*Note* This is for the 85-92 FIREBIRD console
82-84 Firebird may or may not fit, I dont have any consoles to test this on
Will NOT fit camaros

Ok This is what you start with


This is what you need



Installed


With switches, please note that the left most area is taken up by the underside gear mechanism so no switchs can be mounted here


Closed and switches cleared


Bolt that holds it in place, be careful to drill it in between the switches so you dont put the screw right into a switch terminal


View of the console and inlet for the wires


CAD of the piece needed


Dimensions, I used a section of composite handrailing left over from a carpentry job


There ya go!

 

 

props! whats the extra switches going to be used for?

very, very clean mod.

 

Blue-Coolant Fan

Red-Heated O2 Power

Yellow-Interior LEDs

 

Reminds me of my old setup before I went to a 4th gen console.

 

Hmm, very slick, thanks for the info!
Just a tip though, i'd wire the heated O2 to ign power. I've heard NOT running power to it while the car is running ruins it very quickly. Same with the coolant fan, use a thermal switch and you don't need a toggle switch. Don't get me wrong, I love having more buttons and switches in my car but only when needed
I'd use it for my line lock, maybe a coolant fan override.....

 

...and to finish Sonix reply... a 125 shot

 

I have ZERO splices on my cars electrical system

I use the factory junction block near the battery whenever I draw power to a new thing
This block is 12v HOT at all times
I hit the O2 switch once I crank the car and when I shut it off

As for my coolant fan, Ive been running a switch since I burned up 2 fan sensors and almost overheated a few times
Little over 2 years, I only changed the plate because the first set of switches melted

 

Why bother with a switch then- wire it to the ignition like it was said and never worry about it.

 

Cause Im being hardheaded

 

good idea looks nice

 

I like it. I'm trying to figure out where to put a switch panel, and I think I may have found it!

 

I agree with ya on the o2. Deff. run it to Ign.

Id say run the Fan thru a thermal switch like said also but Its nice to have a switch to override and keep it on for when the car is parked in the pits cooling off in between runs.,

 

i built one for my car 84 trans am, the lid doesn't shut, but other than that it's great. used the stockash tray, cut out the bottom, leaving just the rim and about 1/8 inch of material sticking down, the used 1/16 in sheet and tack welds on the corners,

 

thats what relays are for

 

pocket - how long that hold up? I had something similar in my camaro - 4 switches - the auto linkage went right by my wires - long story short, wires broke free...guy I bought the car from had a power wire there I had reused, assumed it was fuse - stupid assumption ..almost got messy for my baby. Have any issues w/clearance?

 

No issues with the wires hitting the shifter parts, I zip tied them out of the way

Holding up fine ever since I posted this