custom gauge set up

[uneek1976]

Is there anyone still making panels to do the swap?

 

[87chevyboy]

im liking this how hard was it to set up??

 

[80ELCAMINOFLAKE]

Great pics I'm going to change mine on my regal as well. Are you guys using a 5" or 3 3/8" speedo and tach?

running 3 3/8 gauges and loving them.....and i think on ebay they are selling shadow box clusters, but for a good chunk of change!!!

Better to just make yours....and you learn as u go...

 

[80ELCAMINOFLAKE]

Good Question?...mine have the speed cable and sensor....I would think you would have to go electrial/ not mechanical like mine...

electrical huh :| yikes are they easy to install and yours are mechanical????

im thinking of doing the spedo rpm gas and temp gauges.
i would have to set up new temp sensor, what about the fuel and how do i set up the rpm one?? :?:

Temp sensor is easy to do...just find a spot on your intake and go from there.... but the fuel just runs from the sending unit/ground it/and find power source to your ignition box..

Tach: run line from distributor to tach, ground, and power all the same....real easy to do...i actually looked on youtube and helped out alot...

 

[GhettoRacingKid]

+1 ive seen the set ups on ebay.

I was going to go with speedo and tach in the cluster but I like a stock looking interior. which is why I got the 4 gauges resessed back like they would with the stock ones.

I dont want anything seen unless your pop your head in.

I do like BBC-MCs set up.

 

[80ELCAMINOFLAKE]

I looked here first, but then thought to myself....i think i can do this on my own and save my cash for my gauges....

http://www.classicdash.com/shopping/Che ... ed-Panels/

http://www.classicdash.com/shopping/Che ... nk-Panels/

http://www.classicdash.com/shopping/Che ... er-Gauges/

 

[crucial118]

Here's mine.

 

[78MC-BBC]

im liking this how hard was it to set up??

actually it was pretty easy, the speedo,tach, fuel gauges in the original location are mounted to a piece of aluminum that i had cut out and then epoxied to the face of the instrument cluster, the 3 gauges in the a-pillar are a replacement a-pillar i had gotten from lotec for around $40 and the 2 gauges on the side of the cluster are in a $9 bracket i got off summit racing, the bracket is glued onto the dash gauge housing with the high strength double sided tape i bought from radio shack. In all i think i have around $60 to put in all of the gauges into the dashboard with no cutting or original parts

 

[80ELCAMINOFLAKE]

Here's mine.

NICE! those are electrical right? no speed cable?

 

[MadMax]

Here is mine, havent thought of where the tach is going yet. Trying to keep a very stock look...but i just love the clock so much!!!