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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Minnesota
Drives: 97 Eclipse GST spyder(Project car), 95 Corolla(DD), 91 MR2 turbo(Fun car)
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Choosing gauges
What are the must have gauges before start up? I'm definitely going to pick up an AEM wideband and an Autometer boost gauge. Oil pressure maybe? I'm thinking about autometer gauges for now until I can afford really nice ones like Defi. The autometer would transfer onto the other car once I get the nice gauges.
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is Nashty
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Stillwater
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Re: Choosing gauges
I would want oil pressure, wideband, and boost/vacuum. That's about all you need for the first start up. (Oil pressure gauge for when you prime the system so you know when you build up pressure, wideband to tune in new injectors, vacuum to know you have no vac leaks and car is running healthy.)
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Transmission destroyer
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Cambridge
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Re: Choosing gauges
Check out Prosport gauges, good quality and they look nice.
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Shit Rocket Pilot
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Re: Choosing gauges
Add water temp to the list and that's all you will ever need for a street car.
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Pewp Champion
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Blaine
Drives: Teh Bean
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Re: Choosing gauges
If it's aftermarket gauges you are referring to needing for starting up a new setup, my personal opinion is that a boost/vacuum is great to have, a wideband is a good gauge to have overall but not absolutely needed for just start-up purposes. Oil, water, that's all part of your stock cluster so you really don't "need" aftermarket ones for start-up purposes. They may have a use once you start beating on it, but for start-up I'd say those aren't neccessary.
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Maple Grove, MN
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Re: Choosing gauges
EGT is another one that would be good to have for tuning purposes. I agree with the prosport suggestion. I picked one up for boost in my talon, and it looks like it will be pretty cool (i got the electronic because of the opening ceromony. LOL) .
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Pewp Champion
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Blaine
Drives: Teh Bean
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Re: Choosing gauges
Yeah those prosport ones do seem to look nice, especially for the price. I ended up with Stewart Warner though because the Pro Sport only went to 30psi and I was really wanting one that went to 35 or 40psi just to be safe.
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Got Boost o_O'' m
Join Date: Sep 2009
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Re: Choosing gauges
Prosport for the win! Mine Is Ductaped on my dash right now :P untill my a pillar gets in. They work nicely accurate to.
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02-16-2010
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Cottage Grove
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Re: Choosing gauges
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Originally Posted by tpunx99GSX
EGT is another one that would be good to have for tuning purposes. I agree with the prosport suggestion. I picked one up for boost in my talon, and it looks like it will be pretty cool (i got the electronic because of the opening ceromony. LOL) .
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EGT sensors are just about useless if you have a wideband.
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: edward lake
Drives: toaster
Posts: 6,431
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Re: Choosing gauges
In the talon I have
Autometer
Volt
Boost
Oil press
Water temp
In the hatch
Autometer
Volt
Oil press
Boost
Will get a wideband also this summer
In the evo
Greddy
Boost
Oil press
Egt
Aem wideband
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N17r0U$ br4D
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Re: Choosing gauges
I don't know if I would say any after market gauges are a "must" for start up. Just make sure your stock oil pressure gauge works, your stock water temp gauge works, and make sure the thing isn't super rich.
I had a prosport in my car and really liked the peak/warn function on it, that way you could keep your eyes on other gauges or the road. The only down side is that it only goes up to 30psi, so I sold it and picked up a used aem boost gauge. I really like the aem boost gauge because it was just a tiny bit more expensive than picking up a brand new AEM 5 bar map sensor and I can log and there was no real added cost when I went speed density. I also have the aem wide band gauge which I really like because I can log that too.
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