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I have a oil sump drain plug from Lindsey with a 1/8 NPT fitting for a temperature sending unit and I am now looking for a nice looking oil temp (and trans temp and oil press too) gauge. I am thinking about these
http://www.speedhut.com/gauge_products-a...lution.htm but I am not sure. You guys with extra gauges, what make do you run?
1995 Riviera blue 968CS with LSD, custom LEDA coilovers with t-bar delete, S4 brakes, RS Barn braided lines, Tarett sways, Racers Edge bushings everywhere, Rack Tack, Design 1 braces and short shift kit, air box mod, RS Barn stage 1 chip, RS Barn cat back, RUF BTR2 wheels with Toyo R888, Deutsch Nine TRS version 2 rear wing (carbon fiber), AIR repop splitter (carbon fiber), brake cooling intakes (carbon fiber), Sparco seats and belts, OMP steering wheel and a lot of other little things that I can't recall at the moment...
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I could not find a VDO boost/vacuum gauge that didn't have "TURBO" printed on the face so i went with NewSouth
http://www.newsouthp...om/spectrum.htm. They're LED backlit and it matches the blue LEDs I put in the instrument cluster and dash.
I also use a NewSouth oil temp gauge with the sender mounted in a plate that fits under the oil filter
http://prosportgauge...ptor-plate.aspx. It works with the Canton filter and it includes additional ports to add a pressure sender.
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Thanks, I'll check egauges for VDO. The newsouth gauges have, IMO only, too many lines in them. And yes, they'll go in the slot below the stereo.
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1995 Riviera blue 968CS with LSD, custom LEDA coilovers with t-bar delete, S4 brakes, RS Barn braided lines, Tarett sways, Racers Edge bushings everywhere, Rack Tack, Design 1 braces and short shift kit, air box mod, RS Barn stage 1 chip, RS Barn cat back, RUF BTR2 wheels with Toyo R888, Deutsch Nine TRS version 2 rear wing (carbon fiber), AIR repop splitter (carbon fiber), brake cooling intakes (carbon fiber), Sparco seats and belts, OMP steering wheel and a lot of other little things that I can't recall at the moment...
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Waiting to be installed.
Where do I put the oil pressure sending unit?
1995 Riviera blue 968CS with LSD, custom LEDA coilovers with t-bar delete, S4 brakes, RS Barn braided lines, Tarett sways, Racers Edge bushings everywhere, Rack Tack, Design 1 braces and short shift kit, air box mod, RS Barn stage 1 chip, RS Barn cat back, RUF BTR2 wheels with Toyo R888, Deutsch Nine TRS version 2 rear wing (carbon fiber), AIR repop splitter (carbon fiber), brake cooling intakes (carbon fiber), Sparco seats and belts, OMP steering wheel and a lot of other little things that I can't recall at the moment...
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Hmm, I wonder if it's possible to "steal" a signal from the stock sending unit, provided that they match? But that is a little bit of missing the point of having two gauges...
1995 Riviera blue 968CS with LSD, custom LEDA coilovers with t-bar delete, S4 brakes, RS Barn braided lines, Tarett sways, Racers Edge bushings everywhere, Rack Tack, Design 1 braces and short shift kit, air box mod, RS Barn stage 1 chip, RS Barn cat back, RUF BTR2 wheels with Toyo R888, Deutsch Nine TRS version 2 rear wing (carbon fiber), AIR repop splitter (carbon fiber), brake cooling intakes (carbon fiber), Sparco seats and belts, OMP steering wheel and a lot of other little things that I can't recall at the moment...
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I only really wanted the temp gauges but opted for the oil press too in order to fit the empty slot next to the two. But I like the idea of being able to set high and low pressure warnings and hooking up an external light (ie like a shiftlight on the dash that triggers at say 1,5 bar) since my steering wheel blocks the ! and I certainly don't have the time to check the pressure gauge at close enough intervals to avoid damage due to oil starvation when hammering around the track.
1995 Riviera blue 968CS with LSD, custom LEDA coilovers with t-bar delete, S4 brakes, RS Barn braided lines, Tarett sways, Racers Edge bushings everywhere, Rack Tack, Design 1 braces and short shift kit, air box mod, RS Barn stage 1 chip, RS Barn cat back, RUF BTR2 wheels with Toyo R888, Deutsch Nine TRS version 2 rear wing (carbon fiber), AIR repop splitter (carbon fiber), brake cooling intakes (carbon fiber), Sparco seats and belts, OMP steering wheel and a lot of other little things that I can't recall at the moment...
