Pyrometers

I have a VDO one for my GQ... Sittin in the other room, its going to go in a Dashpod with the Boost Guage, and Oil Pressure Guage....

You can remove the dashpod later if you dont like it there, but only other options are boring holes in the dasy to bolt up dodgey brackets...

What the #@%k does a pyrometer do ??
I assume "pyro" is latin for heat or temperature.

Got mine a couple of weeks ago at:

http://www.unlimitedspeed.com/
click on Autometer, then
2-1/16" and 2-5/8" ULTRA-LITE FULL SWEEP Electrical Gauges

ask for Scotty if you are dealing with them.

Cost me US$116 + $US8 freight + $US10 I sent to my mate in the US to forward it on to me. No-one I could find over there would freight to Australia.

So, for just over $200 I landed a full kit, guage and sensor. Price them at Autobarn, they are $200 for the guage and $300+ for the type K sensor.

Fitted it easily in an 80 series, but then again, I bored out a 50mm hole in a blank switch pod that exists between the radio and steering column, so it is pretty well permanent now.

Installed easily and looks good. I had only recently had a 3" exhaust put on the car and the guys who fitted that dropped it out again and put the weld nut on for free, which I was happy with.

Pics of the pyro after installed at:

http://au.photos.yahoo.com/cruiserpics

You can do a search for autometer and 4344 on google. A few places have the kit for about $US110.

Beware that if you get one, when you turn the ignition off, the needle points vertically down, not at zero as I would have expected. I contacted autometer and they said this is normal. The australian distributer is:

http://www.rocket.au.com/

I also looked at the Isspro guages, but decided the Autometer ones looked better.