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Digital Cluster?

I have a full digital cluster in my 83....but from what im finding on the internet it was only available in the 85-up.  But mine looks NOTHING like that.  Is this a different option or is it stock?  im not complaining, i was wondering, i like it.  And i was also wondering if the 199MPH trick will work with it too.

Digital Cluster?

Reply #1 –
The upgrade should work just fine for the 199mph reading.I did it to a few of those gauges and sold or traded them all off.It's easy if you take your time and pay attention to what you're doing.I remember the first time I saw that gauge climb to 100mph after only being able to go to 85 for so long.Sweeeet.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Digital Cluster?

Reply #2 –
He's got a different cluster, Vinnie - his '83 would have a vacuum-flourescent display instead of the LCD display used in 85 and newer models. There may be a way to modify the 83-84 display to read 199, but the "fix" we all talk about for the 85-on won't work.
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

Digital Cluster?

Reply #3 –
i was picturing a different cluster in my mind,sorry for the bad info.Thanks for jumping in Chicken.Just for that,I'm banning myself from this forum until 3:30 this afternoon.That ought to teach me.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Digital Cluster?

Reply #4 –
Could I swap a LCD cluster from an 85 in there?

Digital Cluster?

Reply #5 –
Not without replacing the entire dash panel, from door to door, and even then I highly doubt it'd be a "bolt-in" - you'd have some serious wiring to do, too...
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

Digital Cluster?

Reply #6 –
Quote from: Thunder Chicken;187265
Not without replacing the entire dash panel, from door to door, and even then I highly doubt it'd be a "bolt-in" - you'd have some serious wiring to do, too...


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Digital

Reply #8 –
I have the 88 Cat, I am in the process of "upgrading" from the base model. I just swapped the base digital to the buttstuffog panel, I was going to go to the full digital until I found out about the need to swap the fuel sender and just about every other sender/sensor. :cougarsmily: