One of the most critical parts of any performance vehicle is the ability to monitor its vitals. If you’re not able to watch or log essential metrics such as AFR, Oil pressure, oil temperature, boost pressure, ignition correction, and more, your engine could be running improperly, and you won’t even know it. The problem is finding a good way to monitor all these metrics without having a dashboard covered in gauges; AEM has been selling the CD-7 digital dash for a while, but now it’s getting a carbon fiber upgrade. The new CD-7 Carbon is nearly identical to the previous CD-7 dash, but with a carbon fiber composite enclosure instead of an aluminum enclosure.
By switching to carbon fiber, AEM was able to shed the weight from 740g to 595g. When you look at the total weight of the vehicle, this kind of weight saving is pretty much useless, but when looking at the weight of the competitor’s digital dashboards, the difference is huge. These weight savings made the CD-7 carbon the lightest digital dash of its size. There is now an optional integrated 20Hz GPS too, making the CD-7 Carbon even better than any other 7” digital dash.
Like the previous CD-7, the CD-7 Carbon requires a single cable for power, ground, and receiving CAN data, making installation much more manageable. If you want to go crazy with your data monitoring, you can add additional sensor data with the AEM 22 Channel CAN Sensor Module. One of the cool features of the CD-7 Carbon dash is the ability to set up custom warnings and alarms. If you’re trying to focus on driving as fast as possible, you might not notice that something is overheating, for example. By setting up a custom alarm, you dash will alert you when something is critically wrong. If multiple things go wrong at once, the CD-7 Carbon dash will scroll through them in order of importance.
If you have any questions about the AEM CD-7 Carbon Digital Dash or would like to purchase any parts for your car, please do not hesitate to contact us. We can be reached by phone at 1.480.966.3040 or via email at sales@vividracing.com.
