VDO Head Temp Sensor, Need help want to use 6 on a 6 Options

[seanery]

Ok, here's my dilema and question.

I have one of these VDO Head Temp Sensors and 6 leads. I want to be able to monitor each head's temp. I'm running webers and thought this would be a handy thing to help figure out if/which one were running too lean.

They work off impedance or resistance, don't have the part here or I'd go into detail.

What kind of switch, etc. would work without giving unreliable results? ( I don't want 6 guages)

Any thoughts, comments, experience?

[SirAndy]

I hear that it is very very critical to have zero (or as close as is practical) resistance in the wiring from the gauge to the sender. That's supposedly why VDO tells you not to shorten those wires.

dave, there is no wire, no matter how long (or short) that has 0 resistance, unless you cool it down to absolute 0 and use a special meterial, effectively turning it into a supra-conducter. the reason why VDO does not want you to shorten (OR lengthen!) the wire is because their sender and gauge are calibrated for the exact resitance their wire adds to the circuit (sp?). using different wire, even with the same length will also throw off the results ...

Andy