I have a boost gauge, but what other gauge do i really need?

[koreanpersuasio]

i bought the autometer air/fuel, but it seems useless to me. its more of an anoyance, since it just goes back and forth between red, yellow, green...and the manual says that is what it should do. DO i really need it? what other gauge do i need besides the boost gauge?

 

[dsmtrick]

Exhaust Temperature.

 

[koreanpersuasio]

so you recommend exhaust temp gauge? why is that? i am new to the turbo car scene. thanks

 

[Enigma_Man]

The EGT gauge is a good "safety" gauge. It can tell you whether you are running too hot (too lean)

-Jesse

 

[diamondstar36]

Oil pressure guage couldn't hurt. Your stock one is a cheap probe setup that is VERY inacurate.. The A/F ratio guage from autometer is more of a light show than I like too.. Get the EGT guage and chunk that thing unless you can find somewhere out of your view to put it.

 

[koreanpersuasio]

okay, so i need an egt gauge? does it wire up the same as the air/fuel gauge? does it read the same thing? thanks

 

[koreanpersuasio]

is this what you are talking about? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1846632232

 

[Formz]

EGT gauge is a must as people have previously stated. An a/f gauge really is garbage. You're better off buying a pocketlogger then the a/f gauge. Although my a/f gauge doubles as a battery voltage meter so that is handy.

And yes that Ebay auction is for an EGT gauge.

 

[koreanpersuasio]

#@%#@%#@%#@%..thats expensive... now i have a a/f gauge...thats useless. so i take it egt gauges are not 2 1/16 like i needed. is it hard to hook up?

 

[germain101]

you'll have to drill and tap the exhaust manifold to install the probe for the egt...i don't think that they make any kind of electric one that you could just wire up...egt is (in my opinion) a must if you plan on playing with boost levels...

 

[L2RTSiAWD]

EGT is a must if you are getting and AFC and bigger pump and injectors.


Later,

 

[koreanpersuasio]

ok, im not playing with boost, not gettin bigger fuel injectors or afc yet. i am planning on adding a joe mbc since now my boost goes up to 18, and i dont want it to go past 15.

 

[L2RTSiAWD]

But if you plan on it you may as well get the gauge now.

Later,

 

[koreanpersuasio]

oic..well, to be honest..im runnin out of money, and my gf bout to kill me! heheheh...i have a oil leak..cuz some oil is burning..and coming out of exhaust at full throttle, so i will have to have someone look at that for now. but eventually i will get that gauge. so basically, i am fine with just havin a boost gauge for rite now?

 

[L2RTSiAWD]

yes you are fine for right now.

Later,.

 

[BatmanGSX]

In my opinion all you really need is a boost gauge and a datalogger. I also have a mechanical fuel pressure gauge (under the hood). This only comes in handy if you have some sort of adjustable FPR, otherwise it is not needed.

O2 voltages can be monitored by a datalogger but these are really useless, they are different car to car and O2 sensor to O2 sensor. EGTs are a warning device at best. Don't rely on them to tune. Knock and timing advance will tell everything.

 

[Formz]

Originally posted by BatmanGSX
In my opinion all you really need is a boost gauge and a datalogger. I also have a mechanical fuel pressure gauge (under the hood). This only comes in handy if you have some sort of adjustable FPR, otherwise it is not needed.

O2 voltages can be monitored by a datalogger but these are really useless, they are different car to car and O2 sensor to O2 sensor. EGTs are a warning device at best. Don't rely on them to tune. Knock and timing advance will tell everything.

he is correct. i'd never use an EGT gauge to tune. its more of a safety thing. If it see the thing start going where I dont want it to go then I let off and it has done it's job for me. A FP guage along with an adjustable FPR is a very good pair, but not needed at your level. I ordered my electric FP gauge so I can make sure it's going up in a linear fasion according to boost, and not just setting idle FP.

 

[koreanpersuasio]

hi, what is a datalogger? thanks

 

[Formz]

www.pocketlogger.com

 

[koreanpersuasio]

thanks!