Well, we got the Tach and Speedo mounted and I talked my friend into just ordering the rest of the gauges and run all Sport Comp ones.
Here are a few images of the cluster,

 

update, made a plate from abs plastic.. will be attached with black allen heads to mimic the factory look as best as possible.. sorry about the crappy pic..

 

dam that looks freakin nice man, i wish i had that kind of scratch to do that, but im just going with these for the bird.

 

Thanks, its all part of the big lt1 swap that has turned into a full drivetrain rebuild.. ugh, oh well kindof like buying the car all over again! I like those inserts they'll look good..

 

Julian, either you have a crappy camera or have a crappy image program. Your picture looks terrible

 

Wow, thats going to be very sweet.

 

you guys ought to check out the new sportcomp play back tach. my dad was one of three to test this tach out,(we have autometer connections) and it is bad. it even has a feature where you can have the shift light come on to tell you when your stall speed has been reached for launching automatic cars. (that was my dad's idea) anyway, check it out!

 

That tach sounds pretty cool, is it already out?

Here is the picture, I fixed it,

 

how come the panel isnt the same color as the stock piece? i think it would blend better that way.

 

Color is the same, just a different texture. Flash made it look grey.

 

do the sport comp gauges have their own lighting, or do you have to set up some kind of light yourself? i was thinking about using those same gauges.

 

the play back tach is already out for sale, however, i think that you have to call jegs/summit for the pricing. i saw the tach in the new 2003 autometer catalogs though. they come in black or silver face. they are really cool. i am going to redo all of my guages with sportscomps in my camaro and i will have this tach (with led shift light) in my car. oh yeah, they have their own lighting too, so you don't have to rig lighting up.

 

the sport comps are cool

 

Wow, that looks really good. Do the gauges light up? My speedo is not working the greatest on my 82, so that might be something I want to consider. The only problem is if I ever want to go back to the orignal gauges, I would need a different cluster. What do they look like lit up?

 

The gauges have thier own lights, just have to wire them up to a 12v light source so that you can dim them. I am just going to wire them up to one of the stock wires that powered the stock lights.

I'll have pics of all the gauges installed as soon as UPS arrives.

 

how much did those gauges cost? thanks

 

From Summit, the speedo is 190 and the tach for 135.

 

are the gauges mechanical or electrical? i know i need a mechanical speedo, but what about the other gauges? what's the difference between mechanical and electrical for those?

 

All the guages are electrical. The other 4 didn't show up today so hopefully monday evening it will all be together.

 

Very nice!
I plan on redoing my gauges as well in the somewhat near future.. Post some more pics when ya get it togther, please

 

dammit you beat me to it. i've been waiting to do my cluster like that except i'm going to use c/f gauges and the other four will be mounted the same way but higher up on the bezel.

 

Hmm, those will be done on monday, you say? I'll be coming by to steal them in that case...
Just kidding, those look really nice

 

Well FEDEX didn't show today sooo maybe all done by Monday.. we'll see... if the LT1 wasn't going in these wouldn't be either the project has snowballed into a full blown snowman I think the total for the all electric setup is about 500 or so, I have stopped counting it is getting shocking

 

I wish I had $50K to blow on parts for a thirdgen.

 

ha dont we all,

 

guages look pretty good, but I think I'll go for the reverse indiglo ones

 

Latest update.. the rest of the gauges came in and are mounted.. the wiring is next..

 

wow that looks absolutely amazing

 

Man that looks good. I really want to do it, but I don't have a dremel, or the skills to use one, or much money to spend. I would want to find a dash from a junkyard and cut that up, incase I wanted to go back to looking stock.

Oh, did you have to change from a mechnical speedo to an electric one? I think all cars with that speedometer came with mechanically driven ones.

 

Yep since I am doing the LT1 4L60E swap I had to switch to an electric speedo.. It all kindof snowballed from there..

Using the dremel isn't really all that hard, Zeph has an extension so I got to play dentist on my trim panel.. I must say that getting a panel from a boneyard would be the best option as I was expecting at any moment to make a fatal error.

this pic kindof shows the extent of the cutting..

 

One more closeup.

 

Wow, looks good. I am going to have to go downstairs to teh garage and check them out. (and make sure my tools are back in thier proper places).

 

ITS ALIIIVE!!! your dashboard is idling at 1000 rpm all on its own!

 

anyone done the camaro dash yet? pics? i don't think that i will be able to do this as a result of the NMCA American Muscle Car class does not allow the removal of stock gauges. but that's ok, if i ever decide to run something different i will definetely look into getting these gauges. i am however getting the playback tach ang mounting it underneath the ac vents (i have a monster tach there now but i need to upgrade) and i will eventually buy some mechanical oil pressure and water temp gauges for the a-pillar.

 

In response to the title, I do now! Man i have to think that the firebirds got the better dash. Especially since the later 3rd gens got that damn bulky airbag wheel and it makes it kinda hard to see things like the speedo and fuel guage at times. Oh well, nice work.

 

I've got a bulky airbag wheel,

 

those gauges are sweet!!! do they make them for my 91Z28? i can't find that designer anywhere. help me out!!

 

Do sport comps accept the VVS signal?

 

i thinks somone already did the camaro dash....i have seen about 3 different styles in rocs b4 (sort com, phantom, cf) so there got to be a few people w em

 

Yes sport comps accept the VSS signal.. in fact the version I have installed you can adjust on the fly for any gear/tire ratio.. the main reason I ended up doing this is because of the engine tranny swap I am doing..

I will post more when it is in the car for now many thanks to karpsta and all the camaro guys with autometer gauges in your cars it was my motivation.

 

Here you go... Camaro dash for your viewing pleasure. Can't remember whos it is though.

 

Well they are installed and all work so I figured a semi-done pic was in order.. the LT1 is under constant monitoring!

 

in progress..

 

tried to catch it illuminated

 

i want i want!

 

well tehy dont have them for camaro's, only firebirds. sorry.

 

I think i'm gonna need new pants.... :lala:


That looks so awesome, great work man

 

We drove it last night. Only problem we have now is the oil leak from the crank seal. Changed it and it still leaked so we must have done it wrong.

I say we hit the Dyno and see what numbers the setup is laying donw.

 

Wow thats incredible. Just to make sure, are these the gauges you used? Tach and Speedo.

Do the gauges rattle?

oh, do you if its a good idea to convert from electric to mechanical and vise versa?

 

Might wanna try replacing the Oil Pressure Sending Unit, had the same problem on my 86 t/a so i replaced that and poof, no more oil leak