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Alright, I'm putting this in my own thread so not to rain on Colin's thread and simply because I want to. :P
I finally got my gauges in, and installed them in the ventpods in my center vents. I'll touch base on the ventpod just for a sec. The quality of the part is top notch, and the fit was perfect. Jim did an amazing job with these and the measurements are perfect, they don't rotate once installed in the vent as the fit is snug and the gauges fit perfectly inside the pod. I did make a suggestion to Jim that I think should make a very small but welcome improvement, it does not effect functionality at all. He sent these out to me very quickly, and was very helpful along the way. Anyone thinking of getting these would not be disappointed.
Now to talk about the concern over the airflow issue... simply put there is none as it works perfectly. What changes is the pattern of the airflow, obviously the center area of the vent won't have any airflow. But what changes is the area around the gauge comes out at a greater velocity, so imo you may lose some overall volume but in real world testing but I notice no overall difference in flow between my normal vents and these ventpods. You lose the ability to direct the airflow, but my centers are always blowing straight out anyway so for me it's a win-win situation.
These pods absolutely rock, a huge thanks to Jim for taking the time and effort to get these things made for us.
Onto the gauges, very briefly they are just a scan tool put neatly into an attractive gauge. Coupled with the ventpod I believe them to be the best option for a attractive yet stock looking solution, but again that's just my opinion. They have many different color combinations available, and the red display is pretty much a perfect match to the stock red lighting. They will do pretty much everything other scan tools like a scangauge, g-tech pro, dashhawk, etc... and with the added wideband sensor(s) they will do all the things specific afr gauges... etc will do. They will record also but however they don't have downloadable logging, they are planning to release an module to download data to playback later. But however they do have features that other scan tools don't have like supporting analog inputs for wideband sensors... huge plus for me since our cars aren't equipped with them. Adding a wideband afr sensor simply connects to the back of this gauge. They'll read and clear trouble codes, do performance calculations like 0-60, 1/8 and 1/4 runs, HP reading, control e-fans, case relearns, and many more parameters. Colin already posted a lot about it so I'll just link here, you can read about em here if you want to know more. I'm trying to put together info for a possible GB on these in the near future, to go along with coupling them with the ventpod.
Click for full size.
Ventpod
Ventpod installed in vent
Gauge installed
Vent fully assembled
Different angle
And the finished product
Here are some more pics.
End result
Another
Another
Night shot, at full brightness so the background comes out a little red
Night shot again
Annunciator/shift lights/warning lights. Left side seems brighter, but is just the way the pic was taken oh and Pontiac start up logo w00t.
I finally got my gauges in, and installed them in the ventpods in my center vents. I'll touch base on the ventpod just for a sec. The quality of the part is top notch, and the fit was perfect. Jim did an amazing job with these and the measurements are perfect, they don't rotate once installed in the vent as the fit is snug and the gauges fit perfectly inside the pod. I did make a suggestion to Jim that I think should make a very small but welcome improvement, it does not effect functionality at all. He sent these out to me very quickly, and was very helpful along the way. Anyone thinking of getting these would not be disappointed.
Now to talk about the concern over the airflow issue... simply put there is none as it works perfectly. What changes is the pattern of the airflow, obviously the center area of the vent won't have any airflow. But what changes is the area around the gauge comes out at a greater velocity, so imo you may lose some overall volume but in real world testing but I notice no overall difference in flow between my normal vents and these ventpods. You lose the ability to direct the airflow, but my centers are always blowing straight out anyway so for me it's a win-win situation.
These pods absolutely rock, a huge thanks to Jim for taking the time and effort to get these things made for us.
Onto the gauges, very briefly they are just a scan tool put neatly into an attractive gauge. Coupled with the ventpod I believe them to be the best option for a attractive yet stock looking solution, but again that's just my opinion. They have many different color combinations available, and the red display is pretty much a perfect match to the stock red lighting. They will do pretty much everything other scan tools like a scangauge, g-tech pro, dashhawk, etc... and with the added wideband sensor(s) they will do all the things specific afr gauges... etc will do. They will record also but however they don't have downloadable logging, they are planning to release an module to download data to playback later. But however they do have features that other scan tools don't have like supporting analog inputs for wideband sensors... huge plus for me since our cars aren't equipped with them. Adding a wideband afr sensor simply connects to the back of this gauge. They'll read and clear trouble codes, do performance calculations like 0-60, 1/8 and 1/4 runs, HP reading, control e-fans, case relearns, and many more parameters. Colin already posted a lot about it so I'll just link here, you can read about em here if you want to know more. I'm trying to put together info for a possible GB on these in the near future, to go along with coupling them with the ventpod.
Click for full size.
Ventpod
Ventpod installed in vent
Gauge installed
Vent fully assembled
Different angle
And the finished product
Here are some more pics.
End result
Another
Another
Night shot, at full brightness so the background comes out a little red
Night shot again
Annunciator/shift lights/warning lights. Left side seems brighter, but is just the way the pic was taken oh and Pontiac start up logo w00t.
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