1970 Duster, Trans-Am-inspired "Pro Touring" build
Hey guys holy crap it's been a while, didn't realize it had been this long since I worked on my own car. Goes to show how good cars they are ha! I finally got a job and some cash in my pocket to spend on upgrades. My plan is to get some 3.91 gears and drag radials to hit the strip this summer but before I can do that, I figured I need a proper readout for my engine vitals.
Old dash setup, say "good riddance"!
The original speedo went out a little over a year ago, I didn't want to spend $150 to have a rebuilt piece of crap so I bought an aftermarket piece of crap LOL... one of those "Equus" gauges from the Irish parts store. It conveniently broke three months after the warranty was up and I decided it was time to do it right. So I ordered one of the plastic instrument panels from Classic Dash, here it is with the gauges mocked up:
I am also redoing the wiring to eliminate the fire hazard Ammeter gauge circuit and bypassing the alternator straight to the battery using the original fusible link and a new separate one going to supply the stuff inside the car, with a nice 10-gauge wire going straight through a hole in the bulkhead connector. I will reuse the original dash wiring for the sender wires and just change out the water temp sending unit, the fuel gauge I got is supposed to work with the factory sender in the tank and the oil pressure gauge was added several years ago so it already has its wiring in place. Same with the tach.
More pics to come I will try to cover this project properly...
Hey guys holy crap it's been a while, didn't realize it had been this long since I worked on my own car. Goes to show how good cars they are ha! I finally got a job and some cash in my pocket to spend on upgrades. My plan is to get some 3.91 gears and drag radials to hit the strip this summer but before I can do that, I figured I need a proper readout for my engine vitals.
Old dash setup, say "good riddance"!
The original speedo went out a little over a year ago, I didn't want to spend $150 to have a rebuilt piece of crap so I bought an aftermarket piece of crap LOL... one of those "Equus" gauges from the Irish parts store. It conveniently broke three months after the warranty was up and I decided it was time to do it right. So I ordered one of the plastic instrument panels from Classic Dash, here it is with the gauges mocked up:
I am also redoing the wiring to eliminate the fire hazard Ammeter gauge circuit and bypassing the alternator straight to the battery using the original fusible link and a new separate one going to supply the stuff inside the car, with a nice 10-gauge wire going straight through a hole in the bulkhead connector. I will reuse the original dash wiring for the sender wires and just change out the water temp sending unit, the fuel gauge I got is supposed to work with the factory sender in the tank and the oil pressure gauge was added several years ago so it already has its wiring in place. Same with the tach.
More pics to come I will try to cover this project properly...