Chris: I'm not certain. I'd like to, but I have to put in a new radiator (it hit 220 the other day, when the air temp had only reached 80 - it will become undriveable during the summer, if I can't take it out when the temp is higher than 80). A new transmission is also on the list, mine having 100k+ miles, and beginning to leak significantly. And then there's the engine swap (probably delayed until the winter, with the other expenses, but the new gears should be an improvement, even with my current engine).
Plus, I'm not sure how well the TPI would flow, with the engine displacement increase. I've started a new thread on the subject,
here.
I think of this car as my "test mule," to some extent. I'm messing around, learning how it all works, and making any mistakes now, to hopefully make the next project go smoother.
That one will definitely be an EFI car, if for no other reason than the power increase.
In either case, if using a single temp guage with a rotary switch would work, then I could put my oil, transmission, and water temp all in the clock hole, and fuel pressure could go where the temp guage currently is.
Thinking about it, the three temps could share a guage face, and I could mount three small bi-color LED's. A bit of fancy wiring (I know some electrical engineers who could help me in the design department), and I could have the light turn red if the temp exceeded some set number, so I'd know to switch to that reading, and go green (or orange, if the current temp is the one that is over the line) as I scroll through the three sensors, so I'd know which one I was looking at.
I'm liking this idea. Going to have to do a bit of thinking, and see how much of the wiring I can figure out, for myself. If I got an extra clock bezel (with the knob), I could do the same thing for the second top hole, and put both oil pressure and fuel pressure on one guage.
Maybe not for this car, but the next one is going to need some more readouts. I want to stay fairly close to stock on the interior, so this might be the way to go...
Oh, and I think a cool place for the alarm LED (or check-engine light, for those with EFI) would be the un-used idiot light space, directly under the "fasten seat belts" light.
Joe
