1997 GSX - DD, RR, and 11's.

[Kracka]

Those door moldings look good as long as you have the matching Talon bumpers. Otherwise they look out of place.
Agreed. Eclipse OR Talon, not both.

[SlowWhite]

Well small update:
I blew out the exhaust manifold to turbo gasket, and a while back the head to my biss screw crumbled to pieces.

So I went ahead and ordered a few things while I was at it in preparation for upcoming installs.
Today in the mail I recieved:
-new biss screw
-new biss cover cap
-black triple a-pillar pod
-remote oil sending pressure sending unit line
-the gasket I needed.

I will hopefully be ordering the aem oil pressure gauge here shortly. Been trying to find one used but so far its been nothing but unanswered emails or texts. Or already sold. Will update with picts tonight.

[SlowWhite]

Well sunny day today, woke me up early and the little one was kind enough to sleep in, so since the wife went to the coffee shop I decided to head to the garage.

Installed:
-remote Oil pressure line
-AEM digital Oil pressure gauge (read 80psi cold start, then sat at 20psi warm idle)
-3 gauge A-pillar pod (was going to move my WB and Boost gauge but decided not too)

although the picture of the wire is before I ran it through the boot. It's actaully ran through the boot and through the same places as my AEM WB.

Am very happy to now have a working oil pressure gauge.

[evotuner]

Is that an adapter on the oil filter housing? What kind? So many ports lol

[asshanson]

The stock threads are BSP which is a very unusual size, so I would guess the first one is a BSP to NPT adapter, then a T-fitting from there for the gauge and turbo feed.

It's a little scary having your oil lines completely exposed on the bottom of the car like that. They look low, but I guess it's probably still above the oil pan.

[turbotalon1g]

RTM racing sells BSP adapters if you need. I think autometer does too.

[Kracka]

Please get that oil line mess cleaned up, that is just asking to be taken out by debris on the road. I'd be more comfortable w/o an oil pressure gauge that having that hanging low and vulnerable.

[SlowWhite]

Please get that oil line mess cleaned up, that is just asking to be taken out by debris on the road. I'd be more comfortable w/o an oil pressure gauge that having that hanging low and vulnerable.


That "T" fitting has been there since i bought the car.

All i had to do was unscrew the bad OEM sensor and put in the AEM one in its spot (using the remote line of course) I'd guess it is about 4-6" higher then the oil pan and down pipe.

But you never know something odd could swing up there and take that out. It would have to go through the oil filter first as the filter is about even with the bottom of the oil line, oil pressure sensor line.

Pictures are at a bad angle, I can take different ones if need be when I"m removing the turbo this weekend.

I do plan to do something about it come taxes. I plan to run and External Oil cooler and at that point I'll address the issue. I have thought about possibly running a Moroso Oil pan which I've read helps with the dsm oiling issue for Road racing cars. And the pan has ports for oil pressure, and Oil temps if I'm not mistaken (been a few months since I was looking at them)

[Kracka]

IMO, take this opportunity to correct someone elses mistake. Just because it's higher than the lowest point doesn't mean it can't be hit. For example, Scheides had a crank pulley sheered off by a chunk of ice after it bounced off his oil filter. Those lines could easily get hooked by a rouge tree branch laying in the road.

[turbotalon1g]

Relocate that mess higher in the engine bay, it will be a lot safer.
I hate having that OFH there.