Oil Pressure Gauge

[solidONE]

Originally Posted by Shutter

Hows the airflow with that setup? I'm debating putting a gauge in that spot, but just concerned about airflow

Originally Posted by solidONE

It's not good, but not terrible. I'm sure a 60mm pod would be a bit worse.

Its actually pretty horrible, but it still flows air. lol

Originally Posted by FRS Johnny

Where are you guys hooking up the oil temp and pressure sensors? I have an oil cooler and was thinking about buying a sandwich plate to go on top of the oil cooler one..

As mentioned there is a specific oil galley plug at the front/top of the block along with a part from subaru that allows for fitment of a pressure sensor (1/8 BSPT thread).

[FRS Johnny]

Originally Posted by solidONE

Its actually pretty horrible, but it still flows air. lol



As mentioned there is a specific oil galley plug at the front/top of the block along with a part from subaru that allows for fitment of a pressure sensor (1/8 BSPT thread).

Is there a picture of this spot? If this place can be used for oil pressure, is there another one for the temp?

[solidONE]

Originally Posted by FRS Johnny

Is there a picture of this spot? If this place can be used for oil pressure, is there another one for the temp?

Ask and ye shall receive.

Here are some photos of the previous set up I installed then uninstalled with a larger oil pressure sender that required it to be relocated, the Subaru galley plug, and a hose to relocate the oil pressure sender.




Gally plug installed into the block:


Original plug vs galley plug with 1/8 BSPT thread fitting:


My prosport setup using the prosport galley plug (1/8 NPT) and the more compact "premium" sender did not require relocation, but is a very tight fit right on top of the galley plug. did not take pics tho.

I'm sure you can rig up some connections to the galley plug for both a temp sensor and a oil sender pretty easily.

Edit: Prosport sender and galley plug. Nice and tidy.

[FRS Johnny]

Originally Posted by solidONE

Ask and ye shall receive.

Here are some photos of the previous set up I installed then uninstalled with a larger oil pressure sender that required it to be relocated, the Subaru galley plug, and a hose to relocate the oil pressure sender.




Gally plug installed into the block:


Original plug vs galley plug with 1/8 BSPT thread fitting:


My prosport setup using the prosport galley plug (1/8 NPT) and the more compact "premium" sender did not require relocation, but is a very tight fit right on top of the galley plug. did not take pics tho.

I'm sure you can rig up some connections to the galley plug for both a temp sensor and a oil sender pretty easily.

Edit: Prosport sender and galley plug. Nice and tidy.

Awesome! I will try this out! Hopefully there is enough room there since I have the full blown kit on. I'll get around to this when I do the clutch install. Thank you!

[boomslang]

Originally Posted by stevesnj

@boomslang are those TRD gauges?

They are Spek gauges

[Capt Spaulding]

Lunatic's set up is the dog's danglies. It would be very cool if some enterprising fabricator would design and market one just like it for 52 and 60 mm gages. I'd love to slip a set of defi oil pressure, and oil and water temps into one of those. I don't track the car, and this would be perfect.

[curtdragon]

If your gauge needs illumination where did you tap into it?

[_gt86_user]

Originally Posted by curtdragon

If your gauge needs illumination where did you tap into it?

I just followed rallysportdirect instructions on installing the Defi boost gauge with ATI vent pod. Go on the website it has step by step with pics, the rest is just plug and play so you can just use the spots they tapped with.

[curtdragon]

It didn't have anything about illumination. It just skipped that completely

[_gt86_user]

Originally Posted by curtdragon

It didn't have anything about illumination. It just skipped that completely

"For the illumination I used the solid purple wire going to the dimmer switch, this will connect to the white wire from the Defi gauge."

I think you were scrolling too fast buddy.

[curtdragon]

Guess so. The way they had it worded

[solidONE]

^ you can always use a fuse tap if you're uncomfortable with splicing into your harness. Which is exactly what I did.

[curtdragon]

Yeah I'm gonna use a tap though I have no issue splicing

[srscion]

Originally Posted by Lunatic

I made a gauge pod out of aluminum and installed three 2 1/16" gauges. Oil Pressure, Boost, and Tranny Temp. Mine works really well except it's scary how low oil pressure gets at idle.

Do you have a problem with the accuracy of that oil pressure gauge. I have the same gauge and my oil pressure has always read lower than other people that have different brands of oil pressure gauges. Its possible the sensor is ruined because the startup oil pressure exceeds the limit of the gauge and its sensor.