Oil Pressure Switch to Sensor Conversion Kit (Interest in buying?)

[tdstuart]

Would you be interested/buy?

15-17 Mustang (non-pp) Oil Pressure Switch to Sensor Conversion Kit
Allows you to get real and accurate oil pressure readings! Would allow the performance pack / gt350 gauge swaps to have a functioning oil pressure gauge.

Your 15-17 Mustang (non-pp) comes with an oil pressure SWITCH not a SENSOR. This means the car does not know what oil pressure your car is, only if there is some or 0. This means even installing the performance pack / gt350 gauges will not give you accurate oil pressure (any psi reading is an inferred reading, not the actual pressure).

This kit is a plug-and-play kit that is straightforward to install and 100% reversible. Tune changes are required.
Kit includes:
- Factory 15-17 Oil Pressure Sensor
- Custom plug-and-play wiring harness

Basic Install Instructions:
- Remove oil pressure switch
- Install oil pressure sensor
- Connect oil pressure sensor harness to original switch connector and imrc connector (splits the imrc signal retaining full imrc usage)
- Move pcm connector pin from position 48 to 57 (simple and reversible process although care is needed)
- Load new tune with oil pressure config set to sensor

With the kit:
- Datalog oil pressure
- View oil pressure with handheld device or canbus gauge (sct, ngauge)
- View oil pressure with performance pack / gt350 vent gauges (still need to verify)

Cost is estimated between $90-150 although I will be making upgrades from my test harness to the final to improve quality and durability which may affect the price. I am feeling out interest in this kit as I need to invest some money into the proper equipment to make the harnesses with the quality they should have. I may be able to make a version for EcoBoost owners as well.

Any comments, feedback, or concerns are appreciated!

Test Harness Photos and NGauge Display Photo:

For those curious on building your own kit or finding out the technical details, all of the info needed is available here

Sponsored

 

[tdstuart]

I could also add an option to extend the pressure signal for custom gauge wiring.
Ecoboost gen2 and gen3 should be supported but I will need to test out a harness that fits them as they will need to have a different sensor tapped (likely the map/mapt sensor [again wont impact the map/mapt sensor at all]).

 

[Marin]

I'd be very interested in one as I'm planning on installing the GT500 oil pressure/temp gauges and doing some track work so it's for datalogging purposes too.
Would this work on RHD GT's too?

 

[tdstuart]

I'd be very interested in one as I'm planning on installing the GT500 oil pressure/temp gauges and doing some track work so it's for datalogging purposes too.
Would this work on RHD GT's too?

I don’t see why not, you might want to double check that you don’t already have the oil pressure sensor. If we need to I can check with your vin to check pin locations.

 

[Marin]

I don’t see why not, you might want to double check that you don’t already have the oil pressure sensor. If we need to I can check with your vin to check pin locations.

I have checked, it's a single wire plug I think all 15-17 Australian market GT's are the same

 

[tdstuart]

I have checked, it's a single wire plug I think all 15-17 Australian market GT's are the same

Are you comfortable taking the pcm connector off and moving a pin? It’s not hard just have to be careful.

And do you have a tuner that can enable the oil pressure sensor. It needs to be enabled via the tune. I am able to give info to your tuner on what to change. I could also update your tune but I only use pcm tec and it would require you to buy the device and have the software registered to you. I think total the tune software and device is $300, but I’m no tuner so other than updating the oil pressure sensor config I wouldn’t do anything else.

 

[Marin]

Are you comfortable taking the pcm connector off and moving a pin? It’s not hard just have to be careful.

And do you have a tuner that can enable the oil pressure sensor. It needs to be enabled via the tune. I am able to give info to your tuner on what to change. I could also update your tune but I only use pcm tec and it would require you to buy the device and have the software registered to you. I think total the tune software and device is $300, but I’m no tuner so other than updating the oil pressure sensor config I wouldn’t do anything else.

I’m pretty hands on so I think I’ll be fine, I’ve taken apart pcm connectors before they usually don’t require pin removal tools so if that’s the case with this one then I’m pretty confident I’ll be fine

I was considering going with HP Tuners as I plan on doing a predator blower swap later this year and most tuners here use that software

 

[tdstuart]

I’m pretty hands on so I think I’ll be fine, I’ve taken apart pcm connectors before they usually don’t require pin removal tools so if that’s the case with this one then I’m pretty confident I’ll be fine

I was considering going with HP Tuners as I plan on doing a predator blower swap later this year and most tuners here use that software

HP Tuners should have the necessary options but I’ll double check for you.

This pcm connector is pretty straight forward. I just used a pick. No special tool needed to remove the pin, again can just use a pick or paper clip. There is a plastic tab blocking the unused pin location so you will need to break that but I just shoved a pick on there and it broke then put a paper clip down the other side to push any plastic out and it worked great.

DM me and we can talk about price. I’ll cut you a deal since your the first customer haha.

 

[Buldawg76]

HP tuners VCM editor does have the capability to change the switch to sensor input required.

BD

 

[K4fxd]

PCMtec is better, more complete software, HPTuners is an easier interface.

 

[Rolls]

PCMtec is better, more complete software, HPTuners is an easier interface.

I liken it to sticking your head in the sand. We do have various view levels that hide many uncommonly tuned parameters to make the interface "simpler".

However we do understand that in many cases if you are only touching a few tables that you do not want to see 30,000 tables and scalars, hence the view level slider we have released.

 

[mepawn]

I would 1000% buy this and im sure many others would too. Out of curiosity, why does the center digital dash not read out the pressure then if all the data is provided through the ECU and the Ngauge is picking it up?

 

[tdstuart]

I would 1000% buy this and im sure many others would too. Out of curiosity, why does the center digital dash not read out the pressure then if all the data is provided through the ECU and the Ngauge is picking it up?

Digital dash should show the oil pressure once the kit and tune are installed (still need to verify). The non-digital dash does not have the programming to output the oil pressure psi only low/normal.

 

[mepawn]

Digital dash should show the oil pressure once the kit and tune are installed (still need to verify). The non-digital dash does not have the programming to output the oil pressure psi only low/normal.

In that case I absolutely would want this so I don't have to jack around with "inferred" data.

When donyou think you'll start making them? Also I have a VMP supercharger and oil pressure is kinda important

 

[K4fxd]

The non-digital dash does not have the programming to output the oil pressure psi only low/normal.

There might be a way to make it work on the analog dash in forscan

Sponsored