trans temp gauge...

[13's or bust]

does anyone have one and if so where do put the sender into the trans? i was told its right under the crossover pipe but idk. does someone have some input for me before i buy it.

[90GTZHO]

The last time i did a trans temp sending unit, i put it in the side of the panso it could read the temp of the fluid in the pan, closest to the trans. I have heard of people using some kind of "tee" fitting to install the unit on the line that goes to the radiator. I know on the 4T60E's the pan isnt really that deep to install a sensor so i would look into a tee fitting right off the trans on the outlet line to the cooler.

[13's or bust]

yea i should of said 4t60e, but i have a aftermarket trans cooler. i suppose i could just ghetto rig it to read the temp before the trans line on the trans itself. yea the pan is not deep at all lol, thats what my dad says to put it until he looked under there lol. but i was told there was something right on top for a stock one, i dont think he was correct, he also thought a 4t60e and 4t65ehd is the same trans, essentially looks the same minus the vacuum modulator but idk, i think hes wrong. but any inputs?

[3X00-Modified]

The port thats on the top can only be used as a pressure port... Thats what I'm using it for.

For a temp gauge to work properly you need to drill a hole in your trans pan and install a bung to put the sensor in.

I use my factory sensor that displays a temp through the computer so with DHP or scanning equipment you don't need the gauge, its not really necessary anyways.

[13's or bust]

So I wont really need the gauge? I have a cuatom pod on the plastic overlay for the cluster. I have narrowband a/f for.now, and was gonna fill the otger 2 holes with a shiftlight and the trans temp. What should I run for the 2gauge than?i thought about a aeroforce scan gauge but too expensive at this point in time.

[3X00-Modified]

Well it depends on what you are doing with the car... It reality the extra gauges are useless to you since the narrowband read out is pretty much useless to begin with... I have wideband A/F and fuel pressure... both very vital for running nitrous, and I will soon be adding a flat digital readout for the bottle pressure. I would also like to see my trans pressure but I may just mount that gauge under the hood since the only time you should check that pressure is when your testing it and you need to be under the hood to do the test procedure with the VAC Modulator.

But since you have a pretty gauge currently and thats all its good for, then I would recommend saving the money and putting in the Aeroforce scan gauge, that would then open up much more as far as seeing the values the ECM is putting out... including trans temp without having to get a OBDII scanning setup.

[13's or bust]

yea i wish i could afford the aerofroce scan gauge. but i cant, and yea the narrowband is a play pretty the trans temp gauge is a lil bit more serious. i want to run the wideband and aeroforce but the aeroforce can read the air fuel ratio straight from the ecm, but idk which one it reads, the front or the rear, even though shouldnt the rear read the same as the front? i wish i could afford hp/dhp tuner i cant remember which one you have, but i like reading all the gauges on different windows like you had. im not too familiar with the aeroforce idk if you can playback your last run, and i know you could read at least 2 different things on the gauge. im also hoping, i can send out the ecm soon for the multec 2 injectors in like a month or so and also im really really hoping you can datalog my car at bfest. i want the car running good so maybe i could knock on the door of 14's with stock trans this year, next year 3.69's 2363 stall and maybe a lsd

[3X00-Modified]

We don't have widebands in our cars at all so aeroforce or not you will still not be getting a usable a/f reading. That is why you need to add a wideband. Only some new cars come with a wideband an its the front sensor that is one, and even then most don't trust them and still install an aftermarket version. The a/f reading in our ecm is a optimal target and just used as a multiplier in later calculations such as time in power enrichment adjustments, it gives it a percentage base to work with.

[13's or bust]

unaware of that. so i could use the aeroforce but ill still need a wideband for tuning purposes. so 450 in gauges lol. i still wanna use the trans temp and shiftlight. i think imma buy a 2 gauge pod for the pillar. got another gauge i should buy? so it could be 4 gauges plus shiftlight.

[Slinky]

I got oil temp, trans temp, and aem wideband in my triple piller pod, im glad i saw this thread but i hate that i have to piece together fittings to put the trans temp in the trans line because theres no way im drilling into my freshly rebuilt trans

[3X00-Modified]

Why are you wasting your money on a shift light... YOU HAVE AN AUTO! You ALWAYS need a wideband if you want to do any tuning, no questions about it. I need to buy one for my legacy soon since I'm doing headers/up pipe, and a down pipe and going to be pushing 20PSI

and slinky where in the hell did you find a 3 pod pillar? they don't make them for our cars.

Why on earth do you need an oil temp gauge?

[13's or bust]

Shift light I got for free lol, so I figured I would use it. Idk I guess it is kinda ricer. Wideband ok, Ill get one.

And 20psi, those suby engines scare me lol, but yet again so did my motor lol. Until I tore in to it lol, yours is the all black one aint it? I read red cars replacement or something

Yea triple gauge pod where? Lol.

[3X00-Modified]

Yes, It's a black Legacy GT with black leather interior. Stock is 13psi peak on the boost, I'm currently at 16psi.

[13's or bust]

beast lol, how fat is that car lol.

[3X00-Modified]

3300-3450 but its still faster than the pink car off the juice... I'm willing to bet it will run a mid 13 if not high 13 sec as it sits... and thats with me having no idea how to launch a AWD stick... LOL

I did however get this car to replace my DD so I need to keep it reasonable... and I figured stoping at stage two which could be around 260-275awhp will be sufficent.