Custom Gauges

[JerzLT1]

anyone wanna post up some custom gauge setups. im probably gonna have like 3 or 4 custom gauges in my car and not sure if i wanna do a pillar gauge pod. Fuel Pressure, A/F Ratio, N20 Pressure, and Trans Temp. im lookin for 4th Gen camaro only

oh and is there a real advantage to going for autometer over cyberdine or any other brand?

[WildBillyT]

If you aren't going to a wideband O2 setup, skip the A/F gauge. It's really just a light show- it shows the voltage passing over your O2 sensor.

I would go for a 3 gauge pillar setup in a 4th gen.

[JerzLT1]

im going to do a wide band O2. i want to be able to properly monitor everything thats going on with my engine. there also arent any 3 pillar gauge pods for my car. 96 Camaro with T-Tops

[Mike]

im going to do a wide band O2. i want to be able to properly monitor everything thats going on with my engine. there also arent any 3 pillar gauge pods for my car. 96 Camaro with T-Tops

yes there are, i had one on my 99, sold it to noah........autometer made mine, there are several on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/97-02-CAMARO-FIREBIRD-TRIPLE-GAUGE-PILLAR-POD-T-TOP_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ46100QQihZ017QQitem Z270214525653QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

[ar0ck]

Heres a few I've come across over the years that cought my attention for one reason or another.

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k200/doctormikescott/0001968ej2.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k200/doctormikescott/Picture007.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k200/doctormikescott/Z-28078.jpg

[JerzLT1]

Heres a few I've come across over the years that cought my attention for one reason or another.

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k200/doctormikescott/Z-28078.jpg

i like this one alot. i was hoping youd chime in alex i know you look around alot for custom interior and exterior ideas. im thinking Nitrous pressure, Trans Temp, and maybe Oil Pressure there and A/F Ratio and Fuel Pressure as a pillar. keep em comin guys im still lookin for some original ideas. no full clusters please lol

[ar0ck]

i like this one alot. i was hoping youd chime in alex i know you look around alot for custom interior and exterior ideas. im thinking Nitrous pressure, Trans Temp, and maybe Oil Pressure there and A/F Ratio and Fuel Pressure as a pillar. keep em comin guys im still lookin for some original ideas. no full clusters please lol

RK Sport USED to make that as a kit long ago, but I have come across people using switch panels from Convertibles, or simply making them from that black plastic, and putting it in the "Cubby" hole. I was planning on going with one of those for my cut-out switch, and a mount for my I pod, since I don't see myself ever needing excess gages. (I plan on running two mechanical gages behind the cowl for oil pressure & fuel pressure)

[Mike]

i have a large sheet of black abs plastic that i used to make my radio delete, ill take a pic later today...

i plan on putting my fan and linelock switches and shiftlight in it

[JerzLT1]

i have a large sheet of black abs plastic that i used to make my radio delete, ill take a pic later today...

i plan on putting my fan and linelock switches and shiftlight in it

cool thanks mike, whered you get it?

[Mike]

some place online. if you want some i can cut a piece for you i have a 2x4 sheet

[97slpss]

i have a dual pillar pod with an aeroforce scan gauge and a 10$ volt meter( to fill up the space for now) Ill get some pics for you

[oh one ls1 SS]

i like this one alot. i was hoping youd chime in alex i know you look around alot for custom interior and exterior ideas. im thinking Nitrous pressure, Trans Temp, and maybe Oil Pressure there and A/F Ratio and Fuel Pressure as a pillar. keep em comin guys im still lookin for some original ideas. no full clusters please lol

thats a good spot for them but are you going to be able to see them as good as you would be able to if it was mounted on the pillar?

[JerzLT1]

i think N2O pressure is staying on the bottle at this point and fuel pressure and eventually a wideband o2 gauge will go on the pillar. Trans temp may go in the center console cause thats not something that has to be monitored during a run. another option at someone mentioned to me was putting a firebird dash in the car and mounting the gauges in the vents which im very much considering.

[Mike]

ima take the picks in 5 minutes, have them posted in the next half hour

[JohnG]

here's my 69's interior (they don't make a console-model shifter for the 1st Gen's, like they do for the 2nd Gen's, so it was a bit of work to make the Hurst V-Matic look somewhat decent in the factory console) :

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f138/jg122/129.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f138/jg122/126.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f138/jg122/125.jpg

in-dash gauges :

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f138/jg122/128.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f138/jg122/127.jpg

[Pampered-Z]

The center cosole pod that RKsports sold was actually made by a company called Camparo design, that is no longer in business. You can find them on E-bay sometimes but they aren't cheap.


thats a good spot for them but are you going to be able to see them as good as you would be able to if it was mounted on the pillar?


I have oil pressure and oil temp in the console pod, Fuel pressure amd boost on the pillar pod. My solution is to also use a warning light for oil pressure ( mounted on the dash next to my shift light).

http://www.autometer.com/cat_accessorieslist.aspx?pid=6