So I noticed that Craven Speed now makes an Oil adapter for getting oil pressure/temp. I did have a couple of questions though. Given the choice between pressure and temp, I believe I would rather have temp (I track my car a lot). However, I thought the place that you want to be monitoring oil temp from would be the drain pan. Is measuring the oil temp as it comes out of the block that effective? would you just have to mentally adjust what a normal temp would be?

I am also open to opinions as to which is better, temp or pressure. I know with low oil pressure you will cook an engine pretty quickly, I would also assume there is an idiot light for this on the R56.

 

I think I'd want both, actually.

 

Me too. That just doesn't seem to be an option with this setup. I thought about bringing an oil line out to a small manifold, I just didn't think the temp would be accurate if it was not flowing through the line. i.e. the line would dead end into the manifold, which would allow for oil pressure, the temp just wouldn't work.

Maybe I should just use this adapter for the pressure, and then later on drop the pan and add a bung for the temp........

 

The adapter is there to pick up oil pressure, not temp.

Temp should be measured in the pan.



You should have both gauges.

 

I am using the Craven adapter on the head for pressure, remoted w/ teflon steel braided line, and a oil pan sender from MiniAutoParts for temp. Agreed, did not think end of line tap is good to monitor oil temp changes. Also if had to only have one guage (I have 4) I would go w/ oil pressure over temp. If you are tracking a lot, you want to know ASAP if your pressure drops, but the idiot lights, as bad as they are, will let you know when water temp gets too high which actually reflects temp changes faster than oil. I think you can live w/ over temps better than loss of pressure which needs shutdown NOW compared to over heat which can take a little more abuse before catastrophic events that will happen with loss of oil pressure. ( Unless you believe those TV commercials on running with no oil all day at a track because of some special oil additive)!!!! LOL

 

This will actually be my third gauge. I currently have water temp and boost. How does your oil pan temp gauge install? Did you drop the pan and tap it?