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Old Nov 15, 2014 | 11:50 AM
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I am Canadian and of course our vehicles are Metric equipped and I dislike the Metric system. I am still old school with feet and inches, etc., and I am considering changing my coolant gauge and oil pressure gauge from centigrade to farhanheit and kPa to PSI.
Anyone know if it is just a sender swap along with the gauges themselves or does it involve a substitute Metric to Standard computer?
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Not sure the answer to your question but you can always see them either way in the DIC.
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Not sure the answer to your question but you can always see them either way in the DIC.
Thanks for your reply. I am aware of that option but there is nothing better than looking at a gauge.
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Buy a US back panel.

http://www.c5racer.com/catalog/c5-c6...XJIaAi1o8P8HAQ
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So are you saying that by simply replacing the gauges, the oil pressure and coolant temperature will display in Standard?
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Originally Posted by wuzfuzz
So are you saying that by simply replacing the gauges, the oil pressure and coolant temperature will display in Standard?
I would think so because the scale is what changes and I believe the scale is on IP.
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All you need to do is purchase a US C6 instrument cluster. The mileage is retained in the instrument cluster however. You'll need to have the mileage reprogrammed into the replacement US instrument cluster. You can send it to US Speedo for this service.

The pressure and temperature sensors are the same for US and Canadian Corvettes.
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