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Old 09-29-2010, 06:40 PM
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Default Ordering guages soon, where should i hook them up to?

Im ordering an oil temp, vaccum, and a fuel pressure guage. Where do these need to go? Do you guys have any of these guages?
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If you no longer have AC a lot of trans am guys mount them in the round AC vents in the center....

If that is not an option than Probably a 3 gauge pod for the Pillar would be the easiest and they look nice...


I have my Fuel pressure gauge and Trans temp gauge on my pillar... Fuel gauge is tapped into the shrader valve and the Trans temp gauge taps into the Oil cooler feed line...

Really easy stuff


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MattSapp95, you tapped into the cooler line for your trans temp gauge? was that a typo? i thought you needed to drill into the pan for that, ive got a gauge laying around because i didnt plan on dropping my pan till winter, this sounds way easier
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Originally Posted by bigbirddriver94
MattSapp95, you tapped into the cooler line for your trans temp gauge? was that a typo? i thought you needed to drill into the pan for that, ive got a gauge laying around because i didnt plan on dropping my pan till winter, this sounds way easier

Yea the "best" way to install the Trans temp sending unit is directly in the pan.... However I did not want to drop my new pan and drill into it so the other option is to install a "T" in the Feed line to the cooler and put the sending unit there....the temp variance is small from being in the actual pan....

Just make sure you don't put it on the return side of the cooler or the temps will show much cooler.....
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Well I have a six speed. Where does the oil temp guage and the vaccum one go?
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i would think with the vacuum gauge you would tie into the brake booster line.

and for the oil temp there is a port in the block above the oil filter



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