To start off i would greatly appriciate if people would not advice me on buying "REAL GAUGES " or not installing mechanical gauges sice they are DANGEROUS.

Now back to the topic ( Engine is b18c5 )

I am hooking up the mechanical oil press and water temp gauges, I was thinking about doing some DIY and installing low oil pressure and high temp warning lights. Now the switches
http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs...16_-1

come with differenct PSI and temp settings, which setting should i get. I know that the stock low press comes out on 5psi?? And i also read that is is very low and the chances are that when the light comes on you might be already done.

So what PSI? 15 , 30 or 50 ??

Same goes to water temp switch..


Thanks for the input

 

Im running a 30PSI warning light but thats becuase my car is not going to be daily. If its a daily you should go for like a 18psi because idle is around 15-20 (not 5) and if you got the 30 itll be on all the time at a stop.

As for temp i would get something around 200-210. You want to be in the 170-190 range but not really over that.

If your running mech. gauges run stainless steel lines. I had the nylon line blow up when i had an oil mech. gauge. Let me tell you that wasnt fun to clean.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Luserkid &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Im running a 30PSI warning light but thats becuase my car is not going to be daily. If its a daily you should go for like a 18psi because idle is around 15-20 (not 5) and if you got the 30 itll be on all the time at a stop.

As for temp i would get something around 200-210. You want to be in the 170-190 range but not really over that.

If your running mech. gauges run stainless steel lines. I had the nylon line blow up when i had an oil mech. gauge. Let me tell you that wasnt fun to clean. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Thanks!!

What line are you running now? Did you convert it to AN?? Since the gauges with the nylon line ( like mine ) come with NPT 1/8.