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| | | | Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 54 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 54 | I'm building a 57 Cameo and want to use stock gauges. I'm using a 96 Corvette engine. How do I get the gas gauge to work right?
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regmudd | | | | | Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 | what engine you use has zero effect on how the gas gauge works - if you have a stock tank, sender and gauge, just wire it up as original
Bill | | | | | Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 54 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 54 | It's not a stock tank as the Corvette engine needs more fuel pressure so I was likely going to use tha Corvette tank, sending unit, etc. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 | the particular tank has nothing to do with fuel pressure, that's the fuel pumps job, but if you prefer using a non-original tank, you need to find a sender for it that's 30 ohms [generic sender], which is what the original gauge requires, the vette one will be 90 ohms or more
Bill | | | | | Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 54 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 54 | Where do you get the sender that's 30 ohms?
regmudd | | | | | Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 | check around your FLAPS, one of them will have universal senders in all the usual values - look like this, adjustable for the depth of the tank Bill | | | | | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,100 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,100 | Hy regmudd, I would use the stock fuel tank and buy an external high pressure pump to run the fuel injection. You will have to install a return line into the tank, I think there is enough room on the sending unit flange to drill and tap it for a 1/8" n.p.t. connection, and then use whatever fittings that are appropriate to install the return line, hope that helps. | | |
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