Bonjo

First, I have to thank you.

Most of my questions stem from my being new to rotary (85 12A stock, Open Header, webber), and new to car building (Locost 7).

Aftermarket gauges look good, but oil temp, oil pressure, and water temp senders are all 1/8 NPT and the stock ones are god knows what? There is no room for the racing beat block for oil senders. So, I am stuck using stock location, or make a fitting in the -10AN oil line?.

Finally, where to find press fit or screw in oil injection fittings for intake manifold? I'm a little nervous of the pre-mix thing, and not sure I want clouds of smoke coming from a car that is already LOUD and Odd Looking.

Will vac cause plastic lines to fail or suck from pump?

Redwood

As for oil temp and oil pressure, you can buy an adapter plate that mounts below the oil filter and takes care of both. I have it on my car and love it. Very easy to mount and looks pretty cool. Water temp, you'll need to tap a fitting for. The stock location is fine as long as you don't care about using the stock gauge anymore.

About the oil lines, I'm assuming that you're looking for the lines that come from the oil metering pump and go to the intake manifold. If this is the case, you can get them from Mazdatrix. If you're talking about something else, narrow it down a little more (more detail).

Bonjo

Yeah, I have the adapter block, but it doesn't fit for my frame hit it. Trianglulated tube frame, need every tube.

I emailed VDO to see if they have metric adapters?


I found the silicone and plastic hoses from metering pump, what I can't find are a means to get the oil into the intake manifold. I need tiny flaired tubes I can press or epoxy into the intake runners. The jet skis and snomobile motors have them, but most customers cap them and switch to running pre-mix, not convert from pre-mix to oil injection, so nobody knows where to find them.

Thanks for your reply

Bruceman

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I found some brass fittings at a hobby shop that I installed after drilling and tapping the manifold. They use these fittings on gas engined models (planes, boats, and cars).

Redwood

Ah, I see. You're way beyond where I thought you were. Sorry about the confusion (on my end, where it all was ).

What about relocating the oil filter and doing something that way? I know the block won't work with a relocationg kit, but there's gotta be something you can fab up. There's a couple other threads on locations for senders, too. Try searching for them and I'm sure you'll figure it out.

Bonjo

I am going to cut the Racing Beat adapter down as much as I can on the 3/8 NPT side. The run a .99$ elbow at the 1/4 NPT side to moun the pressure switch. Buy a 1/4 NPT tap and add another hole on the other side of the racing beat block for the temp sender. As for the water temp sensor, I'll drill and tap the stock unit after belt sanding off the stock terminals and epoxy.

Thanks. I had to re-look the problem with beer goggles on.

The other option, as you suggested, was to make an adapter out of a 2" lenght of 1" rectangle alu stock, with 2 1/4 NPT holes, with AN 10 adapters on each end for oil line. This would go in line before oil cooler.

Redwood

Sounds like a decent plan. I'd go with the first option, too, seems a bit simpler. You should post some pics of it when you're finished, I'd love to see it. Good luck.