fuel pressure gauge mounting

[bracketracer-78]

I have a 1978 Camaro. How did you guys mount the fuel pressure gauge to the cowl back in the day? I do not want to mount the gauge inside with a isolator and I am still running the stock hood. I have seen some pictures with some sort of mount for the pressure gauge but the hoods are shut and the picture's are taken from a distance.

[68l30]

As crude as it sounds....we punched a hole in the firewall and stuck our hand thru the hole the wiper motor used. Nobody over thought it, add a braided line and I bet you could even screw it to the hood. I had a old T block that fed the 780 and the gauge. Never see those used anymore!


BIG

[Verne_Frantz]

NHRA didn't allow the fuel pressure gauge to be inside the car (obvious safety reasons). I made my own bracket and mounted mine on the cowl vent and ran the hose through the slot meant for the windshield washer squirter. I bent the wiper arm around it so I could still be street legal.

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[Lynn]

If you have to have a mechanical gauge, Vern has the solution.

However, I prefer electric.
I drive a turbo car and feel like monitoring fuel pressure is a must, even on the street.
My gauge is in the console. No need for runnnig a gas line through the firewall, just a wire.

[Verne_Frantz]

I didn't know they had electric ones, but then, I'm living in the past.

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[bracketracer-78]

It looks like what I am looking for is the same mount that was used on grumpys toy 8. Every picture I have found either has something in the way and I can not see the mount. If I could see how they mounted the fuel pressure gauge I could make something up from scratch.

[PxTx]

http://www.nhra.com/UserFiles/image/2009/News/July/grumpy.jpg

Head over to Grump's facebook page and start looking for ideas. Shouldn't take much to figure it out.

[Lynn]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Verne_Frantz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I didn't know they had electric ones, but then, I'm living in the past.

Verne <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif </div></div>

Yeah, Verne, I got ready to make some smart a$$ remark about that, but didn't want to rub it in. Besides, I think we are about the same age.

[ss427copo]

Verne called that right....again.
I used the material glass installers use to set the old flat glass into the channels as a nice and neatly trimmed base, then took my time by going between the ribs on the cowl. PERFECT.

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[Plowman]

bracketracer-78 you have a pm: {private message} on the top of the page click on &quot;My Stuff&quot; to read the message.

[bracketracer-78]

Thanks for the ideas. I will contact the guy who runs the grumps facebook page. I hope that he has some pictures of toy 8's engine compartment without anything in the way of fuel pressure gauge. There are no pictures in the grumps book.

[PxTx]

You can just go to the facebook page and look through all the pics in the photo section.

[ss427copo]

Just go to the drags. Kill two birds with one stone. See how others have it and smell all the racing fuel you need. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/haha.gif

[68l30]

Here a couple of Old Skool Sun gauges... <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/cool.gif

I think the white one is almost Grumpy like....but not quite. I like the satin bezel on this, no sun glare when mounted outside. It's plated / finished that way, no paint.

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[Salvatore]

the Sun on the right I used for years on my nova.

[68l30]

Me too, I used a black painted cup. Car sat outside back then, that gauge spent more time with a cloud of moisture in it then not..... <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif

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[bracketracer-78]

Thanks for the help everyone. I found one picture out of hundreds that showed the mount. It was on the restored car. I'm going to make a mount simular to what I found. When I get to make it I will post up some pictures.

[bracketracer-78]

I found a better picture of what I was looking for. I am going to copy this one.
http://bangshift.com/bangshift1320/1970-...p-asking-price/ (http://bangshift.com/bangshift1320/1970-camaro-ss-super-stocker-awesome-time-capsule-steep-asking-price/)