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Old Jun 12, 2007 | 04:15 PM
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Does anyone have pics of a autometer step up like speedo,oil,fuel,etc. in there dash and is a pain wiring it up?
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Old Jun 12, 2007 | 04:48 PM
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ill be doing this mod shortly after i take my dash out and put in a T/A dash. Someone on here has done this and said just outline it in steel cut it to fit then take the gauges draw the circle and cut them out. Now the wiring part i couldnt tell ya but i have to rewire mine anyways so i look forward to that project, lol.
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Old Jun 12, 2007 | 05:18 PM
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Yea, there was a guy makin/selling them for a while. Do a search in the sale section, I know I saw his thread pop up a couple days ago.
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Old Jun 12, 2007 | 06:25 PM
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I did it to mine a while back, when I did mine I used 3 3/8 gauges and there deep enough you have to cut the back of the dash out to do it, and you might have to cut the HVAC duct thats behind there, I dont know for sure mine is gone already



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Old Jun 12, 2007 | 08:02 PM
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^ lethal93ta that setup is killer
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Old Jun 12, 2007 | 08:06 PM
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lethal93ta: great looking set up!

I have a very important question for you. The fuel gauge... which one are you using, and how well does it work? This is the biggest pain for me right now. Trying to find a fuel gauge that works.

Any info would be great! You can PM me if you want, but Im sure someone else could use the info.

Justin
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Old Jun 12, 2007 | 08:42 PM
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Im just using a autometer phantom gauge, its hooked to the stock sender in the tank, works just like the factory one, the gauge is only as good as the sender is.
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Old Jun 12, 2007 | 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by lethal93ta
I did it to mine a while back, when I did mine I used 3 3/8 gauges and there deep enough you have to cut the back of the dash out to do it, and you might have to cut the HVAC duct thats behind there, I dont know for sure mine is gone already



Dude thats what i want, how was wiring that up.
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Old Jun 12, 2007 | 09:15 PM
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I have all new wireing in my car for the gauges, only thing I used out of the factory harness that went into the old cluster is the turn signals and high beam lamps.
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How did u hook up the tach?
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Old Jun 12, 2007 | 09:21 PM
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I have an LT1 so I have a single coil, mine just hooks up to there. I dont know how it would work on an LS1 with the CPC set up.
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Old Jun 12, 2007 | 09:46 PM
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Haha...wow. I totally didnt even pay attention to the fact you had an LT1. Thats why you were able to get the fuel gauge to work. Lucky... Haha... I feel like a dummy now!

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Old Jun 12, 2007 | 09:55 PM
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Wow that is killer! That must have been a bitch....I'm too scared to drill holes into my dash to try something like that.
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