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Toppa

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Where to install my oilpressure gauge?
« on: October 25, 2016, 07:14:22 AM »
Hey folks,

where do you install your external oilpressure gauge? easiest place ?

same question for a RPM gauge and oil temp. RPM @ distributor? Oiltemp @ oilpan?

sorry for asking easy questions, but im still a 25year old rookie^^

Drew Pojedinec

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Re: Where to install my oilpressure gauge?
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2016, 09:27:52 AM »
Oil temp at pan.
Oil PSI gauge at filter head.

I have a T at that location, so I can run the oil switch for my fuel pump and a mechanical gauge.
Hole should be 1/4inch NPT.  I run -4 JIC Stainless steel braided hose into the gauge.

Good luck
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Re: Where to install my oilpressure gauge?
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2016, 10:48:03 AM »
Back when these engines were new Ford had an oil filter adapter on some 427's that had 2 ports, one for the oil pressure sender and one for an oil temp sender. The originals are rare and expensive. Here's a picture ( not my part, picture from ebay ):



There are FE parts suppliers that make modern copies of the dual port oil filter adapter, here's a link to one:

http://stores.precisionoilpumps.com/fe-ford-390-427-428-billet-oil-filter-adaptor-dual-port/

And nothing wrong with doing a "T" fitting like Drew posted, that's also probably the least expensive method. Common for race cars to weld a fitting or bung to the oil pan for the oil temp sender, but you can do it from the oil filter adapter or T fitting also, especially if you are using an electric gauge with a compact sending unit. 

I think most aftermarket tachometers run a wire to the negative side of the coil to pick up a rpm signal. If you run an aftermarket ignition system, like a MSD, they usually have a "tach" output connection on the box. Factory Ford installed tachs use a different system.
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Re: Where to install my oilpressure gauge?
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2016, 04:06:37 AM »
awesome informations, thanks guys!