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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 12:11 PM
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its been done for a while but some wanted more pics so im posting this

gauges are stewart warners








i need to go back and modify the bezel casue you can see the wires because of some gaps that were left but all in all i am pretty stoked and it goes well the huge muscle car sound the 414 makes

as always more pics of car are here

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/748167

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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 01:42 PM
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Looks Good.

I'm doing the same thing but with Autometers. Did you make the plastic piece yourself or did you buy it from someone?

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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 01:47 PM
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its aluminum and yeah i made it pretty easy really
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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 02:18 PM
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pretty cool
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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 02:55 PM
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Looks great. I like the layout. I personally like the look of Autometer gauges better, but it turned out nice.
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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 03:10 PM
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nice job
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Old Mar 25, 2009 | 11:16 AM
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to be honest i looked at autometers i just didnt see anything i liked and i found these on accident in a parts catalog at my father in laws shop

thank guys
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Old Mar 25, 2009 | 11:21 AM
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looks pretty damn sweet
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that thing running yet? i still haven't heard a sound clip or seen numbers! i wanna know what that sucker puts down...I'm finally happy and able to drive my car without worrying about the swap and I'm already planning the LSX build. haha.

looks real good man.
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Old Mar 25, 2009 | 02:22 PM
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oh yeah it runs still needs another dyno tune though the guy wasnt sure how to scale 60lb injectors

base tuen was 475 flat

after 5 runs it sat at around 511 rwhp through the t56 and a 9 inch wiht 3.70's and 488 rwtq

but it makes 400 tq at 3000 rpm its so wrong its awesome, still working on a few things though so it hasnt seen much road time all through stock l92 heads with light work on the exhuast and a stock l76

it blew the tuners mind and he says i still got some untapped potential once he scales the injectors right so he guessed maybe add 20-30 more to that

here is the link to a vid on street fire

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/b...414_171981.htm
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 01:59 AM
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nice idea, the gauges looks like gauges form the '60's though.
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Old Mar 27, 2009 | 12:47 PM
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thats what i was going for was muscle car
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Old Mar 27, 2009 | 06:36 PM
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That is awesome. Have any pics of them lit up at night?
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Old Mar 27, 2009 | 10:44 PM
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Very unique, nice job.
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 12:31 AM
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I like those gauges. No offense to people that have them and like them, but the Autometer style that a lot of guys go is starting to look generic. These have a unique look to them.
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looks very well done.

nice job dude.
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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 06:37 PM
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Awesome! Too retro looking for me to personally use the guages, but its a great job! You need to do a write up so people wanting similar gauges can figure out the wiring
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 09:25 AM
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unfortunatly its not that simple i didnt use the factory harness since my car is a v6 swap car i just got a aftermarket harness from Street Performance and it has the leads for the tach and speedo off of it now those i could get the rest of it such as the oil cooland and fuel require using the sendor units that come with the stewart warner gauges,


but thank you all for the compliments
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 08:48 PM
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Looks nice, a bit retro 4 me also.

But, it does look very well put together.
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looks good man i ike those gauges and plus one for night pics with them lit up
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