dmhenderson's Nismo '12 GTM supercharged build thread where I freak out a lot

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Originally Posted by dmhenderson

So one last time: How important is it for me to have an oil pressure gauge? There really isn't a good place to mount one but several people have told me I'm insane not to have one.

How common are burst hoses? I would need to know sooner rather than later as I would have to order yet another gauge and figure out a place to mount the AFR gauge (I guess)

Oil pressure is nice, but I wouldn't say necessary. Your car has a dumby light that would go off if you lost oil pressure (Read, if light goes off shut car down immediately). Even in the event that you did lose all oil, for some unknown reason, you'd have to be watching the gauge to notice.