Adding a colant temp gauge

[rochey6957]

Im dealing with cooling issues right now and as part of my repairs im thinking about adding a better gauge for measuring the engine temp.

If I understand correctly the ECT sensor only operates with a "safe" zone reading. Meaning that between "x-temp and y-temp" there is no change on the gauge in the dash. I want to add a gauge that is continually reading and updating engine temperature. If that makes sense.

My basic idea of how this would need to be setup involves taping into the ECT sensor and just adding the gauge to some location I chose. That just seems to straight forward.

Are there any other gauges I might as well add? Oil temp (and/or oil pressure) and A/F ratio seem to be the most useful.

If anyone has any info on adding a temp gauge let me know or point me in the right direction. I really want a more accurate readout of my engines temp.

Thanks