So, Have had quite a few calls about checking the temp on both sides of a flathead since our gauges were in Classic Trucks magazine. I didn't have a real good answer besides running 2 gauges.

We had a few ideas, some better than others, just wanted to see what you guys thought about them.

The first idea, really didn't have any legs from a business point of view. We were looking at a 2-2/16" temp gauge with dual readings, kind of like a dual air gauge. The business case fell apart with unrealistic volumes and maybe a break even after 5 years. We have built 3-3/8" dual temp gauges, but still a big package.

What we can do, that is cost effective are these to things:

Dual senders, similar to early flathead V-8s a temp sender in each side of the head, running to one gauge, give you the average of both sides. While some argue that will not tell you much, its basically what you have with a sender in a non-flathead installed in the intake. An average of both sides. While this is not by any means perfect, it will give some information about both sides.

Dual sender with warning: Similar to the later flathead gauges. Run a regular temp sender on one side of the engine, and a warning sender on the other side. You get the the temperature of one side and when the other gets too warm, say around 220F, it will peg the gauge. While not perfect either, the gauge will tell you which side of the engine is having cooling issues.

So, a couple of ideas, just wanted to see what you guys thought.
Thanks in advance for your input.
Mark