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DinanM3atl
07-03-2007, 12:17 AM
Daylight:
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l227/mdywglr4x4/GaugeLight.jpg

Nighttime:
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l227/mdywglr4x4/GaugeDark.jpg

Adapter:
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l227/mdywglr4x4/UnderHoodGaugeresize.jpg

What was learned?

1 - Stock gauge shows straight up and down... VDO shows ~140

2 - If you get in "dirty" air on the highway or tailgate the temp rises a bit. Jump out into clean air and you get lower temps :)

Put in a new radiator while I was at it.
KevinT707
07-03-2007, 12:45 AM
.. I don't get it
The BUCKY
07-03-2007, 12:53 AM
showing that the stock guage dont really show the correct temp but the vdo guage will and it makes around unlike the stock. same thing on my bike. behind a truck on the interstate i am at like 185 degrees in the clean air like 165
DinanM3atl
07-03-2007, 01:04 AM
.. I don't get it

Stock M3 gauge is a piece of shit.

It is buffered by 50 degrees... now I know real temp :)
KevinT707
07-03-2007, 01:12 AM
Stock M3 gauge is a piece of shit.

It is buffered by 50 degrees... now I know real temp :)
Ohh ok good deal then, thanks for explaining it!