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Old Nov 5, 2010 | 09:04 AM
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Looks good to me! You definately put in a ton of work to make all the little things work and that makes all the difference between a driver and a project.

I'm not sure why all the hate on the cluster as it looks fine and functional. I don't know what the stock one looks like though. The shifter knob seems like its too big.

The brakes and abs set up looks good.
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Old Nov 5, 2010 | 11:42 AM
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I don't have a problem with that cluster at all, especially considering the fact that it functions like it is suppose to
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Old Nov 5, 2010 | 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Car54
The gen2 RX7 I refer to will get the Caddy gauge cluster. There's just too much involved not to use it, especially with the modern engine/wiring harness/bcm. It will also get the drive by wire and traction control. It's a very ambitious motor swap.
why would you want drive by wire though?
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Old Nov 5, 2010 | 12:36 PM
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3000lb ls1? Sounds like a vette to me..... cool car tho, seems like a whole lot of work to save a couple hundred pounds over a vette.
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Old Nov 5, 2010 | 12:40 PM
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I'd say a vette is closer to 3400 lbs or more.
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Old Nov 5, 2010 | 12:51 PM
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awesome! no way I would swap in a stock ls1 though. it would be modded to all hell before it was put in the car.
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Old Nov 5, 2010 | 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Just Dave
I'd say a vette is closer to 3400 lbs or more.
C5 coupe is 3246, C5 Z06 was 3118.

300 pounds sounds like pretty good weight reduction to me, you're not getting 300 pounds out of a C5 without sacrificing some serious amenities.
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Old Nov 6, 2010 | 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by plazma
Looks good to me! You definately put in a ton of work to make all the little things work and that makes all the difference between a driver and a project.
You know it was the previous owner that did all of this, right?

I'm not sure why all the hate on the cluster as it looks fine and functional. I don't know what the stock one looks like though.





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Old Nov 6, 2010 | 02:58 PM
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I kinda dig the GM cluster in there... The fd looks aftermarket gauges thrown in there.
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Old Nov 6, 2010 | 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by CoRDiTe
It's a Mazda/GM not a Honda
Dont you mean Mazda/Ford?
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