Temp Sensor question for EFI

[73' mach 1]

Am I to assume correctly since I'm going EFI and not longer will be using the carb and any of the EGR emissions stuff that I can remove all of those heater sensors? There is one at the water pump, I think there is one near the back of the block and inline with one of the heater hoses. Now my car came factory with AC but I deleted it. I just capped off at the firewall. 

With that my question would be...can I use that port at the water pump for my temp gauge? I will be putting the Holley temp sensor into the front of the block. Since I'll be using the sniper to control the fans I wouldn't need a 3rd port. Thoughts?

 

[Robsweden]

Ive done it but it showed 10 degrees more then the one in the block.

 

[73' mach 1]

Ive done it but it showed 10 degrees more then the one in the block.

Did you keep it like that? That seems like too big of a swing for me to want to leave it like that. I have a port in my T-stat housing I could use but I was trying to avoid that. I'm sure it would be nice to show my T-stat is working at that point though because it wouldn't really read accurately until the stat opened.

 

[tony-muscle]

In my case, the port at the pump gave me lower temp than the one by the block. I dont know if Rob meant that the block was 10 degrees warmer, but that sounds about the right amount. I plugged my EFI sender to the block port and moved the factory sender to the pump port.

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[Robsweden]

Ive done it but it showed 10 degrees more then the one in the block.

Did you keep it like that? That seems like too big of a swing for me to want to leave it like that. I have a port in my T-stat housing I could use but I was trying to avoid that. I'm sure it would be nice to show my T-stat is working at that point though because it wouldn't really read accurately until the stat opened.

yes I left it like that for 2 years, and then put it back when I Went to carb