I run the factory gauges. I'm a streeter, and I don't care for the, IMO, clutter. It's a 2-gears to 65mph car so even the tach is questionable if I need it. I only installed it to go to the track this one time And it "lied "to me the whole way, being more or less "stuck" on 7000, from the 60ft mark and on..
lol, no hook.
Yeah, I realize Ima bucking the system, but I very rarely look at the gauges anyway. And if something was to go wrong with the engine, by the time I would find the gauges, focus on them, and interpret the results, the engine would be toast anyway.
7000 rpm is about 117 revolutions per second.You can hear a rod before you will see it on the gauge, unless the mechanical gauge is in your face.And your eyes are a lot younger than mine.And then if you are quick enough to clutch it, and kill it, it will take at least another 117 revolutions, or more, for the engine to come to a stop. If you hesitate for just 1 second, now we are up to 351 babbit pounding revolutions. But if the bearing has spun, which is typical, then it has been pounding steel on steel. So here's a challenge, go out to your garage and find the biggest hammer in the tool box, and go smack your anvil as hard as you can for 350 smacks. See what I mean?
So what good is it to know what your oil-pressure is, by this time.
I built my engine to last, and it has gone 100,000 plus miles and was installed in 99, and running down the road in September of that year.I'm nobody special, anybody can build a street engine like this.
But if you have made up your mind to put some gauges on the cowl, there are some pretty good tips here!
