How would you take it out with side curtain airbags???

 

Auto Meter Electrical Gauges cost twice as much as the mechanical. You only need 2 of the 4 wire to hook up the mechanical, and if you use the right wires it does turn on and off with your instrument lights.

If you get a mechanical gauge you get faster response and it leaves the switched power open for an AeroForce Interceptor. I should know. I have both.
Pink wire goes to the power wire of the Interceptor.
Black w/ white stripe goes to the black wire of the mechanical boost guage.
Gray wire goes to the white wire of the mechanical boost guage

 

where do i find the black w/ white stripe and grey wires at, and what does that box and stuff at the bottom mean?

 

The wires are in the connector that plugs into the stock boost guage. The bottom is the diagram showing the connector that is in the pillar and the wires that are associated with it. That is the diagram directly from GM.

 

ok im not sure, but i thought a mechanical boost gauge only had 2 wires? a power and ground, and then a vacuum line?

oh ok are you saying that the black with white stripe goes to the ground to the new boost gauge, and the grey goes to the white power wire? so you dont have to go all the way to the engine bay to hook up the wires, just cut off the old wires and splice with new wires?

 

Correct. Actually I got my hands on the factory pins used in the connectors and used the factory connector with the new wires pushed in. 100% reversable. Minus the cutting I did to the pillar before I got my dual gauge pod.

 

you had to do cutting to your pillar?

 

so i purchased the pillar that goes over the stock one, i understand that u have to screw it into the stock one but i do not want to make it look shitty like with holes.

so im asking is there another way to keep it on without screwing it in incase if i end up selling the car...

or should i just go to a junkyard and put holes into another one and put stocker back on when time to sell.

 

Yes. Actually I just drilled a couple holesand made some makeshift brackets so I could remount the stock gauge if I wanted to. The How-to's actually cut the entire tab off. Not to wise if you want to return it stock since the factory pillar is $120+ from GM.

If you purchased the AutoMeter gauge pod like mine, it does not go over the stock pillar. It replaces the stock pillar. No need to drill holes in the stock pillar.

 

yea i didnt get that, im stupid and went with this one that goes over it cuz it was like $15

 

well i was just wondering if anyone knows how to hook up a autometer c2 air/fuel gauge

 

easy...

like stated

red-power
black-ground
last wire-purple/white stripe wire.

 

That is just using the stock o2 sensor. If you want it for tuning you really should have a Wideband o2, which requires you to install a different (3rd) o2 sensor and guage.

 

i really dont want it for tuning, i kinda want it to work good, but i rather have the light. so no extra o2 sensor just splice some wires

 

do yall know how to hook up a voltmeter gauge?

 

The Interceptor reads the voltage. You should take a look at what it does. It could be in place of a lot of those gauges.

 

i thought about getting an interceptor, but there just too expensive for me. and i wont need all that other things.

 

$230 isn't all that bad if you consider the costs of the gauges plus the ability to scan and clear DTC's. It also estimates crank hp and acceleration times.

 

hmm i didnt know it measured hp and acceleration times. everyone is always asking me what im running. do you think it will be retarted to get a 3 gauge pod, and only have 2 gauges in it for awhile, untill i get enough money for the interceptor?

 

It's an estimated HP and acceleration, not actual. Although there is an adjustment feature for the HP if you get it dynoed and it shows different numbers. That is up to you. It might look a bit goofy, but if you don't mind leaving it like that til you get the other gauge why not.

 

oh ok thats cool. i just calculated all the shipping and gauges and pod. and i think thats too expenive for me. i dont have that much money. im only 17, and my parents said they aint payin for nothing lol. so i just think im goin with the auto meter c2 mechanical boost/vac gauge, air/fuel gauge, and a volt gauge. im only getting the volt gauge because i really want a 3 gauge pod and i dont know what else to put in there lol.

 

do any of yall have pictures of how to install a narrowband air/fuel gauge? or can yall tell me how to wire it up?

 

how big is the stock boost gauge, i hate the stock one and wanna get a new one?

 

is yours PSI?

 

yeah....i want to get a phantom gauge