Water Temp Gauge

100hp honda · Post by **100hp honda** » October 19th, 2010, 5:02 pm

at first i thought the vibration might cause a problem with clamps hitting the rads. not the case though. i havent experienced any problems at all. once everything is tightened, nothing moves. theres actually a fairly good amount of room, and like i said, once everything is tightened then nothing moves at all. need your clamps facing a certain way though. dont want the big screw head facing into the cores for obvious reasons. common sense will guide the way once you get to putting it all together

Post by **AlisoBob** » October 19th, 2010, 6:45 pm

100hp honda wrote:common sense will guide the way once you get to putting it all together

gregrobo · Post by **gregrobo** » October 19th, 2010, 7:09 pm

turn the clamp over so the worm drive is on the other side simple fix

100hp honda · Post by **100hp honda** » October 19th, 2010, 7:11 pm

unless the screw head is actually facing directly into the cores there isnt a problem. maddogs looks fine to me

100hp honda · Post by **100hp honda** » October 19th, 2010, 7:12 pm

gregrobo wrote:turn the clamp over so the worm drive is on the other side simple fix

this is true.

100hp honda · Post by **100hp honda** » October 19th, 2010, 7:16 pm

basically what you have to do is install the gauge and clamps and see where the best position is. i used some larger clamps on the ktm, couldnt turn the worm gear to the outside, had to turn it a different way. just have to adjust everything as you go.

csvette3023 · Post by **csvette3023** » October 20th, 2010, 4:17 pm

What is the normal or average running temperature in the summer months? THX--Matt

Post by **AlisoBob** » October 20th, 2010, 4:18 pm

The slower you ride, the hotter it gets.....

Stoffers goes so fast, his engine froze to death!!

maddog1927 · Post by **maddog1927** » October 20th, 2010, 7:00 pm

I appreciate the tip and I checked it out. The photo makes it look like the clamps are closer to the radiator than they really are. An optical conclusion of sorts. The hose would also have to overpower (push out of the way) the lower crossover hose to get the clamps to touch the radiator. One may wonder why I put them on that way in the first place. I like to keep the worm drive in, where the hoses connect at the radiator. The next one down fits better toward the radiator ends up at an odd angle and hard to get to if put on the gauge side. Then the one under the gauge ended up on that side to keep everything on the same side. All that being said, I may flop the bottom one to the other side.

maddog1927 · Post by **maddog1927** » October 20th, 2010, 7:09 pm

csvette3023 wrote:What is the normal or average running temperature in the summer months? THX--Matt

don't know on the 500. On my YZ I stay around 190 f racing up oldsmobile at glamis winter time, but far from cold out. Temp goes up in deep sand / slower speed. Richening up the jetting on bottom helps out alot. Remember in this location it is measuring at the hottest point, the outlet.

100hp honda · Post by **100hp honda** » October 20th, 2010, 7:14 pm

csvette3023 wrote:What is the normal or average running temperature in the summer months? THX--Matt

alot of factors. read something that said 175 would be considered normal. these bikes can heat/cool pretty rapid though

2strokeforever · Post by **2strokeforever** » October 20th, 2010, 7:23 pm

mine hits 170 (the fan switch) only when im going slow in trails, or up a long hill, which is quite often
i keep it jetted as lean as i can on the bottom without having it stall too easy
heres the biggest open spot on "the happy trail" , lots of logs and lots of deadfall left there to make it better

and by the tougher obstacles theres happy balloons, and theres people overheating, and people looking at a log thats across the trail level with their front fender going"wtf this is in the race", and people that just retuned their pipe... and happy balloons

without a fan ill boil if i stop at all when its hot out (on the happy trail), but if i keep moving and its not a mudbog, or up the side of a mountain in 1st for a mile i wont boil, without a fan

iggys-amsoil · Post by **iggys-amsoil** » October 20th, 2010, 9:21 pm

Ok. Link the gauge here so we can go buy one.

kdizzle · Post by **kdizzle** » October 20th, 2010, 11:38 pm

yes please with the esr guage

got my PP ready to rock and roll guys

maddog1927 · Post by **maddog1927** » October 21st, 2010, 11:22 am

iggys-amsoil wrote:Ok. Link the gauge here so we can go buy one.

The ESR gauge and gauge block

http://www.eddie-sanders-racing.com/Sea ... emperature

The "USA-1" that I put on my bike.. No link yet I will try to get some and put them in the classifieds.

100hp honda · Post by **100hp honda** » October 21st, 2010, 2:21 pm

hey any chance you could make a quick call to your buddy and have him check the ID of the spigots ? eventually i need 2 gauges (one for a honda and one for a ktm), need atleast one right away though. heres the thing though, honda head spigots are 1/2" ID with 9/16" ID hose. ktm is 5/8" ID spigot with 11/16" ID hose. depending what size your buddies block is, might have to use one of yours for the honda and then get a esr for the ktm becuase the ID is big. dont want to run it on the ktm if the ID is smaller than 5/8" but it would work fine on the honda. make sense ?

maddog1927 · Post by **maddog1927** » October 21st, 2010, 5:41 pm

I went to Jay's place today and picked up 6 gauge blocks

ID is 5/8"
OD is 3/4"
OD at Barb is .800 (almost 13/16")
Over all length is 3 1/2"
Gauge hole is 3/8" female pipe thread.

checking into getting thermometers. if you are in a hurry and want wo gauge pm me

100hp honda · Post by **100hp honda** » October 21st, 2010, 6:13 pm

maddog1927 wrote:I went to Jay's place today and picked up 6 gauge blocks

ID is 5/8"
OD is 3/4"
OD at Barb is .800 (almost 13/16")
Over all length is 3 1/2"
Gauge hole is 3/8" female pipe thread.

checking into getting thermometers. if you are in a hurry and want wo gauge pm me

sweet. you mind if i send money order ? ship the block in padded envelope from post office after money arrives ? i was going to purchase the gauge with white background from ebay and put it in the block myself. what gauges you getting ?

maddog1927 · Post by **maddog1927** » October 21st, 2010, 6:44 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Engine-T ... 27afc347ba

Seems like the crew likes the chaze327 gauges so I ordered them. They should be here in 1-5 days.

Still working on the final #'s

kdizzle · Post by **kdizzle** » October 22nd, 2010, 2:12 pm

maddog im in phoenix are you sourcing them locally? any chance i can pick 2 up from you? LMK

maddog1927 · Post by **maddog1927** » October 25th, 2010, 5:52 pm

I now have
6ea. Gauge Block
4ea. Chaze327 Gauges

$20 ea. for the Block
$45 ea. For Gauge and block

$5 Domestic Shipping
$15 international

Can fit multiples in box for same shipping.

PM me for address to send the $ to

I would post in the classifieds, but I do not even have enough for those who have shown interest here.

1 Clyde (1)
2 gkenuf4u (1)
3 dubious01 (2)
4 Iggys-amsoil (1)
5 Kdizzle (2)

That is 7 total, I only have 6/4

I will get some more gauges ordered, and I know I can get at least one more block outta Jay. So let me know if you want with or without gauge.

100hp honda · Post by **100hp honda** » October 25th, 2010, 5:56 pm

ill have money sent tomorow night for gauge and block. ill let you know in pm

100hp honda · Post by **100hp honda** » October 26th, 2010, 5:59 pm

sent pm

100hp honda · Post by **100hp honda** » November 1st, 2010, 9:35 pm

everything showed up brotha. looks bitchin thnx

dubious01 · Post by **dubious01** » November 1st, 2010, 10:49 pm

PM sent...
sorry I didn't see this thread progressing. I'll still take 2 if you have them.

or 1, LMK please...

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Water Temp Gauge