have gauges from four cylinder that was in it. 80 mph speedo and huge fuel gauge. and lights to indicate oil brake and temp. 85 firebird. want a trans am dash with large rpm and speedo. help?? sorry if im confusing

 

Two things you have to be sure of:
1. Has to be a mechanically driven speedo, all the f-bodies up to either 89 or 87 are, I think 89 but its been a while
2. Any tach not from a car that had a 4 banger will be inaccurate, so you either will have to find a 4 pot tach(good luck I haven't found a 6 cyl one yet...) or get an aftermarket tach

Also you will have to buy an oil pressure sending unit to swap out with the switch, same for coolant temperature switch, needs swapped to a sending unit, oh and getting it out and back in the first time is a pita, particularly disconnecting the speedo cable, to get it back in you will probably have to drop the steering column a little

 

82-89 Camaros were equipped with mechanical speedos. Birds were mechanical 82-85 or so, though some base models may have had the mechanical in later years.

JamesC

 

usually lots of those for sale by thirdgen.org members at: https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/interior-parts-sale/

 

it is an 85 and has mechanical speedo. now has 350 with 700 r4. i just want all echanical guages instead of those dumb idiot light i have no accurate readings. jusst a light that turns on or off

 

I know exactly what you mean. you don't get a tach, temp gauge, etc., but you get a fuel gauge the size of ur HEAD! drives me crazy. I'd love do swap out the gauges at some point, post pics please, would love to see it finished!

 

ya i sure will. i really want some gauges tho. unless i add an aftermarket tach i will never know rpms or redline. but i want it stock looking... conflicting

 

are you looking for a set of gauges? ive got a panel from an 85 berlinetta which originally had the 2.8 with oil pressure, big tach, temp and big speedo. but the speedo only goes to 85.

 

yea. thats my problem as well, im just not sure that aftermarket gauges would look good at all in our cars. but im gonna have to have a tach... i've looked into snaggin some out of a ta and a couple other things, but i honestly just have more important thing i have to work on first, she is in kinda rough shape... ill keep my eye out for swaps that have been done and information on them, keep us posted, really interested to see how it works out for ya.

 

figures I finally find one and have no money to get it =/

 

yes the whole set is exactly what i need!!! the big tach and sspeedo. im ok with 85 mph

 

ya i sure will. i found a guy on here that just unbolted the old gauges and bolted on aftermarkets that came out great. wish i had the spare money to experiment haha

 

I'm assuming you have the engine in your profile, in which case you need a v8 tach, any other won't read correctly.

 

Dude, the ones you want are for sale on this forum... check it out https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/interior-parts-sale/

 

ya i need a gauge set from 305 or 350 engine setup. i hate having electric idiot lights for my gauges.