My gauges are on stack between shift tunnels and dash. They follow the shifter cables like in photo 2 and continue forward around the shifter and to the stack.
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Oil & Temp Gauge Install

As part of my SC install experience, I figured I may as well do some gauges while I was at it. I decided to install an Oil Pressure and Oil Temperature Gauge setup. I chose DEFI gauges, Blue Racer models. My car is Mag Blue, so the color choice seemed appropriate. The quality of the gauges is...

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Oil Temp and Pressure gauges

So I added an oil temp and oil pressure gauge to the Exige I don't like looking down at the floor to see gauges that might be important, so I wanted them up with the others, but to look more or less like they belonged. The sender replaces the OEM one and should act similarly. I T'ed in and...

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Gauge Center Console - Installation Question

I am considering various options for a gauge console. One option that I like is the console from blackwatchracing.com...see picture. Input from anyone that has installed one would be appreciated: to install it, do you have to drill any holes or make permanent mods to the dash tray or...

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Hooking up a oil temp gauge

Hey all, I've got a Rev400 S2 Elise, I'm terrible at working on cars and have no business doing it. That doesn't stop my from trying though. So I recently went through a Mishimoto Sandwich Plate install because I daily my Elise. So oil coming up to temperature quickly is important to me. Now...

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mine are run by the shift cables as well. Take the time to make sure the new cable does not rub on that sharp aluminum edge. I zip-tied the new cable against the shift cables to prevent this.

 

Oh great. Thanks for the confirmation.

I went through those existing posts before starting, but those words such as "the hand brake cable tunnel" didn't mean much to me at that time. Now they all make sense.

 

I've run a few cables through the cable pass-through behind the driver's seat. You don't need to remove the plastic panel in the rear to access it, because the area is totally accessible from the wheel well and through the speaker hole when you remove the speaker. The only annoying thing is that you will need to stick a wire fishing stick under the rear panel so that you can pull the cable out the bottom. It's not hard. Either way to route cables works, but given the location of your temp sensor, it makes more sense to go in the shift/brake cable port.

 

Thanks. I'm sure this info will help me sometime in the future.

 

If you can find my oil pressure gauge thread, I ran them through the chassis on the driver side, because I put the gauges up by the cluster and that was easy
IF you are putting them under the dash, the shift cable pass through is the way to go

 

Thanks guys. It all worked out based on your recommendation. I was able to route it through the shift able access into the cabin, up the center channel between seats, all the way to the dash.

For the gauge switched power, I T-tapped the outgoing wire from the C3 fuse under the dash. For the ground, I connected to one of the screws securing the OBD port there.

Tested it out on the Mishimoto plate, and I was able to see the temperature on the gauge. Now I just need to install my Mishimoto plate in the engine bay.

Thanks again for helping.