Is it just me or do all those after-market digital dashes look the same (ex. most have a numeric readout like yours does). It'd be nice if they made one in the style of some of the original factory dashes, like with the stationary numbers and a digital needle that moved. I've seen some cool looking factory digital dashes. And how the hell did you squeeze that V8 in there? What, did you have to drop the car down around the engine or something?
I really like red LED anything - a fascination that goes back to my youth. The gauges are appropriate to your car but the reflective glare isn't. You might consider a light soda blasting to give the surface a matte finish.
It depends. For some people it may for some it may not. For me, I have a 350ci 5.7l. Originally lots of overheating. Couldn't drive longer than 15 minutes before overheating. But, I made modifications, side air scoops, Archie 4 core radiator with hood scoop and 2 speed electric fan from Mustang (fits), deck scoop with custom electric fan, larger diameter wheels 17" which turn the water pump pulley at a different rate all helped and car can go interstate with AC.
And I have an analogue temp guage mounted to the dashboard (Advance Autoparts) so I can see true engine temp even with the engine off. I needed it while modifying the car to make it run with practical temp. And I got it right. Overheating is because Fiero was not made to accomodate such engine, but I forced it to truly accomodate it. Had to also make electric mods too as car had charging problems. And more. Now car is practical for long interstate drives. Doesn't just idle in driveway.
And I even had to modify the slave cylinder and build a custom double disc for the heavy duty ram clutch out of two clutch discs. Either you could shift and clutch would slip, or clutch would grip and you couldn't shift. That's now modified so you can shift and clutch grips. If you do Fiero V8 make sure to get new clutch pedal. After 20 years all of them are bent. It will be hard to shift to reverse, and later also to first, especially with the V8. No problem with new clutch pedal though.
One more thing. I am bringing my car to Europe, and will drive it much faster. Fiero has thin coolant pipes conneting the engine block and radiator. Look under your car. I am exchanging this to either do double pipes or one that has larger diameter (same as going out of water pump and radiator) to make more coolant flow. If you go at high seed only in cool weather car runs cool. Hotter weather may be too hot at high speed. This should be also done for high speed applications. And more.
I had the exact same guage problem with my Pisa digital guages and I was running a Caddy 4.9.. It would scare me even though I knew the temp was not that hot.. It would read hot randomly here and there till I grounded it better..
Where did you get that gauge cluster from?
carguy2992 1 year ago
Google “Tom’s Digital Electronics” for into on these gauges.
GoGetter1856 1 year ago
Is it just me or do all those after-market digital dashes look the same (ex. most have a numeric readout like yours does). It'd be nice if they made one in the style of some of the original factory dashes, like with the stationary numbers and a digital needle that moved. I've seen some cool looking factory digital dashes. And how the hell did you squeeze that V8 in there? What, did you have to drop the car down around the engine or something?
comgeek24 1 year ago
Yes. A digital display using analog needles would be cool.
Yes. You have to drop the engine out the bottom for the swap. The engine bay in these cars are a lot bigger than they look.
GoGetter1856 1 year ago
I really like red LED anything - a fascination that goes back to my youth. The gauges are appropriate to your car but the reflective glare isn't. You might consider a light soda blasting to give the surface a matte finish.
nazcaplain 2 years ago
Thanks for the response...I always wanted to do a V8 Fiero conversion and just wondered if them running warm was an issue.
pontiac360 2 years ago
It depends. For some people it may for some it may not. For me, I have a 350ci 5.7l. Originally lots of overheating. Couldn't drive longer than 15 minutes before overheating. But, I made modifications, side air scoops, Archie 4 core radiator with hood scoop and 2 speed electric fan from Mustang (fits), deck scoop with custom electric fan, larger diameter wheels 17" which turn the water pump pulley at a different rate all helped and car can go interstate with AC.
V8Fiero2M8 2 years ago
And I have an analogue temp guage mounted to the dashboard (Advance Autoparts) so I can see true engine temp even with the engine off. I needed it while modifying the car to make it run with practical temp. And I got it right. Overheating is because Fiero was not made to accomodate such engine, but I forced it to truly accomodate it. Had to also make electric mods too as car had charging problems. And more. Now car is practical for long interstate drives. Doesn't just idle in driveway.
V8Fiero2M8 2 years ago
And I even had to modify the slave cylinder and build a custom double disc for the heavy duty ram clutch out of two clutch discs. Either you could shift and clutch would slip, or clutch would grip and you couldn't shift. That's now modified so you can shift and clutch grips. If you do Fiero V8 make sure to get new clutch pedal. After 20 years all of them are bent. It will be hard to shift to reverse, and later also to first, especially with the V8. No problem with new clutch pedal though.
V8Fiero2M8 2 years ago
One more thing. I am bringing my car to Europe, and will drive it much faster. Fiero has thin coolant pipes conneting the engine block and radiator. Look under your car. I am exchanging this to either do double pipes or one that has larger diameter (same as going out of water pump and radiator) to make more coolant flow. If you go at high seed only in cool weather car runs cool. Hotter weather may be too hot at high speed. This should be also done for high speed applications. And more.
V8Fiero2M8 2 years ago
Very Nice Conversion...Does the car normally run that warm?
pontiac360 2 years ago
Thanks... The temp was reading high due to a bad ground. Once I fixed the ground, the temp indication dropped to normal.
GoGetter1856 2 years ago
I had the exact same guage problem with my Pisa digital guages and I was running a Caddy 4.9.. It would scare me even though I knew the temp was not that hot.. It would read hot randomly here and there till I grounded it better..
V8Ferrari 2 years ago
I used the stock 5-speed.
GoGetter1856 2 years ago
What transmission did you use with the V8?
keyofdavid88 2 years ago
305?350?
n00bcak35 2 years ago
Its a 350 cubic inch Chevy LM1 small block crate engine modified with a TPI fuel injection system.
GoGetter1856 2 years ago
Man how do you fit in that lol. It is so tight in those things oh my but nice ride.
josh1303 2 years ago
How much did it cost you to install the digital dash? Looks cool!
Banj95 3 years ago
Google "Tom's Digital Electronics" and you can get all the information about all the options and prices.
GoGetter1856 3 years ago
115 was that with the hammer down. or not. I was thinking of doing a 350 swap. would thing the exceleration would be stronger
pimpmasterpercy 3 years ago
Not. Was just seeing how the cluster looked and was coming up on traffic. You can see from the tach that it wasn't even close to being wound out.
GoGetter1856 3 years ago
Nicer wheels would set the car off but nice gauges. My buddy would be very jealous to see these.
FizixOnSnow 3 years ago
did you you fix the cooling prob
bignin102 3 years ago
Sure did. Turned out to be a bad ground that caused the temp gauge to read high. Fixed the ground and the indication has been good since.
GoGetter1856 3 years ago
-Nice car man.
-The dash is cool as hell!
peter455sd 3 years ago
nice cluster.
eazyb123123 3 years ago