need to put more gauges in...where to put them?
07-26-2004, 05:49 PM
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need to put more gauges in...where to put them?
alright guys, i need to put an air/fuel ratio guage and a vacuum/boost gauge. where should i put them and have it look like a good install? i would like to keep my stock cluster intact if possible. here's a pic to show where i am at right now...
07-26-2004, 05:52 PM
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Car: 1984 Z28 Hardtop
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This wouldn't work so well with the the tach where it is now though.
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07-26-2004, 06:00 PM
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Car: candy blue 85 z28
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depends if you don;t need to loook at em al the time i would go with the center console where the window switched go, or hanging on the undersise of the dash next to the radios like in front of the passenger but angled to driver. but you may need to fab up something to close the back so it looks clean.
07-26-2004, 10:56 PM
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Car: 1987 Friebird Formula
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07-26-2004, 11:05 PM
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Car: 88 IROC-Z
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Try the air conditioner vents...right about your tach. If you can figure out a way to make that work that would be a pretty good spot and you could see them well if you angled them.
07-27-2004, 03:25 AM
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If you were willing to move the Tach then you could run the three guages under the A/C vents like my 91 Z (pic here). Maybe disassemble the cluster, remove the stock Tach, and install the aftermarket one in the same space?
07-27-2004, 09:39 AM
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well, i don't have a stock tach, iv'e got the cluster with the big gas gauge. i guess i really don't need to look at them all the time. i thought about in the ashtray, i had my water temp and voltage gauges there for a while, but then i put it back to stock. i even have the angle rings to put them there, and the piece of aluminum that i used to fix them in place. putting them in the air vents would require modification to the vents themselves, the gauges are just too big in diameter. anyone got pics of clean installs of gauges in unique places. a non clean install is not an option.
09-16-2004, 06:32 PM
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Originally posted by Air_Adam
My oil pressure guage.
My oil pressure guage.
(no not using this as an excuse to show my new halos off
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