Tach fun

Following in the footsteps of F355Bob....... imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. I liked many of the mods he did to his car before he passed it on to the next caretaker. One of the striking things he did was to change out his tachometer for a custom aftermarket tach with a yellow dial face. I followed his adventures over the years on how he went about doing it. The company he used does custom instruments and let's you play around with options with an online configurator. The company is called "Speed Hut" I decided I liked a tachometer with a red dial face. The let you add your own graphics as well, so I uploaded a little Cavalino JPG. Took about 3 weeks to get after ordering due to their back log. I am more than pleased with the results. I'll do the actual installation later when I get all of my carbon fiber skinned interior bits back, but in the meantime....... here's a fresh picture.

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The display shows red with white lettering but when the lights are switched on the background goes black and the lettering goes blue. They use electro-luminesence for this effect. Under the first button is printed "menu", under the second (peak) button is printed "select" The tach lets programming of the shift lights.
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It will be a while before it gets installed, looking at least 4 months. Making a move from Atlanta to Sarasota and things are going into storage at the end of the month. Just staging all my mods before the move so when I get settled and have access to my new garage, everything lined up will get done. Car will be at MCS next week for dampers R&D. That'll tie it up for a week, then I'll be trailering it down and lock it up while I come back and pack up my PODS for a March 2 closing on my old house.

 

a few reasons.... One, I like what F355Bob did with his dash, emulating a 360. I wanted a bit of a Scud vibe. Two, I believe that Bob discovered some issues trying to mate up aftermarket speedometers to the F355's electronics. Three, the speedo is not as important ......... The tach is the stand out gauge to pay attention to.
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