White Faced 01 Grand Prix GTP gauges - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

merkerguitars · 11-08-2004, 08:24 PM

Well I helped my friend put a white faced gauge kit in. He got the from www.speedhut.com I think the look good and pretty easy to install, next week we are putting in a set of 3 Autometer C2 gauge that I got him for a steal

1slOwCD8 · 11-08-2004, 08:28 PM

Niiiiice! especially the night shot. Those gauge pods look a little empty. What guages are you friends installing? Exhaust temp, boost, oil, .....?

merkerguitars · 11-08-2004, 08:41 PM

The gauges that will be installed are in this order 1. Air fuel Ratio 2. Electronic Boost/Vacuum 3. Electric oil pressure gauge. Here are some pics of the gauges

theguyondacouch · 11-09-2004, 12:27 PM

wow, runnin a little rich there?

merkerguitars · 11-10-2004, 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theguyondacouch

wow, runnin a little rich there?

Nah that pic is with the gauge not hooked up to the engine.
Picked up the oil pressure gauge today, just need to put a hole through the firewall then I can get them hooked up.

RaDiAn · 11-10-2004, 10:01 AM

Hey those are really cool cluster and gauges...pictures of the car + engine maybe?

merkerguitars · 11-10-2004, 10:16 AM

Pic of the car

Pic of the engine...a little fuzzy

1slOwCD8 · 11-10-2004, 12:56 PM

Thats a nice car he has there. Whats next for him? More engine bolt-ons, lowering springs, or rims?

merkerguitars · 11-10-2004, 01:03 PM

Whats next probably is, headers, rims, custom exhaust, it already has the following, magnuson nose drive, reprogrammed pcm, smaller supercharger pulley, ram air induction. If we find a spare engine for cheap we will cam it and do head work plus put in roller rockers.

ElwoodBlues · 11-10-2004, 03:00 PM

its a nice car, but that color scheme just bugs me. I mean, I assume your friend likes it, thats why he did it. But it just doesn't sit well with me.

On the bright side, the night shot of those white faced gauges looks amazing

Dizzet · 11-15-2004, 12:25 AM

I want a link to a page where you can buy this....

merkerguitars · 11-15-2004, 07:35 AM

for the overlays www.speedhut.com
for the autometer gauges www.hotrodsonlineparts.com

Cynthetiq · 11-15-2004, 08:04 AM

cool gauges...

when are speedos and such just going to be LCD displays that are skinnable?

drawerfixer · 11-15-2004, 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elwoodblues43

its a nice car, but that color scheme just bugs me. I mean, I assume your friend likes it, thats why he did it. But it just doesn't sit well with me

Erm, black?

I think it looks great.

That's an absolutely fantastic idea of skinnable LCD displays though. It'd be a perfect combination of my inner car and computer geeks, without requiring me to reprogram the computer chip or whatnot.

MSD · 11-15-2004, 09:33 AM

The gauges look great, but I'm still not sure about the yellow on the interior.

What would look awesome under the hood is anodizing the supercharger, valve covers, and other exposed metal. I'd procably go for black to match the car, maybe with yellow bolts to carry over the theme he has going.

merkerguitars · 11-15-2004, 10:19 AM

Yeah we will probably start building a nice looking looking l67 engine when we can find a spare for cheap (that way he won't be without a car while we build the engine) The black anodizing idea would look pretty cool, I work for a machine shop part time so I can get stuff anodized for cheap. This week we are going to work on cleaning up the engine compartment and tidying up the wiring.

Gabbyness · 11-15-2004, 01:04 PM

Lot of good work put into that car. You can tell someone really cares about it.

merkerguitars · 11-18-2004, 07:34 PM

Well well well....he finally bought the oil pressure gauge so now I was able to get it finally in. The gauges are hooked up and a light up but actually aren't functional yet. We still need to punch a nice big hole in the firewall to run the sending unit cables, and mount the map sensor and install the new sending unit for the oil pressure. Here are some pics..they look better than the pics, they where kinda hard to take pics of.

merkerguitars · 11-22-2004, 10:13 PM

Well actually got the gauges hooked up and from what i'm reading for gauges is the following

Air Fuel Ratio: Running on the richer side very slighty which is way better than running lean

Boost: about 20 psi

Oil pressure a good constant 60-70 psi on a fully warm engine.

jfelco · 11-23-2004, 10:51 PM

sweet gauges....

negative points though for the auto tranny---

1slOwCD8 · 11-24-2004, 09:12 AM

Wow, your boostin 20psi for daily driving? Is that the factory setting or did u bump it up? If it were me, id set it a little lower for daily driving to put less strain on the internals, and set it higher for racing. Just my opinin though, to be on the safer side.

RaDiAn · 11-24-2004, 09:42 AM

Hey Great looking car, great job with the gauges. How long did it take to get the dash apart and put back together? Well it looks nice!

DJMala · 11-24-2004, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jfelco

negative points though for the auto tranny---

Not much you can do about that... only one tranny option on the GP.

merkerguitars · 11-27-2004, 01:10 AM

To answer some of your questions, yeah it's an auto, someday he'l convert it to stick when this won't be his daily driver.

The factory boost is about 12 psi so we are running more than enough

And the dash took about 10 minutes to take apart, it's easy, just snap off the bezel and two screws and the cluster comes out and another 6 I think and the clear lense comes off.

11-08-2004, 08:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
merkerguitars Buffering......... Location: Wisconsin...	White Faced 01 Grand Prix GTP gauges Well I helped my friend put a white faced gauge kit in. He got the from www.speedhut.com I think the look good and pretty easy to install, next week we are putting in a set of 3 Autometer C2 gauge that I got him for a steal __________________ Donate now! Ask me How! Please use the search function it is your friend. Look at my mustang please feel free to comment! http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=26985

11-08-2004, 08:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
merkerguitars Buffering......... Location: Wisconsin...	The gauges that will be installed are in this order 1. Air fuel Ratio 2. Electronic Boost/Vacuum 3. Electric oil pressure gauge. Here are some pics of the gauges __________________ Donate now! Ask me How! Please use the search function it is your friend. Look at my mustang please feel free to comment! http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=26985 Last edited by merkerguitars; 11-08-2004 at 08:59 PM..

11-09-2004, 12:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
theguyondacouch salmon? Location: Outside Providence	wow, runnin a little rich there? __________________ "Lick my frozen metal ass!"

11-10-2004, 10:16 AM	#7 (permalink)
merkerguitars Buffering......... Location: Wisconsin...	Pic of the car Pic of the engine...a little fuzzy __________________ Donate now! Ask me How! Please use the search function it is your friend. Look at my mustang please feel free to comment! http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=26985

11-10-2004, 01:03 PM	#9 (permalink)
merkerguitars Buffering......... Location: Wisconsin...	Whats next probably is, headers, rims, custom exhaust, it already has the following, magnuson nose drive, reprogrammed pcm, smaller supercharger pulley, ram air induction. If we find a spare engine for cheap we will cam it and do head work plus put in roller rockers. __________________ Donate now! Ask me How! Please use the search function it is your friend. Look at my mustang please feel free to comment! http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=26985

11-08-2004, 08:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
1slOwCD8 Psycho Location: chicago, illinois	Niiiiice! especially the night shot. Those gauge pods look a little empty. What guages are you friends installing? Exhaust temp, boost, oil, .....?

11-10-2004, 10:01 AM	#6 (permalink)
RaDiAn Addict	Hey those are really cool cluster and gauges...pictures of the car + engine maybe?

11-10-2004, 12:56 PM	#8 (permalink)
1slOwCD8 Psycho Location: chicago, illinois	Thats a nice car he has there. Whats next for him? More engine bolt-ons, lowering springs, or rims?

11-10-2004, 03:00 PM	#10 (permalink)
ElwoodBlues Psycho Location: Massachusetts	its a nice car, but that color scheme just bugs me. I mean, I assume your friend likes it, thats why he did it. But it just doesn't sit well with me. On the bright side, the night shot of those white faced gauges looks amazing

11-15-2004, 12:25 AM	#11 (permalink)
Dizzet Psycho Location: Denmark	I want a link to a page where you can buy this....

11-15-2004, 07:35 AM	#12 (permalink)
merkerguitars Buffering......... Location: Wisconsin...	for the overlays www.speedhut.com for the autometer gauges www.hotrodsonlineparts.com __________________ Donate now! Ask me How! Please use the search function it is your friend. Look at my mustang please feel free to comment! http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=26985

11-15-2004, 08:04 AM	#13 (permalink)
Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	cool gauges... when are speedos and such just going to be LCD displays that are skinnable? __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION!

11-15-2004, 09:33 AM	#15 (permalink)
MSD The sky calls to us ... Super Moderator Location: CT	The gauges look great, but I'm still not sure about the yellow on the interior. What would look awesome under the hood is anodizing the supercharger, valve covers, and other exposed metal. I'd procably go for black to match the car, maybe with yellow bolts to carry over the theme he has going.

11-15-2004, 10:19 AM	#16 (permalink)
merkerguitars Buffering......... Location: Wisconsin...	Yeah we will probably start building a nice looking looking l67 engine when we can find a spare for cheap (that way he won't be without a car while we build the engine) The black anodizing idea would look pretty cool, I work for a machine shop part time so I can get stuff anodized for cheap. This week we are going to work on cleaning up the engine compartment and tidying up the wiring. __________________ Donate now! Ask me How! Please use the search function it is your friend. Look at my mustang please feel free to comment! http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=26985

11-15-2004, 01:04 PM	#17 (permalink)
Gabbyness Chicken scratch. Location: Japan!!!	Lot of good work put into that car. You can tell someone really cares about it.

11-18-2004, 07:34 PM	#18 (permalink)
merkerguitars Buffering......... Location: Wisconsin...	Well well well....he finally bought the oil pressure gauge so now I was able to get it finally in. The gauges are hooked up and a light up but actually aren't functional yet. We still need to punch a nice big hole in the firewall to run the sending unit cables, and mount the map sensor and install the new sending unit for the oil pressure. Here are some pics..they look better than the pics, they where kinda hard to take pics of. __________________ Donate now! Ask me How! Please use the search function it is your friend. Look at my mustang please feel free to comment! http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=26985

11-22-2004, 10:13 PM	#19 (permalink)
merkerguitars Buffering......... Location: Wisconsin...	Well actually got the gauges hooked up and from what i'm reading for gauges is the following Air Fuel Ratio: Running on the richer side very slighty which is way better than running lean Boost: about 20 psi Oil pressure a good constant 60-70 psi on a fully warm engine. __________________ Donate now! Ask me How! Please use the search function it is your friend. Look at my mustang please feel free to comment! http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=26985

11-23-2004, 10:51 PM	#20 (permalink)
jfelco Crazy Location: north america	sweet gauges.... negative points though for the auto tranny---

11-24-2004, 09:12 AM	#21 (permalink)
1slOwCD8 Psycho Location: chicago, illinois	Wow, your boostin 20psi for daily driving? Is that the factory setting or did u bump it up? If it were me, id set it a little lower for daily driving to put less strain on the internals, and set it higher for racing. Just my opinin though, to be on the safer side.

11-24-2004, 09:42 AM	#22 (permalink)
RaDiAn Addict	Hey Great looking car, great job with the gauges. How long did it take to get the dash apart and put back together? Well it looks nice!

11-27-2004, 01:10 AM	#24 (permalink)
merkerguitars Buffering......... Location: Wisconsin...	To answer some of your questions, yeah it's an auto, someday he'l convert it to stick when this won't be his daily driver. The factory boost is about 12 psi so we are running more than enough And the dash took about 10 minutes to take apart, it's easy, just snap off the bezel and two screws and the cluster comes out and another 6 I think and the clear lense comes off. __________________ Donate now! Ask me How! Please use the search function it is your friend. Look at my mustang please feel free to comment! http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=26985