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NEW GAUGE
FACE Style #3 "Turbo
bar"
740/760/780
Turbo
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Feel free to EMAIL me with
questions
THIS new gauge face installed in YOUR 740
Turbo
Instrument Cluster
This is an upgraded
replacement GAUGE FACE for your factory 740/760/780
Turbo Boost Gauge that you install yourself in about an hour.
It will fit Turbo models that have the
separate turbo gauge in the dash, like the instrument cluster shown
above.
It WILL NOT fit
this style instrument cluster.
Detailed directions for
installation (including removing
and re-positioning the needle) are included... a very simple procedure.
Customer
comments:
"...the
numbered boost face was way better quality than I had hoped for!!
Looks just like O.E., only better!!" JCM,
Garland, TX
THOROUGH TESTING
DONE
It has been several years since I
developed this face. During the testing/prototype
period of development, many prototype kits were tested
on 740 Turbos. Many of these installations resulted in excellent
feedback and positive prototype evolution of this gauge face.
This face has been in use all over the world for several years
now. You will be pleased with this upgrade.
This gauge face has been one
of the
more difficult gauge face projects I've undertaken. Almost all of
the issues
found during the prototype stages have been solved. A few very
minor
issues still remain and are outlined below for your benefit.
Accuracy of
this Gauge Face
With the testing that has been
done, I have found some minor variations in the turbo gauges that
were produced for 700 turbos. These variations were not a problem
for OEM gauges that had no printed numbers for boost and vacuum
measurements, but now that measurement numbers have been added, it is
possible that some gauges will be not be 100% accurate. This will
be something to consider if you demand absolute perfection, but even
many
of the so-called "calibrated" boost gauges from high-end manufacturers
are found to have less than
perfect
accuracy. I have found this NOT to be a significant problem for
this face,
because so far I have found the most inaccurate gauges to be off by
LESS THAN 1 PSI.
Nighttime
Viewing and Backlighting
This gauge face is been made
using
a translucent plastic material. It retains the
backlighting effect that your original gauges do. However, the
nighttime
backlighting
of this face will probably appear less than perfect.... here's the
explanation. The backlighting of a Volvo 700 series relies on a
series
of clear plastic prisms behind the gauges that reflect light from only
a
couple
small bulbs. This makes getting even lighting very difficult when
adding
numbers like I've done. Lighting appears uneven when portions of
the
gauge structure behind the face tend to block light to the face.
I think this is a MINOR concern.
