I have a factory temperature gauge that is, at the moment, non-functional.

I am going to remedy this in the near future but a thought came to mind.

Currently, I am running a full-sweep Autometer temperature gauge. Normally, I run about 180. It may creep a bit above 200 sitting in traffic.

Where would this temperature read on the factory gauge? When I peg the needle on a factory gauge, what temp am I at?

 

idk but 200 is nowhere near overheating

 

212 is boiling.

 

yes but not in a closed pressurized system thats running antifreeze instead of plain water

 

Ttue dat Steve.

 

The 40 year old gauge will not be accurate with a new guage. Corrosion, rust and electrical resistance will make them read incorrectly. Most likely 2 different origonal guages would read differently

 

This gauge package has been restored by the Clock Doc and so far his work is dead nuts on.

What is the temperature range that a factory Mustang temperature gauge reads?

Anybody?

 

It was a generic warm and too hot indicator. If you were driving insnow country, it read cooler than the same car would in the desert, by design (remember the thermostat). There were no specs published for the consumer and any two would read 'warm' or 'hot' depending on the situation - your choice.
Jim

 

If you can get a gauge to read your water temp correctly, and you trust that gauge, then these engines run best between 180 and 200 degrees F.

 

I wikipedia'd Thermistor and I found it to be a fasinating read.At least the first several paragraphs and then my head began to swim from info-overload.

What you said about it being a "generic" temperature indicator seems to fall in line with the definition given there.

Good poop.