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do they make high performance gauges that will fit my dash?

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Old Jul 21, 2002 | 01:10 AM
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do they make high performance gauges that will fit my dash?

its a crappy pic but oh well.......
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Old Jul 21, 2002 | 01:50 PM
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what's a high performance gauge? ones that add HP, i dont think they have developed those yet. sorry.
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Old Jul 22, 2002 | 12:02 AM
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reeeeaaal funny

u know i mean aftermarket ones......
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Old Jul 22, 2002 | 08:19 AM
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Sure they do...Autometer tachometers have more resolution then stock tachs, making them a HP gauge

I stumbled across this one http://www.intellitronix.com/streetrd2.html

There's nothing cheap about them, and it's a whole panel deal.

Aside from cutting some sheet aluminum, and slapping in autometers, your limited to piller pods, or hangers.

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Old Jul 22, 2002 | 02:27 PM
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haha. that's what i thought u meant but i wasn't sure. I'm sure somebody does, i've seen people take out the original gauges and order the same size gauges to replace them. If you want to go that route i'm sure somebody could help you.
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Old Jul 23, 2002 | 12:14 AM
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well i started to do that (look up ones that would fit to replace them) but then i noticed that the right two gauges are clustered....so i would have to like make my own housing that they would fit into then that would fit into the stock housing.......who knows......

i would do that led stuff if it werent so expensive!!!
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oh well.....
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Old Jul 23, 2002 | 12:18 AM
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Originally posted by ronterry
Sure they do...Autometer tachometers have more resolution then stock tachs, making them a HP gauge

I stumbled across this one http://www.intellitronix.com/streetrd2.html

There's nothing cheap about them, and it's a whole panel deal.

Aside from cutting some sheet aluminum, and slapping in autometers, your limited to piller pods, or hangers.

Ron
did anyone else notice on the link that one of the guage pods was a "Chevrolet Mustang Direct Fit Panel Kit " if i remember correctly they never made a "Chevrolet Mustang " but now they make a "Direct Fit Panel Kit" for it...interesting.
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Old Jul 24, 2002 | 05:51 PM
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Ha Ha, I just saw that.

Yea, that's the one you need.

BTW: I emailed them about the error

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Old Jul 25, 2002 | 07:27 AM
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Go check out the link now.

Good eye 'phoenix350'...

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Old Jul 25, 2002 | 07:50 AM
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You can do it just need to be creative. It's not a plug and play deal though. It requires a good wiring diagram and a heck of a lot of patience as they don't give you alot of wiring slack behind the dash.

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Old Jul 25, 2002 | 04:55 PM
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I cut a piece of aluminum and had it anodized to make my own Gauge panel. Like someone else said, its time consuming and you need a schematic but its not too difficult.
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Old Jul 25, 2002 | 08:05 PM
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