dash cluster conversion

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevy-Cavalier-Speedometer-Cluster-1997-1998-49K_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33678QQihZ019QQitem Z8073063515QQrdZ1

what i was thinking is just replacing mine with that one, my current one just has the speedo in the middle, the fuel on left, and water temp on right, no tach, what im wondering though is will this pretty much be a direct bolt on, or will i have to do a shit ton of wire splicing and shit like that, also, i already have a tach adaptor installed, not sure if ill need that...... and finally, im curious about the whole issue of fraud, since that cluster has about half the miles my current one has....

You should be able to just put it in and be fine, as I do believe all the gauges are controlled through a port behind the dash. As far as fraud, just don't advertise your car as having mileage other than what it really has. Besides, mileage is also stored elsewhere in your car's computer.

I don't know about that year model, but the direct swap worked for me in my 01, and since my milage is digital, it showed correct for me.

will i have any issues with that tach on that cluster?? will i need to rig it up to my tach adaptor somehow??

i also just noticed thats designed for a 4 speed, since it has the P R N D 3 2 1, i wont be getting it, but if i was to, there wouldnt be any issues with that would there??

No, other than what I already said.

01Cavy is right for the 00+ models. However, pre-00 the odometers were mechanical, so it won't show properly.

the only probelm i had was when i installed the new guages the tach as a little goofy for a few days till it got all broken in. but no issues on mine but again i'm a 00

will i have any issues with that tach on that cluster?? will i need to rig it up to my tach adaptor somehow??

i also just noticed thats designed for a 4 speed, since it has the P R N D 3 2 1, i wont be getting it, but if i was to, there wouldnt be any issues with that would there??

Mine was direct swap. No additional wiring necessary. I've yet to see anyone do the conversion on the 99 and below models, so I don't know how it will work for those. Only way to find out is to try!

hmmm, so basically i didnt even need my tach adaptor, theres a wire somewhere by the cluster i could have just used??

Like I said it was a direct swap. My car was already wired as if there was a tac, just there wasn't one. So when I swapped them outh, the plugs fit perfectly and the tac worked perfectly...

http://gambit.team-nz.com/tac.asf

Thats a short video I made to prove the tac works on a direct swap. It's a 2.2 slow ass car so don't pay any attention to the speedo lol...it doesn't impress! If the link doesn't work go into windows media player click file then click open url and past that link in there.

Like I said it was a direct swap. My car was already wired as if there was a tac, just there wasn't one. So when I swapped them outh, the plugs fit perfectly and the tac worked perfectly...

http://gambit.team-nz.com/tac.asf

Thats a short video I made to prove the tac works on a direct swap. It's a 2.2 slow ass car so don't pay any attention to the speedo lol...it doesn't impress! If the link doesn't work go into windows media player click file then click open url and past that link in there.

were you about to crash? lol @ how the cam jerks violently

No, I had to turn and I was moving the camera where I could turn the wheel and keep it on the tac without the steering wheel getting in front of the camera.