut gauges in the Rallye dash and after reading Brad's post a while ago, I am going to definitely order these for mine. I love the GPS speedo and will go all metric  :aussie:

I am going for the 4" speedo, tach and 2 x dual gauges and deleting the clock.  Black face with a Challenger logo. I will post a pic when I get them.

Has anyone who is running a Speed Hut fuel gauge used their fuel sender? Apparently it doesn't run on a float level but measures by ohm resistance and is supposed to be more accurate (according to them).

They have 2 sizes and say it ideally needs to be 1/2" off the bottom of the tank.

http://www.speedhut.com/ecommerce/product/2269/Fuel-Level-Capacitance-Universal-Sender-%28Long-Version-12-5
http://www.speedhut.com/ecommerce/product/681/Fuel-Level-Capacitance-Universal-Sender-%286

Has anyone used this sender??

Anyone able to tell me if I would fit the long or the short one in an E Body tank??

My tank is way across town (with my car) so I cant measure it for a while. Any sender location pics appreciated too as I cant find them in any posts.



 
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Re: New instruments in Rally dash
« Reply #94 on: May 04, 2016 - 08:46:17 PM »
After seeing these Speed hut gauges in the Rallye dash and after reading Brad's post a while ago, I am going to definitely order these for mine. I love the GPS speedo and will go all metric  :aussie:

I am going for the 4" speedo, tach and 2 x dual gauges and deleting the clock.  Black face with a Challenger logo. I will post a pic when I get them.

Has anyone who is running a Speed Hut fuel gauge used their fuel sender? Apparently it doesn't run on a float level but measures by ohm resistance and is supposed to be more accurate (according to them).

They have 2 sizes and say it ideally needs to be 1/2" off the bottom of the tank.

http://www.speedhut.com/ecommerce/product/2269/Fuel-Level-Capacitance-Universal-Sender-%28Long-Version-12-5
http://www.speedhut.com/ecommerce/product/681/Fuel-Level-Capacitance-Universal-Sender-%286

Has anyone used this sender??

Anyone able to tell me if I would fit the long or the short one in an E Body tank??

My tank is way across town (with my car) so I cant measure it for a while. Any sender location pics appreciated too as I cant find them in any posts.


Can't wait to see your new gauges, sounds really nice!  :2thumbs:
I used the stock fuel sender for my speedhut gauges ?   That one you posted will require drilling a hole and the bolt pattern? Problem might be it will hit the floor unless your using this tank?
http://www.tanksinc.com/index.cfm/page/ptype=product/product_id=478/category_id=68/mode=prod/prd478.htm
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Re: New instruments in Rally dash
« Reply #95 on: May 04, 2016 - 09:34:38 PM »
« Last Edit: May 04, 2016 - 10:56:04 PM by ragtopchally »
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Re: New instruments in Rally dash
« Reply #96 on: May 04, 2016 - 10:22:31 PM »
Can't wait to see your new gauges, sounds really nice!  :2thumbs:
I used the stock fuel sender for my speedhut gauges ?   That one you posted will require drilling a hole and the bolt pattern? Problem might be it will hit the floor unless your using this tank?
http://www.tanksinc.com/index.cfm/page/ptype=product/product_id=478/category_id=68/mode=prod/prd478.htm


That is a super nice tank Brad :ylsuper:.  Have you been happy with the accuracy of the stock unit? Are you running a stock fuel tank?

I have been considering fuel injection on my 416 small block build.  I like the triple 2 barrels.... but the cost is like WOW! Is your Chally injected? I'd be interested in finding out more as the old 6 pack set-up I have is so hard to tune properly.
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Re: New instruments in Rally dash
« Reply #97 on: May 05, 2016 - 07:41:06 AM »
That is a super nice tank Brad :ylsuper:.  Have you been happy with the accuracy of the stock unit? Are you running a stock fuel tank?

I have been considering fuel injection on my 416 small block build.  I like the triple 2 barrels.... but the cost is like WOW! Is your Chally injected? I'd be interested in finding out more as the old 6 pack set-up I have is so hard to tune properly.


The accuracy seems to be ok, but I did some mods to the sender and now it leaks/weeps so I bought this tank to solve that problem. Mine is still a carb , for now?
See this post for more on that tank.
http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=109579.msg1117395#msg1117395
Brad
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Re: New instruments in Rally dash
« Reply #98 on: May 28, 2016 - 03:08:28 PM »
With the price of Speedhuts, and all the work to put them in, seems it'd be easier just to get the DD gauges:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/252404813553?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
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Re: New instruments in Rally dash
« Reply #99 on: May 31, 2016 - 11:42:16 AM »
With the price of Speedhuts, and all the work to put them in, seems it'd be easier just to get the DD gauges:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/252404813553?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT


DD definitely cheaper and easier but the Speed Hut will look way cooler IMO. Which is why I'm torn at this point.
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Re: New instruments in Rally dash
« Reply #100 on: May 31, 2016 - 03:37:11 PM »
This seems to be a common issue, one I am in as well. I have SH gauges but then begin looking at the DD set up.Problem is

1. I do not like their gauge faces
2. they do not offer green illumination
3. it is one complete unit, not sure how you would service say just one gauge (I am sure you could)

Primarily due to item #1 and a little of #2, I will stick with my SH gauges and build a mounting apparatus.
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Re: New instruments in Rally dash
« Reply #101 on: May 31, 2016 - 05:10:10 PM »
With the price of Speedhuts, and all the work to put them in, seems it'd be easier just to get the DD gauges:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/252404813553?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT


How much cheaper is the DD set up over Speedhut? I ask as I think mine was around $1000? .... and I could use my own design.
Brad
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Barrie,Ontario,Canada
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Re: New instruments in Rally dash
« Reply #102 on: June 01, 2016 - 09:30:06 AM »
How much cheaper is the DD set up over Speedhut? I ask as I think mine was around $1000? .... and I could use my own design.

not much, I think its about 900, But it appears to be assembled in the cluster and ready to install. So no fab work required.

I still like the speedhut stuff better
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Re: New instruments in Rally dash
« Reply #103 on: June 01, 2016 - 03:41:34 PM »
not much, I think its about 900, But it appears to be assembled in the cluster and ready to install. So no fab work required.

I still like the speedhut stuff better

Correct, the DD setup is around $900 whereas a set of SH gauges cost about $800 (I paid $778).
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Re: New instruments in Rally dash
« Reply #104 on: June 02, 2016 - 09:43:25 AM »
I emailed DD and asked them if they had any plans on gauge face options such as more authentic lettering, needle colour etc, they advised, not in the immediate future but thanked me for the feedback, maybe if enough of us ask the question to them they might consider it
Greg

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