Hello Everyone,
I took my 08' Bullitt to Big Willow last month, and had an enjoyable experience.
One question I had, and nobody seems to know exactly, is how accurate the gauges are.
Specifically, the coolant temperature gauge. How accurate is it? If my car is at operating temp, the gauge is ALWAYS at the 12'o clock position, no matter if i'm slowly cruising on the freeway on a 50 degree day, or on my 5th lap of Willow Springs on an 85 Degree day.
If I see it move past the 12 o'clock position, does that mean it's too late? Same goes for the oil pressure gauge. It never moves with the RPM of the engine, so I can't imagine it is that accurate.
Also, if the coolant temperature gauge or oil pressure gauge move to a "non-normal" amount, will the car give me an audible alarm? Given how small and unresponsive the gauges are, it seems like it could be pretty easy to continue to drive the car even if one of the gauges are in the "danger" zone.....
Sorry if this has been asked before, I did a search and didn't find anything concrete.
Thank You
I took my 08' Bullitt to Big Willow last month, and had an enjoyable experience.
One question I had, and nobody seems to know exactly, is how accurate the gauges are.
Specifically, the coolant temperature gauge. How accurate is it? If my car is at operating temp, the gauge is ALWAYS at the 12'o clock position, no matter if i'm slowly cruising on the freeway on a 50 degree day, or on my 5th lap of Willow Springs on an 85 Degree day.
If I see it move past the 12 o'clock position, does that mean it's too late? Same goes for the oil pressure gauge. It never moves with the RPM of the engine, so I can't imagine it is that accurate.
Also, if the coolant temperature gauge or oil pressure gauge move to a "non-normal" amount, will the car give me an audible alarm? Given how small and unresponsive the gauges are, it seems like it could be pretty easy to continue to drive the car even if one of the gauges are in the "danger" zone.....
Sorry if this has been asked before, I did a search and didn't find anything concrete.
Thank You