chub406

hey guys,
Ive seen alot of people talking about putting the camaro dash in a g body. Any pics of this? I tried the search but got nothing. How hard is it? Thanks guys!

74novacustom

Are we talking the entire dash? or just gauges?

The merv has done just the gauges

the_merv

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There is the full dash done by a guy here.. I did the gauges cause they work with the LS Engine..not really a fan of the whole dash..takes away from the 80's vintage.

chub406

well.. either or. lol looking for the cheap way to do the gauges. the 10 point would make the whole dash a pain but trying to find out options and advise from people that have done it. i seen his monte. that looks amazing. he did a great job. do you have pics of the finished product of just gauges? how hard was it? thanks guy

the_merv

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Yea his car did look sharp..alot better than mine. I set them in place for now, eventually I'll fill it in and customize it.


Here is the best pic I could find..test fitting the B&M Ratch Shifter..

chub406

i just went through your entire build. great work the merv. my dads got an 87 ss. always been fond of those cars. my last drag car was an 80 cutlass that got stolen right after completed. so now its turbo ls grand national time. lol is that what the gauges look like now? If you had it to do again. would you? or buy aftermarket? is there a reason you went with the full tank with a drop in, instead of a cell with external pump? im going to be running e85 with hopefully 650 rwhp. I've seen people use both but Ifigured its best to just run a big cell.

chub406

nice! so it has the speedo,gas,alt,oil, and temp? heres a dumb one. i have a monster tach too but isn't there something dif you have to do for ls engines?

the_merv

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I needed a shift light and it was a good price. The Gauges have everything and they are fully functional

I wanted the car to use factory parts, I drive it all the time. It's a street car so no need for race stuff. I wanted them Gauges, I like the way they look, and they function well.

chub406

nice. how hard was it? i was asking if there was something i have to do for the tach. mine was hooked up to an msd 6al box with a bigblock. aren't the tachs dif for ls engines? does it have to be out of ls1 camaro? that would have a tach with it though right? lol thanks!

chub406

i just noticed it does have a tach in the cluster. didnt see that before.
that time i read through each post. lol you do great work. I could write a whole book of questions. lol

the_merv

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Lol..thanks. Those are 1995 Z28 Gauges, Tach is analog 8 pulse.

chub406

does that stick out a ways? i just remember my buddy has a wrecked lt1 z28. its sounding better by the min. lol what are you plans for finishing it off. looks wise?

the_merv

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I cut it down and got it in as far as I could. Eventually it'll be flush sunk. I'm half-tempted to pull it out and take it somewhere, and have it professionally done to where it's nice and bolts right in.