I've been working with New Wire Marine on ideas for redoing the dash on my 360 Sport Sedan. Unfortunately, the dash is broken up into a lot of different areas which makes having any kind of modern system difficult. My main question for the collective wisdom here, has anyone replaced the steam gauges on the top panel with digital displays or have any ideas?

So far the only display that looks like it might fit is the Simrad IS35 since the maximum vertical clearance on that panel is about 4.25 inches (105mm). I hate to introduce another manufacturer just to make it fit. The rest of the equipment is Garmin, but the GMI 20 looks like it is too big and too limited.

I really wanted to go with Veratron Oceanlink 4.3" displays because they include an analog to NMEA2000 gateway. This should work to make engine parameters available on the network until my next project to install the Fox Marine boxes.

And if I can get a numeric readout of the RPM for each engine I won't need the sync gauge. I can tell sync by sound, but not all of my crew can.

This is the area I'm referring to. Those five gauges would ideally be replaced by three displays--port and starboard engine with rudder and nav on centerline.




The crazy idea I last floated to New Wire was to fill in the top, left, and right panels as one panel using standoffs for support. In my mind this would allow cutting the mounting holes for the displays closer to the bottom of the top panel area without them hanging off the bottom of that panel. They haven't gotten back to me on how crazy that is yet.