Date:         Tue, 25 Jan 2000 14:28:16 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@HIWAAY.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Rodgers <inua@HIWAAY.NET>
Subject:      Re: making a Tach?
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
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It would really be cool to be able to monitor all the systems. Would sure give
you ease of mind. Wouldn't be worrying all the time about  something silent and
unseen sneaking up and zapping your van in some aspect. The more information you
can collect the better prepared to make decisions about your vehicle....like fix
it now, not next week lest you be caught in snoqualimie(sp) pass in the biggest
blizzard of the century....that sort of decision..

BTW, one TIT or two TITs are fun, but four TIT's can at times be a challenge!!!
Can keep a fellow busy.

John Rodgers
'88GL Driver and ex-flight jock with no TIT's

David Beierl wrote:

> At 11:09 AM 1/25/2000 -0500, KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote:
> >I hate to start this dreaming again but I was wondering if oil pressure, oil
> >temp, water temp, and head temp readings could also be monitored with a
> >modified digitool?
>
> Of course they could.  Not to mention pressure drop along every inch of the
> induction passage, body temperature of all properly seated passengers
> (better get permission for that one <g>) and a bunch of other stuff.   The
> deal is that if you can turn it into an electrical signal you can monitor
> it.  With the silicon sensors available today you might even be able to
> have instantaneous cylinder pressure.  All it takes is bucks and time.  I
> bet if you scrounged a video instrument setup out of a G-5 you'd have
> everything you wanted, including TITs (sorry, airplane joke which is
> dangerous since I'm not really an airplane guy).
>
> :)
> david
> David Beierl - Providence, RI
>   http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
> '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
> '85 GL "Poor Relation"