Temp Gauge Sending Unit Location on Edelbrock SP2P-318 Intake?

[fadingfastsd]

Hey guys,

I've got a Edelbrock aluminum SP2P-318 intake on my 318 in my cuda.
I have a Summit Racing temp gauge, and I'm wondering how I can use the temp sender with this intake.

The sender is about 2" long or so, and I've tried to fit it into this hole next to the radiator hose inlet on the intake (marked in red in the picture), but the sender is too long to thread in!

So am I missing something, is there some other way to use this sender and this intake?

Thanks for the help!

Evan

 

[redfastback]

Hey guys,

I've got a Edelbrock aluminum SP2P-318 intake on my 318 in my cuda.
I have a Summit Racing temp gauge, and I'm wondering how I can use the temp sender with this intake.

The sender is about 2" long or so, and I've tried to fit it into this hole next to the radiator hose inlet on the intake (marked in red in the picture), but the sender is too long to thread in!

So am I missing something, is there some other way to use this sender and this intake?

Thanks for the help!

Evan

You should have an adaptor with it that the sender screws into. It should have a tapered inside so the sender can seal against it.

 

[fadingfastsd]

Thanks Red.
The sender did come with a threaded adapter, but it is too large for the hole on the intake.

Any other ideas or locations I could tap the sender into?

Thanks!

 

[70Swinger510]

you can tap into the radiator.. thats what i had to do on my sending unit =(

 

[fadingfastsd]

Swinger, how did you actually tap into the radiator?
Do you have any pictures?

 

[fadingfastsd]

Ok I figured it out.
Went down to Home Depot and got some adapters in the plumbing pipe section.

Noticed it takes awhile for it to register temperature though?
But it does seem to work.

What is normal operating temperature on a 318?

Heres a couple pics.

 

[tekslk]

Ok I figured it out.
Went down to Home Depot and got some adapters in the plumbing pipe section.

Noticed it takes awhile for it to register temperature though?
But it does seem to work.

What is normal operating temperature on a 318?

Heres a couple pics.

What is that adapter called cause I need one also?

 

[tekslk]

What is that adapter called cause I need one also?

Normal temp would be 160 to 175 if you have a late model 205 would be ok.

 

[tekslk]

Hey guys,

I've got a Edelbrock aluminum SP2P-318 intake on my 318 in my cuda.
I have a Summit Racing temp gauge, and I'm wondering how I can use the temp sender with this intake.

The sender is about 2" long or so, and I've tried to fit it into this hole next to the radiator hose inlet on the intake (marked in red in the picture), but the sender is too long to thread in!

So am I missing something, is there some other way to use this sender and this intake?

Thanks for the help!

Evan

good job did you have to use a carb adapter also