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oil pressure and fuel pressure gauges

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88mustng

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im thinking about getting these and a larger tach mounted on top of my dash in the bezel you can buy for it. does anyone run a mechanical oil and fuel pressure inside their car. i have a meachanical oil pressure in another car and it leaks down my a pillar so i dont want oil and fuel puddling on my dash. that may be a bad thing ya know. howbout the electronic oil and fuel pressure guages. do they move like a mechanical one or will they just go to the middle and stay in one spot like the stock gauges in the cluster. i am supercharging my car and i want to be able to monitor oil and fuel pressure as i am driving. anyone have any advice for me. should i go with mechanical and risk the leak or spend the extra money on electrical gauges.

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steve
 
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I think you'll find that inside the car mech fuel gauge's are a no-no.

I had custom gauges built for me by AutoMeter...that I actually am now not going to use. So I have an electric 0-100 psi Fuel Press and a mech vacuum/boost gauge for sale (they are based on the sport comp series 2 5/8 i believe)...as well as an a-pillar 2 gauge pod.

I'm running mech oil and water gauges with no probs. The oil line is the braided steel stuff and haven't had problem one.

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I run a mechanical oil pressure gauge inside the car. I still use the nylon line. I know it's due to break but i've been lazy. It's been fine for two years though. I plan on switching it to copper someday
 

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88mustng said:
howbout the electronic oil and fuel pressure guages. do they move like a mechanical one or will they just go to the middle and stay in one spot like the stock gauges in the cluster. i am supercharging my car and i want to be able to monitor oil and fuel pressure as i am driving. anyone have any advice for me. should i go with mechanical and risk the leak or spend the extra money on electrical gauges.

thanks,
steve
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go with the Autometer electric gauges. they do fluctuate like the mechanical ones do and are easier to install.
 

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one more question what do you hook the source wire for electrical oil and fuel pressure gauges to???

thanks,
steve
 

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88mustng said:
one more question what do you hook the source wire for electrical oil and fuel pressure gauges to???

thanks,
steve
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do you mean the signal wire or the power source. the signal wire goes to the sensor, the power wire goes to a switched(Hot in RUN) circuit.
 
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electrical oil pressure gauge

I have a autometer 2 1/16th sport comp ultralite, electric oil pressure gauge I could sell ya. It's got the silver bezel with the white face. brand new never been used pm if your interested.
 
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