New gauge faces for 280zx

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reliablejunkie
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New gauge faces for 280zx

Post by reliablejunkie » Wed Mar 26, 2014 4:43 pm

Hey everyone, this week I have been doing some big things to the 280zx before i drive it up to the beach hop this weekend. One of which was change all the faces on my gauge cluster. I didn't want some aftermarket ones, just something that doesn't look so dated. I have attached some photos of what i finished today.
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I popped it all back into the cluster and this is the end result. What do you guys think? Not bad for $18 huh?
I popped it all back into the cluster and this is the end result. What do you guys think? Not bad for $18 huh?
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and in with the new.
and in with the new.
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Out with the old..
Out with the old..
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I lined up the transparency and regular paper and glued it together.
I lined up the transparency and regular paper and glued it together.
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And the same again on regular paper.
And the same again on regular paper.
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I designed the new look i wanted in photoshop and had them printed out on transparency paper
I designed the new look i wanted in photoshop and had them printed out on transparency paper
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This is the original cluster in my 280zx
This is the original cluster in my 280zx
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Someone had to make up for all the pollutants these hybrid cars are saving these days, so i cranked up the fuel pressure and let the engine roar.

1983 280ZX L20ET engine with an N42 head running on megasquirt ECU

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djz
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Post by djz » Wed Mar 26, 2014 5:19 pm

Looks awesome man. Pity you sanded the face off a semi-rare 200Kph speedo though :)
Nissan 280ZX 2 seater RB26 powered.

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HasMilk
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Post by HasMilk » Wed Mar 26, 2014 6:38 pm

That looks epic! I would love to do this on my cluster some time, it's just those little things... :)
In a long distance relationship with my 260z

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Post by ZYX » Wed Mar 26, 2014 9:11 pm

Looks very cool. And who'd have thought you could safely get another 500 rpm out of your engine that easily..............
My restoration will be finished in time for the next meet. Really. No, REALLY. Maybe......

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reliablejunkie
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Post by reliablejunkie » Thu Mar 27, 2014 1:32 am

sometimes it is just that easy :) I wanted the tacho to go to 8000 but i didn't want a big amount of redline so i shifted the yellow and red so it looked easy on the eye. the next step is to pull the engine out and make some changes so its true. I plan to be putting up a build thread of my own in the next 2 months.
Someone had to make up for all the pollutants these hybrid cars are saving these days, so i cranked up the fuel pressure and let the engine roar.

1983 280ZX L20ET engine with an N42 head running on megasquirt ECU

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Post by bernjean » Thu Mar 27, 2014 4:16 pm

Looks really nice, well done. I didn't know about the 200kph speedo thing how many Z's had that and what cars was it applicable to.
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Ped
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Post by Ped » Wed Sep 02, 2015 8:12 am

Nice project, looks great.

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