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What Gauges are Must Have's?, For a /6 Conversion |
kconway |
Apr 18 2011, 06:36 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,347 Joined: 6-December 04 From: Monrovia, CA Member No.: 3,231 Region Association: Southern California |
I'm trying to work out what to do for gauges for a /6 conversion. I've been chatting with Mark about building a triple gauge for oil pressure, oil temp and fuel. My question is do I really need an oil pressure gauge for a street car or is the idiot light adequet? I think an ammeter is just a novelty and I'm not crazy about a quad gauge as it looks too busy.
I have a NOS combo gauge for a /4 motor and I was contemplating just updating the oil temp gauge portion with a matching sender for temp telemtry. My other alternative is sending my NOS combo gauge (I hate to sacrafice a NOS gauge) as a core and having a triple gauge made by Vintage USA. What is the combo gauge I've attached worth? Thinking of maybe selling it and sourcing a core for my triple gauge. Any opinions? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) Kev |
MDG |
Apr 18 2011, 06:51 PM
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Wolf in wolf's clothing. Group: Members Posts: 8,652 Joined: 3-February 09 From: Toronto Member No.: 10,018 Region Association: None |
The factory six used a combi gauge like the top pic below: I have one in mine like the one in the second photo. I'm going to add the fuel gauge to the bottom of it.
Not sure what the NOS gauge is worth but I bet you could sell it for a lot more than an old 911 gauge like the one I have. I think I paid 50 bucks for mine. and I definitely want the pressure gauge in there. |
kconway |
Apr 18 2011, 06:55 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,347 Joined: 6-December 04 From: Monrovia, CA Member No.: 3,231 Region Association: Southern California |
The factory six used a combi gauge like the top pic below: I have one in mine like the one in the second photo. I'm going to add the fuel gauge to the bottom of it. Not sure what the NOS gauge is worth but I bet you could sell it for a lot more than an old 911 gauge like the one I have. I think I paid 50 bucks for mine. and I definitely want the pressure gauge in there. Good point, the original 6 didn't have a pressure gauge. However, I'm starting to think this through and think I'm starting to be convinced it's worth extra $$ to have the data. Center console pressure gauge maybe an option, if there's one out there that fits. |
ArtechnikA |
Apr 18 2011, 07:49 PM
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rich herzog Group: Members Posts: 7,390 Joined: 4-April 03 From: Salted Roads, PA Member No.: 513 Region Association: None |
Good point, the original 6 didn't have a pressure gauge. Here's a data point - contemporary ('70-'71) 911E and S had a 10-Bar oil pressure guage and _no_ idiot light. What a guage will tell you that a light won't is when the oil pressure is too _high_ to operate safely. I saw my 10-Bar gauge pegged on several occasions - cold-weather (Single-digit-F) startups. The temperature guage doesn't really come to life much below 140ºF. When you can peg the oil pressure with a throttle blip, things are still too cold to hammer the throttle. Ideally, the idiot light switch is wired to a BIG, BRIGHT, RED light (and maybe a horn, for the track...). Fuel guage is nice, and I wouldn't eliminate one from a car that had one already, but I never ran out of gas in my '53 which has no guage... You've got a 60-mi lo-fuel light, two odometers, and a clock. There's really no excuse for running out of gas. Fuel level, oil temp, oil pressure. Some lights for truly alarming things wouldn't be bad, but they can be small and don't really need to be in your scan. |
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