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Old Mar 24, 2006 | 01:42 PM
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Old Mar 24, 2006 | 01:46 PM
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well, here's the e-mail i got back in response to my inquiry.

Originally Posted by Speed Machine
Basically what people do is drill and tap the pedestal we have, and install an AN fitting on it, then make their oil cooler feed line from the pedestal to the cooler steel braided AN hose. It isn't that hard to do, and quite a few people have done it. Then you just use the 2 1/8"npt holes for your gauges. =)

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so, it looks like the only choice out there is to buy the FC one and tap it yourself...

unless that is, someone can point me towards the GReddy pedestal. if push comes to shove, i'm going to be getting lots of goodies installed in a few weeks, i'll just ask the good folks at PFS (assuming they'll do it for me) where they suggest mounting the oil temp sensor and have them do the grunt work for me as i don't have the time or skill right now (i know, you have to learn buy doing, but well, i seriously don't have the time to learn right now, 6 more months).

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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by pugg57
well, here's the e-mail i got back in response to my inquiry.


so, it looks like the only choice out there is to buy the FC one and tap it yourself...

unless that is, someone can point me towards the GReddy pedestal. if push comes to shove, i'm going to be getting lots of goodies installed in a few weeks, i'll just ask the good folks at PFS (assuming they'll do it for me) where they suggest mounting the oil temp sensor and have them do the grunt work for me as i don't have the time or skill right now (i know, you have to learn buy doing, but well, i seriously don't have the time to learn right now, 6 more months).
http://www.mrcmfg.com/respeed/catalo...3cae7da67d3101
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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 08:16 PM
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what's wrong with the greddy pedistal?
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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 08:24 PM
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what's wrong with the greddy pedistal?
Nothing other than it makes chaning the oil a bitch and doesn't allow the use of a larger filter.
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by pugg57
well, here's the e-mail i got back in response to my inquiry.


so, it looks like the only choice out there is to buy the FC one and tap it yourself...

unless that is, someone can point me towards the GReddy pedestal. if push comes to shove, i'm going to be getting lots of goodies installed in a few weeks, i'll just ask the good folks at PFS (assuming they'll do it for me) where they suggest mounting the oil temp sensor and have them do the grunt work for me as i don't have the time or skill right now (i know, you have to learn buy doing, but well, i seriously don't have the time to learn right now, 6 more months).

what did pfs have to say?
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Old Apr 16, 2006 | 10:48 PM
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Racing Beat also makes an adapter. I got one a couple months back and finally got around to installing it. It's designed for an rx8 but fits the FD fine.

http://www.racingbeat.com/resultset....rtnumber=11803

ps. make sure you tighten the senders really tight!
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Old Apr 16, 2006 | 11:02 PM
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the vdo sensor is 13.00 cdn
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Old Apr 16, 2006 | 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by namasan
Racing Beat also makes an adapter. I got one a couple months back and finally got around to installing it. It's designed for an rx8 but fits the FD fine.

http://www.racingbeat.com/resultset....rtnumber=11803

ps. make sure you tighten the senders really tight!
Sorry this is a bit offtopic... but in that link Racing Beat says that the stock oil press. gauge in the RX8 never moves because there isn't even an oil press sensor on the engine??

WTF was Mazda thinking!?
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Old May 11, 2006 | 11:50 AM
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Sorry this is a bit offtopic... but in that link Racing Beat says that the stock oil press. gauge in the RX8 never moves because there isn't even an oil press sensor on the engine??

WTF was Mazda thinking!?
The same thing they were thinking when they made the idiot light water temp gauge in the FD LOL.

I was looking at this adaptor for my FD, but maybe i'll get one for the wife's RX8 too after reading about the dummy gauge
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Old May 11, 2006 | 02:25 PM
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is the one on the respeed website the greddy unit? it seems like the way to go for me since its got the -10 line and im going to go dual oil coolers real soon.
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