I have a Vapour Pressure / Mechanical gauge and thermostat housing, that I moved from car to car each time I moved the supercharger, because it read up to 120 degrees and the extra heat generated by supercharging often raised the water temperature well over 100
With the demise of my old Shorrock, I thought that it might be interesting to know the oil temperature, but I haven't been able to decide whether I should take the sump temperature, the compressed temperature before the oil cooler or the cooled oil temperature, any of which will need the adapter that is firmly corroded into the thermostat housing.
I have an oil temp sensor in the drain plug; one of these: https://www.qspprodu...ch-qsp-products
You forfeit the magnet, but theres kits to install one at the back of the block as well.
