<VV> Fw: Digital vs. Analog Re: Temperature/Pressure/Fan

[FrankCB at aol.com]

Ken,
 
Excellent idea!  I tend to do something like that with my non-racing  
vehicles by quickly noting that the gauges are in the 1/3 to 1/2 of full scale  
reading.  Of course there are 2 exceptions - the temp gauge just after the  
car is started and the gas gauge when I just got a full tank.<GGG>
 
Frank Burkhard
 
 
In a message dated 10/23/2010 6:46:36 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
kenpepke at juno.com writes:


In  our old racing days we always used analog gages mounted just below the 
drivers  line of sight.  All the gauges were mounted in such a manner that 
the  indicator needle was straight up while operating / running.  Any pointer 
 not in that position would call attention to the driver without him / her  
having to think about checking the gages at all.
Ken  P


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FrankCB at aol.com  wrote:

Digital gauges are great for the passenger to use for taking  data for  
engine calibration.  However, for gauges that need to  be viewed  by the 
driver 
WHILE HE IS DRIVING, I prefer analog  gauges.  It's much  easier, quicker 
and 
much less distracting to  quickly note that your  cyl. head temp has gone 
to 
halfway between  400 and 500 deg. than  to have to read 3 numbers to 
determine the  actual temp.  Do  you really need to know that the temp is 
now  
precisely 453  degrees???

Frank "every Corvair needs a CHT  gauge" Burkhard 


In a message dated 10/22/2010 12:37:42 P.M.  Eastern Daylight Time,  
dkeillor at tconcepts.com  writes:

For  over-temperature, I will use console-mounted dual CHT  gauges with
settable  over-limit indication.  The gauges are  digital and flash when
the set  limit is exceeded.



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