Warning light settings

[rfd233]

I'm installing an oil temp and an oil pressure gauge along with a warning light for both.  I see there are different switches that activate the light at different temps and pressures.  For example I saw one switch that activates the light at 20 psi for the oil pressure and another at 30 psi.  What oil pressure is too low for the legends and what temp is too high?  What are the normal rages?  The gauges I was going to get read from 0 - 100 psi for the oil pressure and 140 - 320f  for the oil temp.  Thanks for any help.

[VMS Motorsports]

Just my opinion, dont get the warning lights, unless every time you see one go on you are going to pull off the track. Just another distraction you will have to teach yourself to ignore.

[rfd233]

That's a good point...  Thank You.   The gauges themselves aren't even that critical to have.  I just like knowing everything I can just for the sake of knowing.  I like the technical side of racing just as much, if not more, than the racing itself. 

[TG01]

Gauges are good so you know you are bringing a sweetly running car to the track.
The lights are bad as Jim has said but if you have to choose, get ONLY the oil pressure light and expect to ignore it in the corners if needed. The light may be handy though for that one time the pressure drops and does not come back due to a failure preventing further damage to the internals.
Get the lowest set pressure for that light though because these do not make oil pressure like a chevy and those lights are really for chevys.

[Legends57x]

Just get a set of 2 1/2" Longacre sportsmen gauges from Jim(VMS Motorsports) oil pressure 0-100 PSI and oil temp 100-340 deg F and forget to the light.   If you suddenly permenantly loose oil pressue, the gauge will tell all. 

[Hoopy_boy]

Just my opinion, dont get the warning lights, unless every time you see one go on you are going to pull off the track. Just another distraction you will have to teach yourself to ignore.

Not a gauge looker here. Only thing on my dash is the main switch, starter button and neutral light. I'm one of them guys that if anything can go wrong it will. If I install a gauge, the sender will freak or start leaking causing more issues than I need. Like you said too lights are just a distraction. I rely on my common knowledge for oil pressure under my foot by it's performance loss or too hot. I can sence the loss and if something is going wrong. Any other stuff on my dash is a distraction and since the 70's I have lost enough races from pulling in because a gauge gave me a wrong reading.. I don't use them

~ Gimp ~

[IraceLegends77]

Hell, I don't have time to read them! Maybe that is why I have been ran over when the yellow was out for a couple of minutes. They guy was checking his gauges. Now I'm with most of the guys on this, I really don't have time to look at them and by the time the light comes on it is usually to late anyway.  Just drive it like you stole it and all will be good.

Scott

[knoxracing]

Spend the gauge money on a set up or tires.