Hey Guys. I want to get a water temp gauge, but I am not sure if to get the electric or mechanical.

The electric seems pretty easy to install as it will hook up to the stock temp sender. But does this give a real reading?

Mechanical should be a bit more accurate, but do i need it to be that accurate. And i will have to have a tube of water going inside.

Who has what, and do you like it, or wish you had of got a different model?

 

I used the electrical one, but I didn't hook it up to the stock sender. Supposedly it will give invalid temps..

I bought some copper hardware from home depot, if I remember correctly, I used a 1/2" T, two 1/2" Barb-fittings, and one 1/2" to 3/8" reducer. Then I put the auto meter temp sender in the reducer, so coolant essentiall flows across it. Then I cut one of the small lines at the intake manifold and inserted the assembly there. You will have to ground the sender, it's not meant to be installed in mid-air..

It works fine, and I've never had a problem with it. After you have it going, you'll see how pointless the stock temp gauge is.

The general rule of thumb that I personally follow for gauges is to use Mechanical for Pressure, and Electrical for Temps.

 

My oil temp is electric, and my oil preasure is mechanical, but i ran all SS hoses and aeroquip fittings, so it works really nice, and i dont have to wrry about the crap nylon line breaking.

There is a line that comes off the upper hose that leads back to the IM. I wonder if I could use that.