In dash gauge development

It was found that the cheap manifold pressure gauge has slow response that it was unusable. A small experiment was conducted with the conclusion that the gauge unit is the slow one not the sensor

Response testing and calibration of selfmade display using AVR microcontroller
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Then the next stage of execution where the digital display is going into the dash and spare one gauge space for AEM AFR gauge

Gauge cluster disassembled
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The old gear indicator LCD is going to be replaced with two lines of 7-segment display
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LCD removed and we can see the backlight LEDs underneath
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7-segment display that is going in
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Soldering the individual display
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Testing it
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Everything have to go
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Done
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How it looks like
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