Oil Pressure & Water Temp Gauge Install with Custom Cubby Hole Plate

SPOHN · 08-13-2011, 11:16 PM

Well after a couple of weeks I finally got my Oil Pressure and Water Temp gauge installed. Now I have a peace of mind having a oil pressure gauge and a better accurate water temp gauge. I'd like to give thanks to Forged Performance and Z1 Motorsports for for my parts and suggestion on the install. So nice to have two great shops in one state.

I will have video up tomorrow.

I chose the AEM gauges due to great cost and being a reputable company.

Also you will notice the one off custom cubby hole plate I made. Also had it powder coated in wrinkle black by Mike (THEPOWDERCOATER.COM). Thanks for the suggestion and work.

Oil Pressure Setup

Most might have seen spearfish25 oil pressure setup (DIY: Oil Pressure Gauge). First thanks for the great DIY. Made it so easy.

But so far as the mounting of the sensor I went a different route (more expensive though). I bought a Greddy sandwich plate that is stacked on to my already GTM thermostat plate. Even though I got this I still had to purchase a BSPT male to NPT female adapter from Autometer to make them work together ben that the Greddy (Japan are BSPT threads) and AEM ( US are NPT threads). Will see in pics below.

Water Temp Gauge

My DIY
DIY-Water Temp Gauge

Water temp gauge is pretty cool addition for it's defiantly more accurate than the stock one. I bought it due to I thought it would be more funtion along with having two gauges in the cubby hole giving that overall look.

SPOHN · 08-14-2011, 12:37 AM

SPOHN · 08-14-2011, 07:08 PM

Enjoy. I really hate recording myself.

FLORIDA370Z · 08-14-2011, 07:17 PM

thats cool...what i did was installed a custom touchscreen in my cubby....which is the display for my nav and also my car pc as well as I have the program that i installed on the car pc that is linked to my cars ECM computer which 6 digital gauges are displayed on it which read out everything the car is doing....was expensive but is cool as hell....

SPOHN · 08-14-2011, 07:38 PM

You have any pics of the six gauges displayed? I bet that is pretty cool. I'm thinking of also getting the gauge scan tool also.

Boost_lee · 08-14-2011, 07:47 PM

embedded

SPOHN · 08-14-2011, 07:57 PM

Thanks and repped.

Surprised more of you guys aren't making comments. Hope it's not that bad.

SunsetZ · 05-10-2014, 05:06 PM

Why are none of the pics or videos available? Does YouTube delete videos after a period of time?

Corsairprime · 05-13-2015, 11:49 AM

Here's a short video of my autometer elite gauges I installed in the center cubby. The left side is water temp and the right is oil pressure. Enjoy the video.

08-13-2011, 11:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
SPOHN A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Covington, GA Age: 46 Posts: 14,844 Drives: Waiting on next Z Rep Power: 221	Oil Pressure & Water Temp Gauge Install with Custom Cubby Hole Plate Well after a couple of weeks I finally got my Oil Pressure and Water Temp gauge installed. Now I have a peace of mind having a oil pressure gauge and a better accurate water temp gauge. I'd like to give thanks to Forged Performance and Z1 Motorsports for for my parts and suggestion on the install. So nice to have two great shops in one state. I will have video up tomorrow. I chose the AEM gauges due to great cost and being a reputable company. Also you will notice the one off custom cubby hole plate I made. Also had it powder coated in wrinkle black by Mike (THEPOWDERCOATER.COM). Thanks for the suggestion and work. Oil Pressure Setup Most might have seen spearfish25 oil pressure setup (DIY: Oil Pressure Gauge). First thanks for the great DIY. Made it so easy. But so far as the mounting of the sensor I went a different route (more expensive though). I bought a Greddy sandwich plate that is stacked on to my already GTM thermostat plate. Even though I got this I still had to purchase a BSPT male to NPT female adapter from Autometer to make them work together ben that the Greddy (Japan are BSPT threads) and AEM ( US are NPT threads). Will see in pics below. Water Temp Gauge My DIY DIY-Water Temp Gauge Water temp gauge is pretty cool addition for it's defiantly more accurate than the stock one. I bought it due to I thought it would be more funtion along with having two gauges in the cubby hole giving that overall look. __________________

08-14-2011, 12:37 AM	#2 (permalink)
SPOHN A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Covington, GA Age: 46 Posts: 14,844 Drives: Waiting on next Z Rep Power: 221	__________________

08-14-2011, 07:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
SPOHN A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Covington, GA Age: 46 Posts: 14,844 Drives: Waiting on next Z Rep Power: 221	Video Enjoy. I really hate recording myself. __________________ Last edited by SPOHN; 08-14-2011 at 08:12 PM.

08-14-2011, 07:38 PM	#5 (permalink)
SPOHN A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Covington, GA Age: 46 Posts: 14,844 Drives: Waiting on next Z Rep Power: 221	You have any pics of the six gauges displayed? I bet that is pretty cool. I'm thinking of also getting the gauge scan tool also. __________________

08-14-2011, 07:47 PM	#6 (permalink)
Boost_lee A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: SATX Posts: 2,813 Drives: 09 370Z TT 6MT Rep Power: 29	embedded __________________ My TT Z

08-14-2011, 07:17 PM	#4 (permalink)
FLORIDA370Z Base Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Florida Posts: 33 Drives: 2011 370Z Black 6spd Rep Power: 14	thats cool...what i did was installed a custom touchscreen in my cubby....which is the display for my nav and also my car pc as well as I have the program that i installed on the car pc that is linked to my cars ECM computer which 6 digital gauges are displayed on it which read out everything the car is doing....was expensive but is cool as hell....

08-14-2011, 07:57 PM	#7 (permalink)
SPOHN A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Covington, GA Age: 46 Posts: 14,844 Drives: Waiting on next Z Rep Power: 221	Thanks and repped. Surprised more of you guys aren't making comments. Hope it's not that bad. __________________ Last edited by SPOHN; 08-15-2011 at 05:13 PM.

05-10-2014, 05:06 PM	#8 (permalink)
SunsetZ Base Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Orlando Posts: 70 Drives: on the edge Rep Power: 12	Why are none of the pics or videos available? Does YouTube delete videos after a period of time? __________________ 2014 370Z 6MT Sport Midnight Blue 2013 GT-R Aurora Flare Blue Pearl

05-13-2015, 11:49 AM	#9 (permalink)
Corsairprime Base Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Frisco, TX Posts: 215 Drives: 14 370Z Nismo GM 6MT Rep Power: 3545	My Autometer Elite Gauges in the Cubby Here's a short video of my autometer elite gauges I installed in the center cubby. The left side is water temp and the right is oil pressure. Enjoy the video. __________________ Corsairprime 2014 Nismo #462, GunMetal Grey, GT-R Start Button, AAM S-Line/R-Line intake and S-Line exhaust, Berk HFCs, Osiris Tuned at JoTech

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