has anyone put in 2 5/8'" gauges in the vents of there Trans Am, and if so how long did it take, how did you do it?

 

im not sure ( i have a Z) but is it the 2 1/16 that fit in there or the 2 5/8 (like u said)?

but yea everyone and their mother installs them there....i wish the camaros had it like that, cause it looks sweet IMO...

 

yeah, i was thinking about putting some in my vents, probably a Nitrous pressure, Air Fuel, and maybe Oil temp, tranny temp or something just so I can fill all the vents up. What size fits in good?

 

it definately is the 2 5/8", i found out today from a friend, the only problem he said he had was getting out the vent fins. He broke them out , but im sure there is another way to get them out, but damnn do they look sweet. They look like they came like that form the factory.

 

gauges in the vents? can some1 esplain por favor?

 

my friend with a TA did that, he has n20 pressure i think, it looks really cool, im not sure how it would turn out on a camaro, what year camaro are you talking about cause the 98-02 vents are diffrent, o yeah and he means like putting a gauge, inside the ac/heat vents, it looks really cool ill try to get a pic of what he did.

 

Yeah I did it to my Z. I glassed in the left upper vent and then made the hole for the guage. I put in a trans temp gauge when I put up my new stage II trans. I get looks from fellow Zers that like it. I also made an alum plate around the gauge that finishes off the look. I figured everyone does the post thing and since no real air comes from that one why not just pug it.

My next mod will be installing the scan master above the right hand side vent. I will make the piece in the same shape as the top of the vent so that the entire dash will have the same flow or look on both sides and the ac vent will remain in the same place.

 

Yeah, before I do this install I would like to see it done on Trans AM. give me a link to those pics when you get them!

 

Definitely 2-5/8" gauges required.

What does it look like (it's only a lowly Formula, not a T/A )?

AutoMeter Gauges in A/C Vents

Left to right.... fuel pressure (elect); nitrous pressure (mech); oil pressure (mech)

How to do it:

Gauge Install Writeup

Not one of my better writeups, but it might help.

 

thanks, thats a good setup. I might get Ultra Lite guages instead (they stand out a little more.) Instead of a oil pressure guage I was thinking about a Air/Fuel Ratio one (that is if I had nitrous)

 

I personally do not like the A/F ratio gauges.... they show you little, if anything. Just a psychedelic light show that gets a little tiring after a while. The factory O2 sensors are simply NOT accurate at anything beyond 14.7:1. And the gauges are seldom even calibrated. I've got a couple more gauges on the A-pillar, oil temp and tranny temp, but I don't see any purpose at all in the A/F gauges.