You racing on the salt or profiling.... way too many things planned in that dash, you will be lucky to get a peek at the tach.... OK just kidding all those gauges will be useful during warm ups before the runs. OK back to work on the cage, you won't need a dash for a while.
Nobody ever told Big John Mazmanian his cars LOOKED TOO GOOD!
Besides, I had the aluminum mostely turned for my Tudor before I lost patience. I just scribbled some guages on the template for looks. It WILL have several guages, tach and shift light the main one. And, they will be aligned so the all point UP when in the proper range so a person doesnt have too hard. Like you said, mostly for warmup, may just have a couple oh schit lights for the driver to worry about.