Money Pit's Dash redo take 12

[KBScobravert]

The running issue aside, which I think is burnt plug wires on the pass side between valve cover and DP. Time to rethink my gauges to get a tach in cluster to work and to minimize the other pods. Besides, have the factory gauges in the cluster don't work anyways.

Last time the dash went back in, I broke two of the bolts near the CD player where the frame bolts to the body of the tunnel, combined with the fact I hate the fact it is rust orange; the dash needs to come out.

I really want to find another frame to clean, paint, and strip out the airbag and ABS wiring from. Then pull mine and swap them over.

Right now I am using three pods to hold AEM digital gauges. An Autometer cluster bezel to hold two gauges, a clock pod for two and a steering column pod for another. Too much to float around to see.

I have an email into Florida 5.0 for new cluster to replace my half dead one. The goal is to fit a new Electric Speedo, Tach, Oil PSI, Water Temp, Fuel Level, Air Fuel Ratio, and Boost along with turn signal indicators, high beam indicator and my electric vacuum pump activated light.

Autometer makes a digital electric speedo and tach combined 3-3/8" gauge. They don't make one in white but I can change my AEM stuff over to black very easily.


This is the configuration I am looking for.


I took a picture from their site and by duplicating their openings in powerpoint I managed to squeeze them all in there.....on paper. This still leaves out the Voltmeter but I can put it in the glove box or center console and since I might move to an auto with transbrake I can put both in there.


If they can't do the above I am gonna go with this style. But this will require me to either ditch the CD player and use a plate for two or three gauges or use the clock pod for two gauges.

[dville_gt]

i don't see why they can't do exactly what you want

[Baron Von Crowder]

Keith, have you seen these?

http://www.autometer.com/cat_gaugedetail.aspx?gid=4111&sid=74

[KBScobravert]

Keith, have you seen these?


http://www.autometer.com/cat_gaugede...id=4111&sid=74

Issue is, I already have tons tied up in AEM gauges already. I can change the face from black and white and the bezel from black and silver. So that is the combos that I am trying to match in Autometer's line up. Chrome is out and I would rather not have to use the silver bezels. I would like to keep with the black bezel and white faces that I am using already and feel they kind of match the original Cobra cluster. Then again, I can not get the digital Speedo/Tach in white face.

[Baron Von Crowder]

Issue is, I already have tons tied up in AEM gauges already. I can change the face from black and white and the bezel from black and silver. So that is the combos that I am trying to match in Autometer's line up. Chrome is out and I would rather not have to use the silver bezels. I would like to keep with the black bezel and white faces that I am using already and feel they kind of match the original Cobra cluster. Then again, I can not get the digital Speedo/Tach in white face.

They offer that kind of cluster type gages in almost all the lines.

[KBScobravert]

I would love a regular style sweeping dial Tach in 3-3/8" for the dead center and a small 2-1/16" speedo somewhere in the cluster.

Right now I have NO tach since the AEM and the factory Tach will not work with the LSx coils.

[greenbullitt]

Right now I have NO tach since the AEM and the factory Tach will not work with the LSx coils.

tach driver?

[KBScobravert]

tach driver?

Not with factory Tach. I have a 9117 driver on the shelve at the house that will work but only for aftermarket tachs.

The factory tach can be made to work close but I still have several dead or othewise unused gauges in the factory cluster. From what I have read there are mixed results. I want to consolidate as much of the external gauges that I am using into the cluster area.

I like the digital speedo but would rather have a needle sweep style tach. It think a digital tach will "jump" around too much to read easily. BUT all my AEM gauges use a digital readout in the center like that Autometer Tach/Speedo combo gauge.

[KBScobravert]

Since I already have an Autometer Phantom II 3-3/4" tach with shift light I am gonna go ahead and try to do all Phantom II stuff in the dash to match the AEM white face black bezel stuff. That and when it is dark and you turn the Phantom II lights on, it blacks out the bezel, same as the AEMs.

Already have a tach adapter to work the Tach with the coil on plugs set up or the tach output from the AEM ECU.

I am thinking of pulling the Pass Air bag and getting a delete plate from florida5.0 and possibly putting the ECU, Injector driver, and Tach adapter in the dash behind the cover. Airbags don't work anyway.

I have another dash frame lined up so when I get home I can clean it, paint it and swap all my stuff over and get rid of the Airbag wirring harness at the same time I wire in the new gauges.

Keeping the clock pod and keeping the steering column pod. I am still working out the gauge configuration but I think I have it close. Autometer Phantom II Clock and full sweep voltage gauge in the clock dash pod. A partial sweep would be much cheaper but it won't match the full sweep of the clock.

Move the Oil PSI into the steering column pod and putting a Phantom II pyrometer and full sweep fuel gauge in the cluster trim pod.

Take the 3-3/4" tach which is not a dash mount and figure out how to stuff it and lock it down into the florida50 cluster panel. I am sure they can help with this. I like it even more A) it is already a $200 gauge paid for B) has a shift light attached and the gauge controls it, saves me another $190. The shift light can protrude through the cluster face too.

Air Fuel, Boost/Vac, Fuel PSI and Water Temp right in the center
Here is the proposed cluster and trim pod.........crappy powerpoint work lol


Pyrometer off to the far right, fuel level far left and Oil PSI close to the Water temp on the steering pod. Voltage and Clock can sit out of the way.


In the future if I go with an automatic, I can ditch the clock, move one or two around and put a trans temp in there without having to loose the radio/cd player or putting a gaudy pod on the pillar.

[KBScobravert]

Well how close did I get to my plan?


Still need to relocate the HVAC switches to the center console and put in the new Boost and Fuel PSI gauges with the AEM AFR.

[Josh.0]

awesome.

[Chas_svo]

Pretty close, and looks good.

[Sleeper]

I say you need more gas cans

[KBScobravert]

I say you need more gas cans

That is all E85. And all total there a six 5gal jugs and a 16gal fuel cell in the garage as storage.

[motoman]

I know absolutely nothing about wiring and with that said, I think it looks pretty good, I really dig white face gauges.