mechanical vs. electric gauges?
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quality electric gauges these days are probably as good as mech gauges. i like the 270* sweep of mech gauges, but a few manufactures (ok atleast AM) are making elec gauges with the big sweep.
otherwise, with oil pressure atleast, elec means you dont have the possibility of hot oil spraying the interior of the car.
really a personal choice.
good luck and enjoy!
otherwise, with oil pressure atleast, elec means you dont have the possibility of hot oil spraying the interior of the car.
really a personal choice.
good luck and enjoy!
tunedin302
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Or do a mechanical oil pressure guage outside your car.
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90NotchBack
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All my gauges are mechanical besides the volts gauge.
I have a fuel pressure, oil pressure, water temp, and trans temp mechanical guages. Also a volts gauge.
I have a fuel pressure, oil pressure, water temp, and trans temp mechanical guages. Also a volts gauge.
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is it safe to put a mechanical fuel pressure gage in the interior? is there any risk of fire in case of an accident? how safe are they?
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thanks sleeper. just had a lil doubt inside my mind. i will surely get one of those. i know that mechanical gauges are very accurate compared to electric plus the mechs are much cheaper. by the way where can i get one of those isolators? thanks.
The isolators are not that accurate I heard. Plus you spend $100 for the isolater and $50 for the gauge itself. You might as well just spend $180 for the electronic fuel pressure gauge. Thats what I have in my dash and its very accurate, I love that thing. They are easy to hook up to. For anything that transfers fluid into the cab I would go electric, otherwise go mechanical.
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id prefer electric except for fuel or even oil psi. easier to install IMO. and if the temp gauge were to crack or somethin. can you say, hottt coolant in you car?
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guess im leaning towards electric again. just really dont want to bother running steel braided lines into my interior. plus like RydeOn said. might as well spend on electrical and get it all-in-one and plus convenience.
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FrdMustangCpe said:
Temp gauge doesn't work like that. It uses a capillary line to feed the gauge.. something fancy, i'm fairly sure coolant doesn't goes through the line.
I am a fan of mechanical gauges.. they give me a more confident reading. The last thing i want is a bad reading from some stupid electronic sending unit, or pile of garbage.
Michael Yount
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VDO makes a new mechanical clock powered by the earth's rotational gravity that measures metric time.
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89MustangGX
I have nothing productive to add!
I've had mechanical before, and had an oil line loosen up and make a mess.
AutoMeter says their electrics are just as accurate as their mechanical gauges -- so that's the way I'm going.
AutoMeter says their electrics are just as accurate as their mechanical gauges -- so that's the way I'm going.
Michael Yount
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89MustangGX said:
Thats exactly what im trying to avoid. You really cant get any better than autometer so they should be just as accurate as the mechs.
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FrdMustangCpe said:
The water temperature gauge doesn't work like an oil pressure gauge so you wouldn't have hott coolant in your car.
Michael, i dont know much about metric time. it is something that is used for computers and such, no (helps to deal with time changes, leap years, etc, i think)? i dont know enough about it to catch your drift or joke (if there was one there). please share what you mean.Michael Yount said:
BTW, it reminded me of the old comedy skit about the 3 day week.
