I in search of a new oil pressure gauge...does anyone have any suggestion...should i get a machnical or electrical?

 

i like mechanical better, more accurate.
but not a lot of people like the idea of running lines into the cabin

 

Where do connect the mechanical gauge to?

 

oil pressure switch at the back of the block

 

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Autometer mechanical gauge w/ a copper oil line.

 

this is how i have mine, if it helps...

 

i have a "t" for my LSV oil line...BUT if i have a 3 way joint for oil-line, oil-pressure sensor (oem) and a line for the gauge, will all these connections affect the acutal pressure for the gauge...???

 

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no they wont.

 

i advice against putting all those connections on the stock oil pressure switch location on the block.they could easily rattle itself out.

they sell distribution blocks, so just run a line to that.
you can take the stock sensor out since you have a aftermarket pressure gauge

 

heres my setup. lsvtec and oil pressure gauge, plus stock sensor, all on the firewall.

 

be careful when using copper tubing on mechanical guages. mine broke at the fitting going into the gauge and leaked all out inside my car. Luckily i caught it and stopped it up. A few days later it started to leak at the fitting on the back of the block and I was down a qt and a half the copper tubing gets fragile with the pressure fitting on it inside the screw on brass fittings so be careful

 

yeah i would just use the plastic kind.

 

ok coo, i was about to use copper ones but ill just stick with the plastics then...thanks

 

&lt;-- has good luck with the copper tubing, doesn't trust plastic oil line, but thats just me...

 

can't you get an adaptor that goes on the oil filter area that has oil temp/pressure connections? I think greddy has one.

 

yes i found out that golden eagle has a better one than greddy....group buy is cheaper too...my friend had a greddy one but our local hot rod shop that seems to have all the fittings in the world could not find one that fits so when we calleda GREDDY distbutor, they said they have no idea what the size was, only that it fits the greddy gauge adaptors...