title says it all. anyone have pics? i currently have a 4inch cowl with gauge under it and i dont like it. any ideas or tips, shoot em!

 

Remove it completely. I've had hood mounted gauges and found them to be useless.

 

title says it all.

 

What do you want?

If you don't like it under the cowl, move it, its that simple.

But I agree with Alky, pretty tough to read when you are blasting down the track.

 

Get the electronic version with sender and run the gauge inside on the pillar. Pressure gauge always comes in handy IMO. I have the autometer elect and it works great!

 

i wanted to see if anyone had them mounted on the outside of hood (shoulda clearified that). wanted to know how and what bracketry was used to obtain the right "setting" on the hood

 

the electric ones are pretty pricey.

 

The same way as yours is now probably.

With one of these,

http://www.autometer.com/cat_mountsd...50&mid=10&pg=0

Electric is pricey, but the only way to get a high pressure gauge in the car.

 

Mech gauge + isolator works just as good, if not better...

 

Agreed, in a carb or TBI set up thats the way to go.

Unfotunaltly they don't make one for high pressure, that I have seen, but it appears the OP is carbed anyway.

I have heard the electic ones for EFI have a bad track record in terms of accuracy.

 

They do, I think autometer discontinued the large red isolator, they only offer the gold colored small one, which is rated well above normal fuel pressure. I am running a mech gauge in my camaro.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/atm-5412/overview/

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/atm-5282

 

Cool! I had not seen the new isolator, was thinking of the red one.

 

You wanted ideas and tips in the first post. I suggested to remove it and you didn't like my suggestion.

As mentioned above, it's better and easier to use an isolator to mount the gauge inside the car. Also as mentioned above, it's very hard to see the outside gauge while going down the track. It's hard to look at just about any gauge going down the track. That's why I now use a data logger to record stuff using transducers.

When I had a fuel pressure gauge on the hood, I made a custom bracket to hold it. The bracket was mounted under the cowl so the gauge never moved when the hood was opened. That way I could look at the gauge while behind the wheel when the hood was opened.

 

Can the fuel line be ran with rubber hosing?

 

Not if you want to pass tech.

 

I won't have to worry about it blowing out? Just to get car running then goin to braided line

 

Not on a carb set up. There is high pressure hose to, factory tpi even has some rubber.
But if tech won't pass, it's probably a good idea to go braided, or hardline when and where possible.

 

OEM rubber line for TBI or TPI systems isn't the same as generic rubber hose. Even if you bought rubber "fuel line" you're only allowed to use no more than 12" total in the system. Short pieces used to join two hard lines etc not counting the factory EFI hoses.

I wouldn't even recommend plumbing the entire car with steel braided hose. From the tank at the rear to the front should still be mostly a hard line. Under the hood is a little different and a few feet of steel braid is acceptable. To and from pressure regulators and to carb float bowls etc.

 

Thank u alky that's good info to know