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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 |
John |
Apr 18 2011, 08:32 PM
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member? what's a member? Group: Members Posts: 3,393 Joined: 30-January 04 From: Evansville, IN (SIRPCA) Member No.: 1,615 Region Association: None |
The 911 gauges labeled 1-5 are in BAR. These were used in several later air cooled 911's. The PSI numbered gauges were only used a few years.
IMHO, I prefer the 1-5 BAR gauges. The sending units need to be matched to the gauge in order to operate correctly. The temp gauges are similar. They need to have the appropriate sending unit. Once upon a time I wanted a numbered temp gauge and a pressure gauge in PSI. I didn't have them when I made my first kit and have grown to like the cleaner look of the gauges not cluttered with insignificant numbers. VDO gauges are not all that accurate, but they are repeatable. Once you know where your car is supposed to operate, you know where the gauge should point. The numbers become insignificant. Cool to look at, but insignificant. The 911 gauge I used in my personal triple gauge is the one from my 3.2 engine. This way, I know what senders to use and it is uncluttered with numbers. 1-5 bar pressure and one of the temp gauges with 3 or 4 lines and no numbers. just my $0.02 |
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