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Does anyone run a permanent guage in the engine compartment or is it not needed? The application is a single 4150 carb setup. I tried to buy a guage from summit a few years back and they didnt even want to sell me one if I was going to mount it perminantly!

I have had issues with flakey/failing (gaffrig) sending units in the past on my 575sci and ended up mounting one on the throttle body, I have not had any problems but I am rethinking the wisdom on this.

Also what about liquid VS non liquid filled?
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I put them on nearly every boat i have ever had, usually right at the carb inlet.
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Ive ran a summit brand liquid filled permanently mounted on a street car. The car has more cam than we can run on the water so it shakes things pretty good and it been holding up for about years. I would think it would work just as good in a boat.
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Originally Posted by glassdave
I put them on nearly every boat i have ever had, usually right at the carb inlet.
You prefer liquid or non liquid?
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liquid for sure, keeps the needle a little more static.
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I've got them on mine. I have to replace one since part of the needle broke off, but Its nice to have when comparing to goofy sending units. I want to do something for oil pressure too since one side seems to drop lower than the other, but both run around 60 under load, but thats another story.
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Im running them, liquid filled, screwed into the EFI bypass regulator
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Liquid on the engine and I'm installing some in the dash eventually.

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Rookie, if that is a summit gauge it is exactly the one I bought with the silver styled face.
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