Installing an additional water temp sender in most modern vehicles can be a chore. Very few late model cars have any blank plugs in the coolant system. Current options for installing a water temp gauge and sender in an EVO include cutting the rad hose to install an adaptor, removing a stock sender, or going with a custom solution.

We have designed an adaptor to specifically fix this problem. Our adaptor makes use of the upper thermostat housing on the EVO VIII to provide a clean and accurate location for the sender. By using the stock part we are able to offer a perfect, leak-free fit. Our first version of the adaptor fits all 1/8" NPT water temp senders (VDO, Autometer, Stewart Warner & more). Future models will offer 1/8" BSPT threads for the popular Japanese gauges such as Greddy, Defi & Apexi.





The adaptors are priced at $40. For more information and ordering please visit our website: http://www.42draftdesigns.com/

Any questions? Feel free to email us at Sales@42draftdesigns.com, call us at 443-623-4848, or PM me personally.

Evan

 

wow. very nicely done. if i were to put a sensor in, this would be the solution. i dont like the idea of cutting the rad hose and placing a sensor so close to the exhaust manifold as insome other solutions.

 

omg finally i can hook up my defi water temp gauge properly with this piece!! When will the 1/8 BSPT piece be available??

 

My taps should be here today, so I would expect to have some 1/8" BSPT ones done by early next week

 

Nice job Evan, I might have to redo mine.

 

I will be ordering this next week, i wish i saw this before i bought the one where you have to splice into the coolant hose from an Evom member 2 weeks ago.

hot!

 

Can we place an order for the NPT version and put a comment in there that we want the BSPT version? I just want to make sure I get one of the first production pieces.

 

So do the greddy sensors use NPT or BSPT fittings?

 

I blindly accepted 42DD's comment about GReddy sensors being BSPT. I'll have to take a look at them later.

 

I'd wait until I have them done just in case. Computers love to make mistakes that we don't see until things ship

Taps are in, so I should have the BSPT versions done early next week.

The only gauges that I KNOW have BSPT senders are Omoris. However, being that all Japanese cars sold in the US use BSPT threads on their oil senders and that greddy, apexi, defi, etc all come from Japan it would make sense that they would use BSPT. If for some reason your sender is something different I can accomadate for that.

Evan

 

Im 99% positive that the Defi Dseries temp gauge is NPT. Their oil pressure gauge however is BSPT, go figure.

 

The GReddy oil and coolant temp sensors are identical, as far as I can tell. I'll have to look to see if it's NPT or BSPT.

 

very nice!

 

I'm surprized....no one has even mentioned the fact that this setup doesn't tell you water temp constantly... only when the thermostat is open.

If it sticks, or you have other problems, This sender mounting location is no good.

You'll sell many of them, and people won't know the difference though.

Put a sender inline with the water line to the turbo, get constant temps, have nice day. over.

 

bleh is this true, would be a bummer??