Autometer Gauges
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Instructor
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Autometer Gauges
Im tooling around with the idea of pulling out the stock gauges and throwing in some autometer gauges. anyone have any tips and tricks or just plain advice when it comes to something like this
Le Mans Master
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You don't say what year as they mount differently in early C3's vs. late.
Search back through the archives and you will find a number of posts on aftermarket gauges. One suggestion, is make sure you have a wiring diagram for your year as it will be helpful when you start cutting up the stock harness (is: Orange is 12v, pink is full, gray is dashlights, etc.).
I used the whiteface Phatom's and made my own Gauge mounting plates.
Search back through the archives and you will find a number of posts on aftermarket gauges. One suggestion, is make sure you have a wiring diagram for your year as it will be helpful when you start cutting up the stock harness (is: Orange is 12v, pink is full, gray is dashlights, etc.).
I used the whiteface Phatom's and made my own Gauge mounting plates.
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Instructor
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yea sorry its a 79 but i love how your gauges turned out. btw does anyone know if theres a special sensor to translate speedocable to a electrical signal for use with the electrical gauges
Melting Slicks
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You don't say what year as they mount differently in early C3's vs. late.
Search back through the archives and you will find a number of posts on aftermarket gauges. One suggestion, is make sure you have a wiring diagram for your year as it will be helpful when you start cutting up the stock harness (is: Orange is 12v, pink is full, gray is dashlights, etc.).
I used the whiteface Phatom's and made my own Gauge mounting plates.
Search back through the archives and you will find a number of posts on aftermarket gauges. One suggestion, is make sure you have a wiring diagram for your year as it will be helpful when you start cutting up the stock harness (is: Orange is 12v, pink is full, gray is dashlights, etc.).
I used the whiteface Phatom's and made my own Gauge mounting plates.
Pro
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The Auto Meter gauges come with the sending units. Installatin is pretty straight forward.
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here's mine....i'll get the dash in soon....waiting for headlight switch....i wanted more of a stock look....they are autometer designer series in black chrome......i made plates to go over the stock bezels and incorporated the blinkers and brights into the speedo/tach .......and there's a pic here of how i mounted mine....there's another little plastic piece that comes with the gauges that you can use to mount too.
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Racer
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Try this site for '78 autometer gauge install
Try this site:
http://earchitect.50megs.com/corvette/gauge.htm
The install is somewhat easier in the older C3's, as the guages mount from the front side and are held in place from behind by Autometer's supplied mounting brackets. No need to cut the gauge holes, the 2 1/16" guages slide right in. Plumb the senders and wire them up.
I am running "full sweep" C2 guages (why couldn't they have called them C3's!), replacing my clock with an A/F guage. The full-sweep gas and voltmeter are kind of cool, compared to the standard (maybe 70 degree?) sweep electrical gauges. I'd post pics of my install if I had a digital camera and half a computer brain.
http://earchitect.50megs.com/corvette/gauge.htm
The install is somewhat easier in the older C3's, as the guages mount from the front side and are held in place from behind by Autometer's supplied mounting brackets. No need to cut the gauge holes, the 2 1/16" guages slide right in. Plumb the senders and wire them up.
I am running "full sweep" C2 guages (why couldn't they have called them C3's!), replacing my clock with an A/F guage. The full-sweep gas and voltmeter are kind of cool, compared to the standard (maybe 70 degree?) sweep electrical gauges. I'd post pics of my install if I had a digital camera and half a computer brain.
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