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No they dont So add me to the list of people who have designed a car around a specific wheel & tyre combo only to have this rule come in to place and fuck everything up. My semi slicks are not even remotely stretched so I'm hoping that the cert dude doesn't make a big deal out of it. As someone said above, the sheet says it is a guideline, not a set-in-stone rule. I should probably call the certifier and check soonish regardless.

I thought you had wasted enough time on this thread? Also, you say that stretched tyres remove the flex out of the sidewall (fair enough) and how that is dangerous. Semi-slicks are fully legal yet they have much more rigid side walls than a normal car trye. Food for thought...

Yeah i definitely think a visual display is worth having, just not 10 gauges all up in your face stz. My plan is get small graphical LCD and put it where the clock used to be in the AE86. It'll look totally stock, will be readable from the drivers position (i hope), and will give me any data i want including lap times, etc. I think your truck has a small clock embedded in the instrument cluster? In which case this isnt a goer for you i guess. So what are the must have values in your opinion? Wether they be digital or otherwise... For me it's something like: Water temp Oil pressure AFR Boost

I've always been of the opinion that unless you are constantly monitoring your gauges then it doesnt matter how many you have as you are unlikely to catch an issue before serious damage occurs. Take being out on the race track for example - in our FSAE cars we have only two trouble lights that the driver can see (other data is displayed on the digital dash but that's mainly for tuning, etc) while he's on the track. These are water temp high and oil pressure low. If one of these lights comes on the driver is supposed to back off and take it easy to get the car home. As a driver there are two problems with this scenario - firstly you are so focussed on driving you dont have time or energy to look at the warning lights and secondly even if one did come on you probably wouldnt back off anyway... So the plan for my AE86 has always been to have a digital system that measures all of the things I'm concerned about and have it give an audible warning if any of these parameters fall out of range. This way you can concentrate 100% on driving and only pay attention to the LCD if the buzzer goes off. You could also have a bright light with green/orange/red conditions to give another layer of information without looking at the screen for precise values. Personally I'm not a big fan of having heaps of gauges all over my dash. Good quality gauges are fucking expensive for a start. And they draw attention to the car. Buy electronic senders for oil press and whatever else you care about and do the rest yourself is my suggestion.

Have a look at this link: http://www.aeu86.org/viewtopic/nzae86s- ... els#108029 Has a pic of the guys brochure showing some of the designs he does. Also says appox $3k for a set.

Well the ute made it home in one piece. Actually, maybe I should say in as many pieces as what it was when we left BF. Yeah I fucked up and forgot the batteries... I wasnt expecting to be leaving in such a rush/cloud of smoke.

Alfalfa and I will be there. Uterus - apparently you have 2 batteries im picking up for Leon? See you fullas tonight

What car did the elec PS pump come off? Mind if i ask what it set you back? Sounds like a sweet idea for all sorts of applications (electric vehicle conversions, etc).