Mechanical Water Temp Gauge On Ls

Ict billet ls engine swap m12 1 5 adapter to 3 8 npt extended length coolant temperature sensor adapter water ls engine swap ls1 ls3 ls2 lq4 lq9 ls6 l92 l99 l33 lr4 551179l.

Mechanical water temp gauge on ls.

Jr og13 king. Joined dec 2 2001 7 883 posts. To install a mechanical gauge. What did you do.

The ls engines were introduced in the 97 corvette and followed in the 98. It will be best to drill and tap with the motor on the floor out of the car. Water temp gauge adapter. For water temperature there is a port located on the right side passenger side.

The oil pressure trick is what i used on my swap however i went a different route on the mechanical coolant gauge. You could also drill a hole in the water pump boss right on top by the water neck. Jump to latest follow. Discussion starter 1 jul 5 2011.

Since older mechanical coolant gauges use a 1 2 pipe thread sender there is no adapter that works on the ls engines with their tiny metric threaded holes in the cylinder heads. So how did you guys implement this as its kicking my my mechanical gauge uses a 1 2 npt which does not fit anywhere on the lsx. Which uses a permanent capillary tube. Due to the small size of this port you will not be able to use a mechanical temp gauge without drilling and tapping the head.

People also typically use russel fitting adapters with this. 1 of 2 go to page. Discussion starter 1 dec 22 2009. You can but you will have to tap the head to a larger thread size.

Fuel system for the fuel system when doing an ls swap the most common approach is to use a c5 corvette fuel pressure regulator along with an electric fuel pump that has adequate flow such as the walbro 255. Mechanical water temp gauge on ls motor. These electronic gauges and senders can be wired into your ls wiring harness. Jump to latest follow 1 20 of 29 posts.

Autometer adapter 2277 threads right into place here to get you a proper 1 8 npt port. On the back of the passenger s side cylinder head there is an m12x1 5 port. Also the stock water temp sender in the drivers side head what aftermarket gauges work with. An electric gauge is definitely the way to go here.

4 8l 5 3l 5 7l ls 1 version only 6 0l ls1 ls2 ls3 ls4 ls7 ls9 engines. Get it as soon as wed sep 30. 4 6 out of 5 stars 79. The holes in the lsx series heads use an adapter for the smaller electric sending unit.

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