Has anyone looked into setting up the DIC to display a message on key on/start up? Also is there a way to make the needles sweep to redline,160,full tank; back to what they should read upon startup?

 

GM from the factory designed the needles to twitch. A feature they were looking to attract guys like you with. Guess they failed

 

lul wut?

 

turn your car off and watch the needles for a min or so. They twitch.

 

I kinda like the eye candy the OP is talking about. My sister's 01 Grand Am GT does it. Thought it was cool.

 

there is a table you can adjust in HPT called "needle twitch" in which you can get them to sweep

 

i miss this from my grand am gt as well! its the little things in life that count! thanks for the info hockeyman im gonna mention this to james when i get tuned soon

 

I want vids of this, if you get it done.

 

its gonna be so sweet!

 

Hey Riceburner aren't you using Trifecta?

 

do the G5 GT's do it?

i know it was a pontiac thing for a while, personally i dont like it, make me nervous, always used to think the girls Grand am was revving out when it started.

 

This sounds pretty interesting. Sub'd for the results.

 

I will b using EFILIVE hope i can find that table... gonna be awhile tho.. if anyone has this, please post a vid

 

always wondered what that was all about.. just thought it was residual power being used

 

I wish mine did it it looked so cool in my grand am gt.. And tge g6 does it idk why the g5 doesnt haha

 

wait, they thought that was cool? it looks like a defect...

 

Defect?? Defect when my gauges twitch after i turn off car lol

 

I want my Xenon headlights to sweep down and then up when I start the car... and then auto-level. Also, when I am turning on a highway, I want the projectors to sweep towards the turn.

Oh, wait, that's a BMW thing...


Sorry, couldn't resist.

 

yeah i just dont see how that makes it seem cool to gm.

 

And i think it looks like like someone thinking led.cupholders are.cool. Theyre just little details some notice and like

Seen Mercedes do it lol guess they stole it..

 

Corvettes can be programmed for different messages on the DIC. They say Corvette by Chevrolet but that can be changed. Never heard of Cobalts having anything like that.

 

Merc aint really the Proprietor of That, They Just Made it popular like airbags .
Overpriced on this side of the pond

 

that must be an lnf table, cause ive never seen it

 

Buick and Cadillacs do that too.

 

it looks cool... needle twitch was to make sure gauges calibrated themselves i though?