Author Topic: conversion std dash to rally in 70 chally vert. what to do and what parts?  (Read 917 times)

Offline 71cudafish

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 any   help on parts or tech side of job would be great THANKS  Mark :thumbsup:




Offline 4 speed fish

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70-71 Rallye gauges and bezels.Rallye heater bezel.Rallye light bar.Reset Knobs.Correct Rallye Wiring harness.I would remove entire dash from car and assemble on a work bench.

Offline MEK-Dangerfield

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You don't need a different harness if you make a couple of mods to the existing one. You'll need to run a wire from the "-" side of the coil to the tach for it's signal. You'll need to run a wire from a switched power source for the tach power. Run a wire from a constant power source for the clock. Then last but not least, you'll need a different oil pressure sending unit for the oil pressure gauge.

Mike

1970 Challenger - SOLD
2016 SXT+.  1 of 524 SXT+'s in Plumb-crazy for 2016.

Offline ragtopdodge

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Super easy.

Ya, keep the original harness.  Bill and Rose Evans do make a little tach wire harness add-on. 

Change the sending unit (oil) from idiot light to gauge

Just a few screws and the old stuff comes out.  Just got to drop the column some.

70-71 gauges run usually between $350 (rebuildable cores) to $2k (fully rebuilt).

Not hard at all!
'70 318-auto Chally 'vert
'71 383-auto 'Cuda 'vert (sold)
06 300c SRT8
04 2500 QCLB 4x4 HO

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I also might add, the heater panel and 70-71 gauges make this a costly swap. The Rally gauge light bar can bring $200 on E-Bay.    :money:

Mike

1970 Challenger - SOLD
2016 SXT+.  1 of 524 SXT+'s in Plumb-crazy for 2016.