{"id":2404,"date":"2017-03-14T23:36:14","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T23:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.specr53.com\/blog\/?p=2404"},"modified":"2025-02-15T22:11:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T22:11:59","slug":"cravenspeed-gauge-pod-install","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/diy\/cravenspeed-gauge-pod-install\/","title":{"rendered":"CravenSpeed FlexPod Install"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over 10 years ago, we built <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/diy\/gauge-pod-diy\/\" target=\"_blank\">our first gauge pod<\/a> for the Blue MINI. Recently we added <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/diy\/oil-pressure-temperature-gauge-pod-for-mini\/\" target=\"_blank\">oil pressure and temperature gauges<\/a>. When we decided to move the oil pressure gauge from the center console to the speedo cluster, we also decided to swap out the DIY bracket\u00a0for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.specr53.com\/store\/r53-interior\/228-cravenspeed-flexpod.html\" target=\"_blank\">CravenSpeed Flexpod<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/GaugePod-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2407\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/GaugePod-3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Installation is very simple. \u00a0Unbolt the speedo cluster, unplug the cable, and bolt the bracket on to the back of it. We wanted to reuse our old Autometer gauges so that took a little modification. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/GaugePod-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-2406\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/GaugePod-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>First we had to make room in the gauge pod back cover for the\u00a0lamp socket assembly (we&#8217;re using non-standard LED bulbs so they sit higher higher than stock ones.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/GaugePod-1-e1489534492905.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2405 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/GaugePod-1-e1489534492905-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Next we had to cut down the threaded pins on the gauges. \u00a0Cut them to about the same length as the electrical connectors and they will sit flush with the spin on nuts. Be sure to cover the lamp socket opening so you don&#8217;t fill the gauge with metal shavings<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/GaugePod-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2409 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/GaugePod-5-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s a tight fit to the dash, but a very clean look. \u00a0We were also able to lower the gauges relative to the steering wheel to better see the gauge faces in the smaller aftermarket Sparco wheel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/GaugePod-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2408\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/GaugePod-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 10 years ago, we built our first gauge pod for the Blue MINI. Recently we added oil pressure and temperature gauges. When we decided to move the oil pressure gauge from the center console to the speedo cluster, we also decided to swap out the DIY bracket\u00a0for the CravenSpeed Flexpod. Installation is very simple. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/diy\/cravenspeed-gauge-pod-install\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;CravenSpeed FlexPod Install&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,14],"tags":[84,129],"class_list":["post-2404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diy","category-mini","tag-cravenspeed","tag-gauge-pod"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GaugePod-4.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4784,"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404\/revisions\/4784"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}