Originally Posted by
Epstein
In that case, you want your gauges to be the same distance from the driver's head so the driver doesn't have to refocus his eyes for every gauge. It also makes it easier to spot the other gauges in your peripheral vision. This is the idea behind mounting a single gauge on the dash hood about 6-8" back. It puts it about the same distance into the dash as the stock cluster.
Definitely somthing I didnt think about. Now with all this enlightenment to these facts, I think I'm going to dash mount them.
Anybody have good links to a nice gauge pod or gauge mounts? (I haven't looked for them yet)
There has been alot of good info in this thread so far, and thank you all for keeping the BS comments out of the thread.