North American Turbocoupe Organization



Post up your Autometer gauge locations
spoolinbird Offline
Junior Member
#1
Looking to see some ideas and pics on where you guys are mounting your boost etc gauges. Im thinking of putting 2 on my steering column
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Kuch Offline
Senior Member
#2
On my previous 87 TC, I mounted a boost and an AFR gauge in the spot where the factory EQ is. I bought some sheet plastic for the mount, cut the holes out, and ran the wiring behind. With the plastic painted a semi flat black, it looked almost factory. My current 88TC has the factory EQ, so have to find a work around. No pics though as this was years ago
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
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Not B Anymore Offline
Administrator
#3
I put my boost and afr gauges where the vents used to be. I ripped out the A/C stuff anyways so they were just decorative.

Kind of a cruddy photo - only one I could find and I'm too lazy today to take another one. Confusedleep:
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Brian Leavitt
'86 TC 5-Speed -- MS2x w/COP | 83 lb. injectors | T3/T4 50 Trim Stage 3 .63AR | Full 3" Exhaust - No Cat | Motorsport FMIC | Ranger Roller | Ported E6 | Walbro 255HP | Kirban | 20psi | 120-amp 3G | 8.8" 3.55 rear | '03 Cobra Wheels
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spoolinbird Offline
Junior Member
#4
^^^thats a nice setup B
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boosted chicken Offline
Senior Member
#5
Probably more than you are planning to do but here is some pics of what I did with my dash.
http://natomessageboard.com/ubbthreads.p...323&page=1
88 TC#1 2.9L tall deck. Essy SVO head, Boport header, BW SX369 turbo, C4 trans, MS2xtra
88 TC#2 drag car project(someday)
88 TC#3 parts car (just needed the header panel...bought the whole car, lol)
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squeeky Offline
Member
#6
Damn that's NICE!!!!
88 turbocoupe, gillis valve, k&n, short throw shifter,3" exhaust with magnaflows,Garrett(turbonetics) T3,AFPR,18lbs boost for now.....
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Huey866 Offline
Posting Freak
#7
Went with AEM instead of Autometer, but went with the 3 most important. Fuel pressure, Wideband, and Oil pressure.


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87 TurboCoupe - silver, 137k, 5-speed, 3.73, 5 lug swap, MM... Evertything, 03 Cobra Brakes, Griggs Subframe connectors, Bo 1.5, Big Valves, massaged 79 turbo head, Essy Cam Gear, Boblog + Elbow, .63 T-3, Stinger Exhaust/FMIC

Currently dreaming about ball-bearings and Pimps
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23027 Offline
Senior Member
#8
Here is my current setup. Small bracket fabbed up to hold the 5" tach in a Fox Mustang type of location.

B do you have those LED cluster faces made that has a separate switch built in to turn on and off? Are they black or white faced in the day? They look awesome at night.

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87 Turbo Coupe
New Heart & Lungs as of 245,225km.
302 H.O Swapped.. Bolt ons.. Tremec 3550.. 4.10's.. 18's..
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23027 Offline
Senior Member
#9
Just finished putting together my dash after ripping it all apart to do the V8 tach resistor conversion. Here are some better photos of my gauge setup. Had to re-pin the tach lead back into the harness. Also put in all new backlight LED's and did a solder repair to the flexible printed circuit board. Found a hairline crack causing one of the lamps to not turn on. I also put on a new steering wheel! Here's the after shots.

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And some illumination Smile

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87 Turbo Coupe
New Heart & Lungs as of 245,225km.
302 H.O Swapped.. Bolt ons.. Tremec 3550.. 4.10's.. 18's..
https://postimg.org/image/efv6lnn35/
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Not B Anymore Offline
Administrator
#10
[quote=23027]B do you have those LED cluster faces made that has a separate switch built in to turn on and off? Are they black or white faced in the day?
They are electroluminescent overlays tied into the factory wiring. White face. I also have a set of silver face overlays that glow blue like these in a box somewhere.
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Brian Leavitt
'86 TC 5-Speed -- MS2x w/COP | 83 lb. injectors | T3/T4 50 Trim Stage 3 .63AR | Full 3" Exhaust - No Cat | Motorsport FMIC | Ranger Roller | Ported E6 | Walbro 255HP | Kirban | 20psi | 120-amp 3G | 8.8" 3.55 rear | '03 Cobra Wheels
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