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Old Oct 25, 2004 | 01:25 PM
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Car: 1981 Chevy Malibu, 1987 Formula 350
Engine: 229 V6, L98 TPI 350
Transmission: TH350, 700R4
Axle/Gears: 10 bolt ???, 9 bolt 3.27 posi
Custom gague panel in place of factory gagues: Ideas/Advice needed

Tach
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?part=2241
Fuel level
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?part=44385
oil pressure/water temp/amps
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?part=2316
speedometer
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?part=27865

The gagues in the 89 Formula i'm buying/have bought (the people selling it are still waiting for the title to come in the mail from the RMV, then i just gotta pay the rest and its mine :-)) dont work, and this is something i want to do...orderd the gagues last night...i know theyre not great, but hey...if your making a hundred bucks a week and stuff, cant get the top of the line AutoMeters if ya'd rather do exhaust and engine stuff than get stronger, more accurate, better looking gagues...i mean after all, its not a race car....i just need to know whats up with the engine and stuff :-)
Anyhow, i plan on cutting a sheet of black plastic (where i'll get it, i dont know...but i'll worry bout that later :-)) to fit where the gagues are and just do a custom panel....
Any ideas for the layout? Any tips for how to hook it all up? Its a carb'd 350 BTW, not fuel injected (if that makes any difference)
Thanks for the help/advice
-Chris
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Old Oct 25, 2004 | 02:27 PM
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From: Muskego, WI
Car: 1985 Trans Am
Engine: 350
Transmission: T5
Axle/Gears: 3.70
This is what I did. Autometer Ultra Lites.
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Old Oct 25, 2004 | 06:37 PM
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Car: 1981 Chevy Malibu, 1987 Formula 350
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Transmission: TH350, 700R4
Axle/Gears: 10 bolt ???, 9 bolt 3.27 posi
I like that.
What/where did you get the plastic from?
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Old Oct 25, 2004 | 10:58 PM
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Car: 00 Camaro SS
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It is the stock plastic.He just modified it.I am doing pretty much the same thing.I like the way that looks.I have the stock digital dash right now and it just looks to old.Not very reliable either.
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