WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR BRZ TODAY?

[weederr33]

Originally Posted by JD001

Brilliant design!! It'd make quiet a few forum members very happy..

Except 1 particular member who's name shall not be used. It's never good enough for them.

[spike021]

I'm a software engineer that works with a lot of metrics, monitoring tools, and that sort of thing.

So lately I've gotten a bit tired of the 2017+ digital gauge cluster. As nice as the coolant temp/oil temp/battery voltage screen is, it reeeally sucks because it doesn't show exact numbers, and it turns monitoring your car vitals into a guessing-game, which isn't safe while in-motion.

While I do have an Ecutek Connect and a really nice app for it on my phone to make custom dashboards to monitor all kinds of metrics, I didn't really want to use that approach for full-time monitoring because it can be distracting if notifications pop up or if someone calls me, etc., since I have a work pagerduty app and all matters of things that can interrupt the screen.

So anyway, I wanted to start building out some additional monitoring that I can keep an eye on as needed.

I decided to go with a P3 gauge in the AC vent since I can connect it to my OBD for power/ground/data + 2 analog inputs if I ever want to do that, and it can present any data available from the ECU. So for now that'll give me my oil temp as an exact number, but also allow me to switch to other data if I'm so inclined.

I ordered that and should receive it this week; the install looks super easy.

After seeing @Ultramaroon and others mention it in threads that popped up while doing gauge/pod research I ordered a dash-vent block8head pod last night. And then I'll likely be ordering the Defi DF Red Racer N2 Pressure Gauge for oil pressure.

I was thinking about going with two regular gauges on the dash, but I think for now this should be enough, especially since the P3 can show multiple metrics.

I don't need to see _everything_ at once, and I'm only NA so no boost to keep track of so I figured that will all be sufficient!

I'll post when everything is installed! Or maybe the P3 first since that'll arrive first.

[Chuckls]

Powdercoated my wheels

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by spike021

I ordered a dash-vent block8head pod last night.

You are going to love it. IMO, position and orientation are dead on.

[spike021]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

You are going to love it. IMO, position and orientation are dead on.

I'm excited!

[CincyJohn]

Originally Posted by Kiske

Spent the weekend prepping the ol' Turbo kit for sale. Just waiting on a couple of replacement silicone couplers to arrive. Hope it will bring just enough to let me finish my other engine build. :P

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You have a buyer yet?

[norcalpb]

Hit 150,000 miles and did a celebratory drive through car wash.

[spike021]

Originally Posted by spike021

I decided to go with a P3 gauge in the AC vent since I can connect it to my OBD for power/ground/data + 2 analog inputs if I ever want to do that, and it can present any data available from the ECU. So for now that'll give me my oil temp as an exact number, but also allow me to switch to other data if I'm so inclined.

I ordered that and should receive it this week; the install looks super easy.

Apparently it may not be quite so easy. Has anyone in here installed this and have tips on how to secure the OBD2 "control box" and cabling? The P3 install video literally says something like "next, secure the box and cables" and then completely skips that part, and almost every video on YT does the same thing lol. So I'm guessing everybody has a hard time and is to embarrassed to show it on video, except one dude who has a 1 hour video on his whole process, but even he has trouble.

@Kaotic Lazagna and I were thinking of removing the dash panel under the steering wheel, which would free up space to maneuver the cables through the vent opening and down to the footwell, then figure out where to ziptie the cables, and then use velcro/command strips to stick the control box to the back of that panel, then re-install it.

if you have any tips that would be helpful

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by norcalpb

Hit 150,000 miles and did a celebratory drive through car wash.

I don't have a car wash I fit in local to me

[norcalpb]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

I don't have a car wash I fit in local to me

Is that because you are too low? The one I use has a relatively high walled “wheel chock” you need to drive into and I barely clear with my STi springs. I bet my car looks so funny slowly rolling over that thing.

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by norcalpb

Is that because you are too low? The one I use has a relatively high walled “wheel chock” you need to drive into and I barely clear with my STi springs. I bet my car looks so funny slowly rolling over that thing.

Yeah, too low. I think it would be tight for a stock car at the places close to me. There is one about 15 miles away that doesn't have the wheel chock, you drive through it with your pace directed by lights. I hit it every time I go by.

[Breezio]

Killed a crap ton of grasshoppers and put another couple cycles on the Yoko's at the Top Gun event in Montana.

[Chuckls]

Originally Posted by Breezio

Killed a crap ton of grasshoppers and put another couple cycles on the Yoko's at the Top Gun event in Montana.

I'd like to see that video!

[Breezio]

Originally Posted by Chuckls

I'd like to see that video!

Sure.
Unfortunately all my runs on Saturday were dirty, so here is my best scratch run.

Sunday I did get some good clean runs, unfortunately no video of the fastest, but here is the second best. This was .8 second slower then my best, which was good enough to get me 9th PAX out of 140 drivers.