You all remember that I painted my dash gauges fluorescent orange this winter to match the Autometer gauges, well here they are installed and finished. I ended up removing the speedo and tach needles and removing the white paint from the undersides and replacing it with the orange. The dash lights shine through them nicely at night like this much better than simply painting the tops of the needles.
1988 Turbo Coupe, Black/Black, 5 Speed, Moonroof, T3/T4, ported E6, 255LPH, Kirban, Stinger Exhaust, MGW shifter, K&N, Gillis valve, BP1.5, PIMPx, Koni's
1964 Ford Galaxie 500XL, 390 6V, Big Solid cam, Headers,3.89's, 4 Speed, Vast and fast
1960 Ford Starliner, 292 Y Block, 312 4bbl intake, headers, 3 Speed, slow and low
(06-04-2020, 02:29 AM)84TBirdTurbo42 Wrote: crap, i want to pull my cluster like i need a hole in my head, but damn, i cant deny that. now i need to tape my needles in the normal range
I just got a lucky shot of the temp gauge in the middle of the range. I just got back from a spirited drive and it started to go up. Normally it sits near the bottom of the normal range, but if I sit a long time running, it will rise up to near the top and the fan kicks on. I have the Autometer temp gauge in the trio, but I'm waiting for my friend to finish up a T Stat spacer for the temp sensor. Once that is done, I can hook that up and compare both gauges. I wanted to keep the factory gauge working as well to compare both.
1988 Turbo Coupe, Black/Black, 5 Speed, Moonroof, T3/T4, ported E6, 255LPH, Kirban, Stinger Exhaust, MGW shifter, K&N, Gillis valve, BP1.5, PIMPx, Koni's
1964 Ford Galaxie 500XL, 390 6V, Big Solid cam, Headers,3.89's, 4 Speed, Vast and fast
1960 Ford Starliner, 292 Y Block, 312 4bbl intake, headers, 3 Speed, slow and low
looks great ! glad to since a nice clean install!
i have my gauges in the cubby area too.
i ended up putting my temp sensor in the spot where the climate control switch was in the heater. and i just moved my ECT sensor for the computer in line with that hose coming out of the t-stat housing. very accurate readings now.
