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Old 01-27-2012, 07:47 PM
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Thinking about buying a triple pillar pod ... What would be the best 3 things that you would want to monitor? Besides the ones you already have on your dash. Also is it hard to hook them up?
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Trams temp gauge , better oil pressure gauge, better coolant temp gauge , my vote
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Originally Posted by 19905.0-123
Trams temp gauge , better oil pressure gauge, better coolant temp gauge , my vote
I agree 100%
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I can do the pillar and gauges myself but is it hard actually hooking them up to the trans and etc.. And can you do a rear end temp?. Also i did not realize how much gauges were does anyone know a good website for cheap gauges

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Haha. Funny thing is, when i read your last post and looked at the advertisement on top it was the company I was going to recommend. For cheap, work most if the time gauges, you could run glowshift. Prosport is another good cheap company. If you could scrape the extra 5-10 extra per gauge I would do prosport
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Thanks I'll look into those ... Still wondering how much of a job it is to install a trams temp and oil press. Etc... Do you have to drill into a spot and make threads on it and screw the temp thing into it?
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Trans temp I wouldn't know for sure. Never ran it, so i never messed with it. As for oil pressure there are adapters for making an extremely easy install.
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Trans temp is easy pull the pan off drill it and mount the sensor put cover back on and fill it up
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I have trans temp, diff temp, and volts. I have Mag tech diff cover and trans pan so mine was easy.
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So I'm guessing most of it is drilling into something and making threads on it for the sensor to screw in?


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