Just finished the installation of some lunar gauges (got them from Motor City Mods, who truly understands the meaning of customer service). Wanna' say it was fun. At least it's over now and quite admittedly, they do draw attention...



I also installed a Stewart Warner Ultra Shift Light that features a digital tach and of course a shift light. The shift light is adjustable in 3 different intensities. Well, you can read all about it here...
http://www.sw-performance.com/Prods/11UltrShft.html

I had to purchase a tach adapter from Sal (good service, good packaging, fair price...good experience). Here's the link to the tach adapter... http://www.powersurgeperformance.net...pexd.asp?id=63

Overall, I'm quite content with the project. Now with all the gauges, I just need to focus on improving the performance. Kenne Bell is a comin'!

 

just making an observation...but...arent you idling a little high? or did you just start up?

in any case....sweet looking setup you got there!

 

no flame intended, but, why do you need a shift light on an automatic?

...chris

 

I was thinking that too, Looks sweet though, good job.

 

do they flicker like mine and other when not on full power?

 

BEST POST EVER

 

I installed a Lunar boost gauge in my Cobra and it does not flicker like a lot of people complain about. Hmm. -Mat-

 

I have a shift light too...I use it as a warning system...Ill set it at 6100 rpm and If I see it go on while racing I will immediately lift cause I know that Ill either have a tranny problem or a chip problem....It saved me once allready when chip wasnt working properly....and it looks good too FastasL....

 

I only see flicker when i dim them about half way. No big deal, i dont dim the dash anyhow. Your gauges look good I love mine

 

I love my Lunars too...If it wasnt for the fuel pressure senders going bad, Id love them even more.....

 

Very nice Gary


For those experiencing flickering, that is common with the electro. technology. As regular gauges use bulbs and different voltage creates different amount of light, these gauges actually use electricity and an impregnated liquid compound to make the light. You need a certain level of electricty to generate any light, which is why they flicker...not enough voltage for the chemical reaction.

 

Wannanicecar,
Good observation, but I intentionally and temporarily programed the shift light to illuminate at 1, 170 rpm to show you guys the shift light feature. It's back at 5,100 now.

FastAsL,
You're absolutely right...very little need for a shift light in our automatics. I guess since I work for an airline, I'm just addicted to instrumentation!

hslightnin,
I keep my dimmer at full throttle so I haven't noticed any flickering. I am planning to install a resistor to absorb some voltage to the lunars to reduce their intensity and extend their service life as well.

promodlightning,
The front profile of your truck is simply awesome!

 

For a 3-guage Lunar setup, I used a 100 ohm resister to dim the back lighting. This dims it quite a bit. Otherwise, the lightning is just too bright at night.

A better solution (one that I'm considering), is to install a miniture 10-turn variable pot (better voltage tracking/adjustment). With this setup, no need to wire into the dimmer circuit. You can brighten it up independently for track use.

Or how about a switch with 2 different resistor values?

Just my .02...

 

I love that hood, who makes it and where can i get one?

 

anyone?