whats the oil guage actually tell me?

Mine is always at the A in NORMAL. I thought it was a dummy guage too.

it turns on at 6psi...its a dummy gauge

As said multiple times, it's a dummy gauge. First, the oil pressure sending unit is also just a switch, and activates at 6 psi. Second, the wiring in the cluster is setup to only accept discrete input to the oil pressure gauge. There were a few Cobra clusters in 96 IIRC that could be modified to accept analog input from a real oil pressure sender (and a few even came that way from the factory).

If you see the gauge moving, it's because you have an electrical problem somewhere and you should start checking for broken grounds.

Dave

I agree that the oil guage is a dummy guage, but the coolant temp is not. Mine gets noticeably hotter when I track the car (road course) or when its 90*+ and humd and I'm sitting in traffic.

so should i worry if mines at the O in normal?

If the needle is not moving around after initial start_up (and in the "NORMAL") then you are okay with oil pressure. If it is jumping around while you are driving then you have a voltage issue between the sender and the gauge.

i think the best way to describe the stock gauges is that they are hysteretic.