Aftermarket gauges

[spence]

As a part of my restoration, I'm considering Mark's Ferrari 240 dash, would like to use white faced gauges like Auto Meter. I assume mechanical, will the connection bolt right up, or are adapters needed?

[azygoustoyou]

I assume your talking about the GT250 dash. I don't know about the gauges. The dash does need some modifying. It doesn't just mount like the original. You have to glue some studs to the underside. You'll have to cut the right bottom dash mount. You'll also have to make brackets and end covers. I welded a stud to the top cross bar to mount the passenger side.
I'll show pic's of the rest as soon as I modify it. I have to do it within a week.

[spence]

Hell yeah I wanna see that.

[v6spider]

Spence i am using autometer phantom series gauges on my custom aluminum dash.

You mentioned white face gauges so heres a peek...

Rob

[spence]

Sweet! How's the connections? Many mods or bolt and play?

[grittracing]

Freaking sweet !

[v6spider]

Sweet! How's the connections? Many mods or bolt and play?

Oh no the whole dash is custom laid out. So if you plan on going that route I'd just make a new dash plate cause I think the gauges are slightly different in size. I know the tach and speedo are. The fuel level gauge is a match to my Jeg's Fuel Cell that goes in the trunk. Totally worth it in my opinion...however it is very spendy...

Rob

[spence]

Good to know, meant the connections to the senders etc?

[v6spider]

Good to know, meant the connections to the senders etc?

I did not use any of the stock senders cause I am using a Chevy 4.3L V6 as my power plant and most of the gauges are mechanical or require no electrical sender. I do not care for gauges that require an electrical type of sender as they are prone to inaccuracies, being dependent on the quality of the electrical connections and supply.

The air/fuel ratio gauge requires an O2 sensor in order to operate so you'd have to weld in an o2 bung in your exhaust system. I am sure that you could adapt the gauges to a metric situation or even buy them with metric senders(water & oil). You'll just have to check with Autometer. I spent hours on their site before buying what i bought... totally worth it though.

Rob

[spence]

Does anyone make a V6 kit for the Spider? If not, you should.

[v6spider]

don't think I haven't thought about it. However, I am still perfecting the installation. Realistically the whole front-end suspension needs to be replaced in order to install a chevy 4.3L V6. The engine has a rear sump style of oil pan so it necessitated the modification of the cross-member plus the entire front suspension of the spiderin order to accomodate it.

First off I am partial to Chevy Engines so the research I did was only done on that manufacturer. I am sure that thre are other powerplants that have a front sump that you could utilize that would not require the modification of the entire front suspension. An all aluminum V6 would be ideal I think Acura and Honda has one. You would just have to spend time doing the research. That is what i enjoy figuring out how to do this stuff.

Rob