After seeing the recent thread on this subject using the Pontiac HUD, I wanted to do an install. BUT, it looked like it was gona be more wiring I really didn't feel like figuring out, so I started looking to see what was on eBay. I found this universal kit and the clincher was IT WAS RED

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/AUTO- HEAD-UP-WINDOW-RPM-SPEED-DISPLAY-HUD-UNIVERSAL_W0QQitemZ8054746118QQcategoryZ33721QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I had my HUD the Day After I ordered it ! Here's what I got:

It looked like a pretty nice set up. The silver cylinder on the left is a shift warning light. next to it is the red adhesive pad for the display unit directly above. They even give you a squeegee and film for the windshield as shown in the lower right corner. The display unti has a nice small footprint which I liked too:

However, when I looked at the silver control box (upper right), I saw the SWOOSH label which reminded me of Whammo brand. Although the control box looked pretty sweet, i figured I better go do an install so i could see that it didn't work and could send this SWOOSH stuff back.

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My first course of action was to pull up the thread with Jon's description of the speedo buffer board:

https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/071313.html#lastpost

About half-way down the page, you'll see a pic of the board and a legend identifying each of the pins. Using this info, and the instructions, I made all the connections:

Naturally, everything worked except the speedo display . I was thinking of just using the Tach display, but decided to push on.

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Hm-m-m-m. What would be involved in adapting this to reporting oil press, temp, etc.

got a daytime pic of your cluster?

I'm not sure if the HUD display would report anything you want simply by hooking up the Yellow (speedo input) and Orange (Tach input) or not. The signals go from the car to the HUD controller then to the HUD display. I don't know exactly what the control Unit does. I find it a little strange though, that I had to calibrate my Speedometer to set the correct pulses per mile (PPM), yet the HUD is a "universal" unit that somehow knows (?) and needs no claibration. The controller may simply amplify the signal then pass it to the display or it may process it somehow. You might buy the unit and hook the speedo and tach leads to whatever you want and give it a try. Worst case, you'll end up with a very nice red HUD of either speedo and tach (unless your experiment blows the controller

I wish the unit would display BOTH speedo and tach at the same time (either above and below or side-by-side), but that's not the case.

I can take a daytime pic of the Gauge cluster and post it tomorrow. The HUD also has a connection that dims the HUD display when the car lights comes on, so you don't have a glaring HUD display at night.

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Here's the daylight pic: