IIRC didn't you do a gauge swap on the Red car too shortly after the build? Glad it runs! Be interesting to see how the tunning ends up.
Good memory. I had a similar gauge assortment made by a company called Nordskog. And it was exactly the same deal. I bought the gauges for the Studebaker street rod that I was building (that I bought in like 2008-2009) I sold the Studebaker and bought the red car in 2010, and the red car didn't see life until 2012. When the red car came to life, it was similar inaccuracies, but it was the tach that read way wrong. Nordskog gauges had a 3 year warranty, but the company had went out of business by the time I started complaining about them to Summit. They gave me the exact same full refund price against the purchase of something different. (Couldn't buy Nordskog after all) That's when I bought the Stupid expensive Autometer set (IIRC, the total came to 1200.00)
When building the Monster, I told Summit about the Nordskog debacle when I bought the current set, and told them that I hoped that they had solved their issues, because to me, the gauges looked exactly the same.
They assured me that they had sourced an American manufacturer for these gauges, and up to the time of my purchase had no complaints.......
(Evidently, nobody cared about the tach reading about 100 RPM off, the water temp being 10 degrees different from the ECU, the fuel level gauge being completely unreadable, and an oil pressure gauge that would just arbitrarily decide to show you 0 psi )
Despite Iowa Nick's disdain for these gauges I like them. I wish the fuel level was reliable, and that the oil press hadn't decided to take a sht. They solved my integration problem nicely.
The analog gauges will be a challenge to make work using the old gauge pod, but I'll have to make due. I have an Idea on what I want to do,..I just need to be able to do it w/o ruining the beautifully covered housing. They are 1/2 as expensive as the Autometer pieces, and have a 5 year warranty. (hopefully they'll stay in business.)