On Wed, 2 May 2001 WSpohn4@aol.com wrote:
I'm still upset that MG went with rollup windows.
And then in a few years they went from mech tach to electronic.
An electric oil pressure guage was the next logical sell out.
>
> Rick - I agree that the Bourdon tube gauges with direct connection by
> suitably sized tubing make me feel better than the electric versions. The
> stock gauges supplied by such as Smiths normally have way too small capillary
> tube (I like size 3 or 4 braided Teflon hose) to register quickly enough - by
> the time you see a pressure drop you have already been without oil for enough
> time, perhaps in a long curve, to do damage.
>
> And I have to ask what your 7700 rpm 100 psi sports car is. It sounds too
> much like my Lamborghini in terms of rpm and pressure to be a coincidence,
> but the Islero has an electric, not mechanical gauge - I just spent some time
> finding a 10 Bar gauge as a replacement.
>
> Bill S.
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