Guages with a head/cam swap?
Guages with a head/cam swap? Hey guys-
I am thinkin' about throwing some extra guages in my car to monitor the car a bit better..
I am planning on getting one of the Interceptor guages and then maybe an additional oil pressure guage..
Anyone have any other recommendations?
I am thinking about putting the Inteceptor on the pillar and the oil pressure guage in the lil' cubby hole in front of the shifter..
Thanks
Jeff
I am thinkin' about throwing some extra guages in my car to monitor the car a bit better..
I am planning on getting one of the Interceptor guages and then maybe an additional oil pressure guage..
Anyone have any other recommendations?
I am thinking about putting the Inteceptor on the pillar and the oil pressure guage in the lil' cubby hole in front of the shifter..
Thanks
Jeff
For your car, Trans Temp, Fuel Pressure, oil Pressure, and Wideband a A/F guage. Stuff that can work for a later on blower or n2o.
If a power adder goes on a Boost Guage, or N20 Bottle pressure is nice.
If a power adder goes on a Boost Guage, or N20 Bottle pressure is nice.
To borrow a trick from air racers....
I'd look into mounting a thermocouple on each header primary. Monitoring them all at the same time would take an interesting setup, but if one cylinder goes real lean or dead, you'll know. It's a good bit less expensive and takes less space then an O2 sensor on each primary. I'm thinking about doing that when I drop in the big motor.
I know the flyboys run some impressively expensive glass cockpit display systems that will monitor these for you in not much space or weight - will scream at you when certain thresholds are exceeded, etc.... There's gotta be something more budget minded that the road racing teams are using without resorting to a full-fledged data acquisition system.
Good luck!
Dan
I'd look into mounting a thermocouple on each header primary. Monitoring them all at the same time would take an interesting setup, but if one cylinder goes real lean or dead, you'll know. It's a good bit less expensive and takes less space then an O2 sensor on each primary. I'm thinking about doing that when I drop in the big motor.
I know the flyboys run some impressively expensive glass cockpit display systems that will monitor these for you in not much space or weight - will scream at you when certain thresholds are exceeded, etc.... There's gotta be something more budget minded that the road racing teams are using without resorting to a full-fledged data acquisition system.
Good luck!
Dan
Dan,
Funny you should mention that..
We are currently running one of these:
in this:
It's a really nice setup..
There is just no real place to run one in the car.. 
Funny you should mention that..
We are currently running one of these:
in this:
It's a really nice setup..
There is just no real place to run one in the car.. Trending Topics
I wanna ride! Is that an RV-x? Come out to LZU sometime and I'll spring for the burger. 
Years ago, I badly wanted to build a Berkut. They were just too expensive. By the time my career progressed to where I could, they went under.
Back to the original topic, you have plenty of room in your car for one of those. Just ditch the radio.
Dan
Years ago, I badly wanted to build a Berkut. They were just too expensive. By the time my career progressed to where I could, they went under.
Back to the original topic, you have plenty of room in your car for one of those. Just ditch the radio.
Dan
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We are thinking about building a Pitts Model 12..
I used to fly out of FTY and PDK.. Pops used to be at EAL..
We are thinking about building a Pitts Model 12..
I used to fly out of FTY and PDK.. Pops used to be at EAL..
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The pitts looks pretty sweet! My "someday" toy would be a midget mustang. zoom zoom.
Good luck with the engine swap.
Yeh, it's a fun toy.. Here's an old video.. http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...ideoID=1776072
The heads/cam is almost complete.. If I could get a few more days in town, I would be done by now if I had some more days in town..
I think I am going to order the Inteceptor soon and then look for maybe a few more instruments.. Interceptor should provide quite a bit of feedback...
The heads/cam is almost complete.. If I could get a few more days in town, I would be done by now if I had some more days in town..
I think I am going to order the Inteceptor soon and then look for maybe a few more instruments.. Interceptor should provide quite a bit of feedback...
I think a lot of guys are using the "port" just north of the oil filter..
All you gotta do is pull it and tap it.. I think that is where I will pull my pressure from..
All you gotta do is pull it and tap it.. I think that is where I will pull my pressure from..
Tach
There's no way I would rely on the stock tachometer. Mounted by the left side pillar is a good spot, it doesn't get in the way of anything. I don't see why people only want just a shift light, I want to see the exact rpm my motor is at.
There's no way I would rely on the stock tachometer. Mounted by the left side pillar is a good spot, it doesn't get in the way of anything. I don't see why people only want just a shift light, I want to see the exact rpm my motor is at.
Yeh, I can understand a tach, however, this isn't a race car.. It'll never hit the track, it's just a powerful street car..
I just need to keep an eye on things..
The Interceptor has a tach in it..
I just need to keep an eye on things..
The Interceptor has a tach in it..