electric or mechanical that is the question?

[Doc90]

i was just wondering if i was going to put some gauges on the a pillar or something if it would be best to use electric or mechanical are the stangs already set up for electric or mechanical? any info would help thanks.

90 notch

 

[TheUser]

I would suggest running a search on this - there have been countless posts on this topic w/ lots of good info.

The stangs really aren't "set up" for either. Electrical are usually easier to install by nature; I chose electric oil pressure and mechanical water temp. and put them in a "gauge cage," which replaces the center vents.

What gauges do you plan to run?

 

[Doc90]

i plan on runing your usual water temp, oil pressure, maybe volts or air fuel

 

[TheUser]

a lot of guys say their air/fuel gauges are usesless - they just bounce around. They suggest that if you want one for "looks" go for it, but for practicality, save your money. I have 2 5/8 electric oil pressure, mechanical water temp (as noted above), and then a vacuum gauge. Vacuum gauges could be used to get decent fuel economy - try to keep as much vacuum as possible and you'll have the best mpg (vacuum is really close to 0 at Wide-Open Throttle).

 

[Mustang5L5]

I installed mechanicals in mine simply because i wanted the larger range of needle sweep.

 

[HISSIN50]

For a pillar, I usually recommend electric oil pressure. I prefer Mike's set up with mechanicals though.

For water temp you can run mechanical without worry about leakin in the interior. Mechanical volt gauges dont work too well.

As James said, search and you will find tons of info.

Good luck.

 

[jerryD]

for the pillar i would go with the elecs. does autometer still make full sweep elecs? those would be ideal for me, except they are like $200 each or something crazy like that.

 

[HISSIN50]

Jerry, last time I checked, the full sweep electrics were kinda limited selection-wise, and as you said, quite $$.
I dont mind mixing so I run mech temp and elec OP.