Uhh..no converter. I used the factory OEM gauge from a "rest of the world" Miata. In this case, my gauge came from a Canadian spec car.
Your please note response is one of the reasons many Americans think we're a bunch of wackos. Although, that's fine to discuss that sort of thing (force/area vs mass/area, etc) with others in the know (this mailing list), you start talking to Joe-6-pack about it, and you'll lose him quicker than anything. So...if I pushed on a metal square...really really hard. I'd say that's pressure I'm applying. If I measured the force hitting that little square...could I not say that the force I was measuring was the force of my pressing it really really hard? <grin> See...we start getting too weird with this stuff..we lose our audience. ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Gene Mechtly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Brian White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 19:16:46 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: [USMA:26488] Speaking of automotive gauges. > On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Brian White wrote: > > > I converted my oil pressure gauge in my Miata from PSI to kg/cm2. > > ... > > Brian, > > Please note that the SI unit of pressure is newton/meter2, force/area > (N/m2, or pascal); kg/cm2 is mass/area which is *not* a pressure. > > PSI is pounds (force)/inch2, not pounds (mass)/inch2. > > Did you use a *converter* which fails to distinguish between mass and > force? > > Gene. ------- End of Original Message -------
