what is the difference between mechanical and electrical gauges??

 

You're asking about those 52mm-60mm gauges correct? and not the instrument cluster gauges.
I'm assuming you are anyway since that's a common question about them
Mechanical gauges have, like an oil pressure gauge, oil lines going into the cabin...whereas the electrical gauges have sensors tapped in and then wires go into the cabin.
Mechanical gauges are also more accurate. IMO, they are only more accurate time wise. For example, you rev the motor (I'm talking about oil pressure gauge still) and you can watch the needle move up and down along with the sound of the rev and tach, the electrical has a slight delay...not much IMO, but that's just me. The only reason I would want a mechanical gauge in the cabin would be in a race car where you want no delays or even be one psi off on any gauge. For a daily driver, I wouldn't put one in the cabin because of the chance of a leak or a burst in the line....you'd have oil everywhere in the cabin, same with a fuel gauge, and a coolant temp gauge. Mechanical gauges are also less expensive because they don't need those electrical sensors...the saying "you get what you pay for" does not apply in this case.
Electrical gauges can be mounted anywhere in the vehicle as opposed to a mechanical one, as long as the required wires reach it's intended location anyway (not hard to extend wires either).

 

so you'd recommend electrical gauges?

 

Lol, I guess the bottom line would be, yes, lol.
Unless you really need real time accuracy of a mechanical gauge

 

i dont need deadly accurate gauges as long as they give me a very good indication of where im at

 

Electrical will work for you then. They work fine for me in the cabin. I only have one mechanical and it's a fuel pressure gauge and that's in the engine bay. If or when I have a need to see what my fuel pressure is in the cabin, I'll most likely use an electrical one then.

 

okay thanks for your help