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Old Jul 3, 2017 | 07:47 PM
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I am in the process of doing a ls swap on a 69 chevelle and I am wanting to put in a digital dash. I am running the holley EFI and I was wanting to use the holley or race pak dash integrated into the factory dash. Anyone done this or know of anybody who has. Your help would be greatly appreciated.
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I am in the process of doing a ls swap on a 69 chevelle and I am wanting to put in a digital dash. I am running the holley EFI and I was wanting to use the holley or race pak dash integrated into the factory dash. Anyone done this or know of anybody who has. Your help would be greatly appreciated.
How do you want it in there? Fiberglass is probably the easiest way to fab it up. I can see if I can find you some examples of the easiest way, it's really not too bad to do.
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Old Jul 5, 2017 | 12:12 PM
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dakota digital wont work with holley.... dakota in my opinion is the best looking
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Dakota for the factory ish look or the Holley touch screen for the race look
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Originally Posted by Suncc49
dakota digital wont work with holley.... dakota in my opinion is the best looking
I do believe DD has a Holley interface module now...

http://www.dakotadigital.com/index.c...od/prd1105.htm

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I do believe DD has a Holley interface module now...

http://www.dakotadigital.com/index.c...od/prd1105.htm

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Thanks for everybodys help in this. I was not really wanting to use the dakota digital but if i had too. Really wanting to see some examples of the holley dash being put in a factory dash.
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Thanks for everybodys help in this. I was not really wanting to use the dakota digital but if i had too. Really wanting to see some examples of the holley dash being put in a factory dash.
Presumably the stock dash insert would have to be remade completely. How else do you go from two large circles to a single rectangle.

On my Cougar I got a split collar and welded a plate to it and bolted the Holley dash to that. Then clamped it to the steering column. Not very pretty but works..

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Presumably the stock dash insert would have to be remade completely. How else do you go from two large circles to a single rectangle.

On my Cougar I got a split collar and welded a plate to it and bolted the Holley dash to that. Then clamped it to the steering column. Not very pretty but works..

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That is what i was thinking, i was wondering if anybody had done that or know anybody that would do that. Do you have a pic of what you did no matter how pretty it is.
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I like the look of the Dakota digital, but the price! And then you have to still buy a lot of accessories to make it fully functional.
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That is what i was thinking, i was wondering if anybody had done that or know anybody that would do that. Do you have a pic of what you did no matter how pretty it is.


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Andrew
thanks for posting, that would work but i am looking to intergrate into the original dash.
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Originally Posted by bb69chevelle
thanks for posting, that would work but i am looking to intergrate into the original dash.
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very happy with the holley dash. works and looks great

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very happy with the holley dash. works and looks great

Mike

Mike...

Looks like you got the Photobucket bug...

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Old Jul 10, 2017 | 05:03 PM
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[QUOTE=Project GatTagO;19668987]Mike...

Looks like you got the Photobucket bug...

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i will look when i get home and see if i have a 68 dash i can cut up and see if i can do anything with it.
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I'm looking to run the Holley digital dash in my '69 Chevelle.... any people found a suitable solution aside from full custom surround/housing?
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