Wheres a good place to install an engine oil temperature sensor?
The LS1 motor has provisions for an external oil cooler; there is an aluminum cover located directly above the oil filter that is used in non-external cooler applications. The Y-Body (Corvette) has an oil temperature gauge and so the Y-Body version of this cover (GM 12551587) is an obvious candidate. However, the Y-Body sender uses metric 12×1.5 threads and aftermarket senders such as the one that comes with the AutoMeter 2638 engine oil temperature gauge are usually 1/8 inch pipe thread. Luckily, there is enough difference between metric 12×1.5 and 1/4 pipe thread that you can drill out the Y-Body cover to 7/16 inch and tap it 1/4 pipe. Then you can install the sender with a 1/4 to 1/8 inch pipe reducer (available at most hardware stores). You may want to re-tap the reducer so that the sensor sits lower. You can also just drill and tap the stock F-Body (Camaro/Firebird) cover (GM ????????). This appears to be an unmachined version of the Y-Body cover. When installing the sender into t
