SR swap in 89, what to do about the guages?

[uiuc240]

I have a '89 that I'm doing a SR swap into now, and it has a HUD... the cluster I got is analog. So basically I'm forked and have to do that ghetto cutting job you did right?

Yes, that's exactly what you have to do. Unless you'd like to take the trouble of getting the SOHC gauge face off, and put it on the DOHC tach. I considered this...but it would have still had the super-lame low redline. At least the DOHC doesn't have it until 6900 rpm. Not that it matters...but at a glance, when shifting, having the higher redline is important to me. Is it to you?

Can't I just take the gauge cluster off of a JDM Cluster that has a HUD and use that?

Yes. That's exactly what I'm thinking of doing, just so I can have a true 7500 rpm redline. But it's extra money I just don't really care about at this point. The tach I have is working, and that's good enough for me.

Eric