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Placement for CHT guage?
Has anyone modified their oil level guage (that nobody seems to use) to serve as either a CHT guage or a voltmeter? I would think that either would be much more useful than the oil level guage. I'm just consitering places to put a CHT guage and this seems to be the best for at least a stock look in an early 911.
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12-22-2003, 05:07 AM
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I use my oil level gauge every time I drive the car. I replaced the clock that I never looked at with a CHT gauge.
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12-22-2003, 07:08 AM
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Rob,
I consitered that but since my clock actually works and this isn't a racecar (a sunny day driver) I'd like to keep my clock.
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12-22-2003, 07:29 AM
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whoa! your clock works!?! Lucky B@&t@rd! Truth be told, mine works to, it keeps perfect time... in some alternate universe.
forgive my ignorance but, What is CHT?
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12-22-2003, 07:35 AM
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What is it?
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12-22-2003, 07:37 AM
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A CHT is a cylinder head temperature guage. After killing my old truck by over heating and my 911 by overheating I'm pretty paranoid about loosing my fan belt.
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12-22-2003, 07:39 AM
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Can someone tell us how much they cost, and where do you mount the sensor? I'd (most likely) put an auxillary gauge in my car (and include a few other gauges) instead of replacing the oil level...
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12-22-2003, 07:47 AM
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I saw a dual CHT gauge on westach.com
They make gauges for aircraft and have a lot of combination gauges. I have their A/F meter that was resold by CB Performance. You could use the Oil level gauge if you can get a sender to match the gauge. You could probably repaint the scale on the face. The gauge should just be an Ohm meter it reads the variable resistance. I learned a technique off the VDO site to check the resistance limits of the gauge. I did it for my oil pressure gauge. (I am planning to use the oil pressure gauge temporarily to watch my fuel Control Pressure for testing.) I found a universal sender that matched the scale and Ohm range for the gauge. I'm pretty sure it works the same for the tempature gauge A varible resistor.
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12-22-2003, 08:08 AM
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I believe most people put them on the intake studs and they cost between $80-$100. Pelican has them along with that "shiny" catalog.
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12-22-2003, 08:08 AM
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How about just a big light?
I've seen that somewhere.
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12-22-2003, 08:15 AM
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I had this mounted on the console. It is a gauge that I had to monitor constantly in mountain areas, or comming into lala land on I-5 from the north hills in 5th at 65mph, or above 4k rpm in desert heat in 5th gear, etc.
Otherwise not necessary for routine low end street driving. 
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1973 Porsche 911 2.4 MFI
1976 Porsche 911 S '79 3.0
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