[SlickBullet]

Hey there just did a GT Gauge cluster swp on my 01 mustang, its actualy very easy, saves money and no need for anti theft disabled, A programer will be needed to recalibrate speedo,
The ANTI THFT is built into your cluster, the instrument panel works the same way as your stock one...no dealer BS required...

All you need is the gt cluster, for all of you that have experience , the basic princeable is to swap your stock v6 circuit board with the one on the gt cluster.

sry i will post pics as soon as posible

YOU WANT A CLEAN WORK AREA.....!!!

1st: DISCONNECT your battery, if you dont ANTI_ THEFT will enable a NO START!!!! if this happens disconnect your battery for 5 mins then reconnect.

2ND:remove your stock cluster, there are two electical connectors , carefully remove.

3rd, remove the rear housing screws on both your stock gauge cluster and the gt cluster, keep all parts seperated... the screws are a small torques style.

4th: Wash your hands, you are dealing with a circuit board!!
remove both white covers and set aside,remove the circuit boards on both clusters, put the gt cluster away or set aside so you dont mix them up, there is a wire ribbon that you have to un plug, be very careful, if it breaks , games over,

5th:Install YOUR circuit board on the GT speedo housing, reinstall the same way as removed,make sure you plug the ribbon back in, once everything is reinstalled, install back in dash the same way as removed,

6: reconnect battery and start, everything should function the same, exept for the speedo will be aprox 10-15 mph off, hince programer is needed... good luck and remember keep everything seperate and CLEAN!!!

[mcqueen]

Great first post man. So is a custom tune needed to recalibrate the speedo or is there a setting on the tuner that does the trick? I've had my tuner for over a year but never really played with it much although I don't remember seeing anything that I thought would change the speedo without changing something like tire revs/mile or gear ratio.

[southfour!]

I'm pretty site the link in my sig has a how to of how to swap a bullet cluster into a GT using the same method as above.

I might have to give this a try and make use of the spare gt cluster that I have.

[SlickBullet]

if you got a smart phone, like android or iphone, easy! download the speed view app, so you have a accurate speed reading, you have to play around with the tire size on the programer to get the cluster calibrated, might take a few trys to get it as close as posible, I did 3.73s with the Cluster swap and my speedo was way of about 20mph at 80mph, so i was reading about 100mph on the cluster... its basicly trial and error, hope that helps

[SlickBullet]

Nice right up on the GT to bullet Swap "SouthFour" ya same concept on the V6 model,

[MRKsD3]

Interesting... I have a tuner but it doesn't have tire size options like you guys'... Just gear ratio options... Would that still work?

[6ER THEN I 8ER!]

Originally Posted by MRKsD3 Interesting... I have a tuner but it doesn't have tire size options like you guys'... Just gear ratio options... Would that still work?

your tuner company can fix that with a new tune then

[mcqueen]

Just a thought, wouldn't messing with the tire revs/mile throw off the odometer?

[southfour!]

Originally Posted by SlickBullet if you got a smart phone, like android or iphone, easy! download the speed view app, so you have a accurate speed reading, you have to play around with the tire size on the programer to get the cluster calibrated, might take a few trys to get it as close as posible, I did 3.73s with the Cluster swap and my speedo was way of about 20mph at 80mph, so i was reading about 100mph on the cluster... its basicly trial and error, hope that helps

You could also put the cluster in diagnostic mode and get a accurate speed reading on the digital screen where your mileage is shown.

Or you could use the 9V battery method and get the cluster calibrated exactly as it was from the factory.
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[MRKsD3]

Originally Posted by 6ER THEN I 8ER your tuner company can fix that with a new tune then

Think so? Mine is superchips... I haven't heard from them for a while... There aren't any downloadable tunes whatsoever... Sucks...

[southfour!]

On second thought that ^^ is only going to work when swapping in a different style of v6 gauges.

If you want a perfectly accurate reading in a v6 car with

Cobra
Gt
Or Mach gauges

You will need to get it programmed at a dealer.

[6ER THEN I 8ER!]

honestly i couldn't waste my time doing this though...i mean i have a GT outside and the clusters not special at all...i'd rather just get some covers for my current cluster

[southfour!]

Originally Posted by 6ER THEN I 8ER honestly i couldn't waste my time doing this though...i mean i have a GT outside and the clusters not special at all...i'd rather just get some covers for my current cluster

Yeah I don't plan on going over 120 mph either. I think i will stick with my Mach 1 replica gauges.

[MRKsD3]

Originally Posted by 6ER THEN I 8ER honestly i couldn't waste my time doing this though...i mean i have a GT outside and the clusters not special at all...i'd rather just get some covers for my current cluster

Come on man, we wanna get the GT feeling... Even by just looking at the gauges...

[6ER THEN I 8ER!]

Originally Posted by MRKsD3 Come on man, we wanna get the GT feeling... Even by just looking at the gauges...

but now you'll feel even slower when your doing 55 and the needles further on the left then toward the right

[MRKsD3]

Originally Posted by 6ER THEN I 8ER but now you'll feel even slower when your doing 55 and the needles further on the left then toward the right

That's why you gotta recalibrate the sucker! Lol

If you do go to the dealer... Would it cost me my right nut to just re-calibrate the gauges? Or would they do it at all since it's not really for that specific model? Thoughts on this?

[6ER THEN I 8ER!]

Originally Posted by MRKsD3 That's why you gotta recalibrate the sucker! Lol If you do go to the dealer... Would it cost me my right nut to just re-calibrate the gauges? Or would they do it at all since it's not really for that specific model? Thoughts on this?

nvm....ill fill you in later.

[motorhead6776]

Originally Posted by mcqueen Just a thought, wouldn't messing with the tire revs/mile throw off the odometer?

yeah it would be off by 20% so for every mile driven the odometer would show .8

but hey at least its in the right direction.

[motorhead6776]

did the tachometer read correctly when you did this or was that off too?

[SlickBullet]

All your other gauges work the same, me personally I don't mind that my odometer is off a few miles, different motor anyway, its one of those mods that's not for everyone, but I like looking at a 150 speedo vs a 120 :-D