I ask because I have an '87 Duke also and the local service station has E85 (85% Ethanol summer, 70% winter) I want to try running as much as I can get away with on a stock engine.

if you run more Ethanol than E50 you will get problems on cold mornings .
Car will start normal but try to stall wenn u try to accellerate. It will do this for 2-4 minutes then it runs normal .
It will also drink more than normal if u go over the E50 concentration and it will smell like a alcoholic in coldstart.
sometimes i think iam able to recognise what alcohol i burn , smell changes from whiskey like to fruity smell

2nd cluster progress

[This message has been edited by Fieromaniac (edited 05-09-2007).]

quote Originally posted by Fieromaniac: 2nd cluster progress

That looks very nice!! I think you could sell these kits if you wanted to.

i think iam getting better with the quality
doing this cluster with digital watertemp. and digital Voltage

Led Backlights




fits like the stock

the digi gauges for Voltage and watertemp arrived .



rdy to get into the cluster (after stripping them )

this is freakin cool!

ok so im interested in doing this but does this specific BC use a wireless magnetic sensor? that way i dont have to rout wires through my cab and such? Also, the back light for the BC does it turn on also? I noticed that it would be fairly hard to read at night if not.

On other notes if it doesn't. would you be able to pull it apart and use the EL foil in the back to match the rest of the gauges?

Uhmmm lets see. pretty much i'm looking for flexible options for when i start doing a custom dash, I plan on making it some what like the GTO cluster, big tach and big mph, however if i can use this in the center that would be cool also.

Which also makes me curious to know if there would be anyway we could ingegrate all of this and make a HUD like the c4/5 corvettes had. i always liked that mainly because it ment i didn't have tomove my eyes away from the road and the fiero's gauge cluster is horrible.

Ive never pulled one apart but is there any real circuitry in it or are all of the bulbs just wired directly. if they are just wired in that opens up the ease of making a new gauge cluster and keeping all of the stock dummy lights.

the BC with the wireless sensors wont work well on cars , i tested a sigma 1601 but it only showed speeds up to 70 kph
i use the wired BC with the original bike sensor.
i had no problems getting that thin cable through my cab

this specific BC is not backlighted from factory , i backlighted or better sidelighted the 1st cluster with 2 LED ,
2nd Instrumentcluster display will be frontlighted by a micro LED

[This message has been edited by Fieromaniac (edited 05-26-2007).]

This is awesome, very clean work! I have an idea? What about finding needles that are clear from a diff car so they light up blue with your LED's or even newer Pontiac needles, they look cool also.

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volt gauge

Any night PicS?

not yet , hey iam married with children = old !! -> so i sleep when sun sinks below the horizon :=)

but i testfitted the cluster

ignition on


engine on


no coolant sensor attached , thats why it shows 0 °C

[This message has been edited by Fieromaniac (edited 06-01-2007).]

day and night illumination of the display (here 1st instrumentcluster in my car)
4 10000mcd LED



very good readability now (better than in photo because of the automatically brightness corecture of the camera)

bump for an update??

I think I'm in love. Any chance of you posting a step by step instruction thread?

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1986 SE V6, stock, auto, fastback. GT Trim and Body panels.

bump

Anything new?

wow, i just found this. bumpin it back up!

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1987 Fiero GT built by my brother, merlot566jka, 3500 LX9 from 06 Malibu, WOT-TECH.com 1280 grind stage 3 cam, LS6 valve springs, 1227730 ECM conversion, Darrel Morse solid aluminum cradle mounts, Truleo headers modified to fit the 3500, 36# inectors, 70mm 4.3 throttle body adapted to 3500 intake, ported heads, upper and lower intakes, lightly polished, tcemotorsports.com crank trigger wheel, CenterForce dual friction clutch, Flowtech Afterburner muffler, 2.5" piping, cat deleted, EGR deleted, SinisterPerformance tuning, C6 Corvette exhaust tips. projected to be 35 MPG with a guesstimate of 250 hp at the motor

while I know you're still in the process of building it, it still doesn't have that "it truly fits in" look... but I can't judge still i see the end product of course!

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1986 GT Fiero Owner & Enthusiast
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quote Originally posted by Fieromaniac:[B]

any chance i could get this but with the MPH instead of K/HP?

quote [B]Originally posted by Fieromaniac: i think ill integrate more digital stuff digital water and volt gauge is already ordered . thats the way it could look ----photoshop----

could i get the top tach in the bottom cluster white and all? mines the oil gauge?
i like this idea looks good man

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quote Originally posted by chrismclubm: while I know you're still in the process of building it, it still doesn't have that "it truly fits in" look... but I can't judge still i see the end product of course!

nope its working 1 1/2 year now only the soldering of the LED went bad , need to fix this .


Iam fine with the "homeprinted" Overlays there is no bleaching out oder white turning into yellow

dont have a pic of the 2nd cluster installed ( i gave it to a friend in exchange for a cylinderhead )

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1984 Fiero Sport
1987 Fiero
1984 Fiero SE
1999 Chrysler Grand Voyager 3.3 LX LPG

*** nuclear winter cures global warming ***

Good to hear an update on how this has lasted. I would love to see a picture of the second one installed it you can get one from your friend.

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Chop Top 13 Revitalization

took this pic today , after 30000mls it works perfect like on first day



only my coolant Temp gauge went bad .....

sry got no pic of the 2nd cluster because i lost contact with the guy