New Gauges

Hey fella's,

Im looking at buying some new autometer or speco (depending on price) gauges and i was wondering what ones i need. There are Mechanical and Electric ones. I just want a oil,water & volts for my 2LT MKII. What do i need, Mechanical or Electric?

Cheers Rhys

mechanical are better to me, because they work even without the ignition turned on. but electric are easier to hide and instal. mechanical need to run a feed from what your measuring. so if your measuring oil pressure, u need to run a pipe from were you T piece into the oil system to the guage. the same with the water temp.

electric you instal the sender unit, and then run a wire or two.

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these look sick, and dont look too bad on price.

i was assuming that you wouldn't use the plastic line supplied. its crap. braided lines and earl's fittings all the way.

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Originally posted by The Outsider

mechanical can not be mounted inside for safety reasons.

check rta guidelines, probably something on the website about it.

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The standard RS dash oil gauge is mechanical - it is mounted inside the car......I would check the RTA guidelines with respect to blocking view etc
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