Which/What gauges should I get? [Merged 12-6]

[EcLiPsEgSt97]

I have a 3 gauge pillar and I dont know what gauges i need to get.. I know i need to get the BOOST gauge but i dont know what other 2 i should...can some one help me????????????

 

[TazManianDevil]

what are the three important gauge should i get? i already got triple pillar gauge(52mm gauges and can be enlarged to hold 60mm gauges) i already have boost gauge and i wanna get a gauge that i dont know what that gauge is but i think it measures gas and air mixture. whats the 3rd important gauge should i get

 

[Grn95GST]

I would say if you want 3, get boost, egt and fuel pressure.

 

[98RedGs]

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/sea...id=657295&sortby=replies&sortorder=descending

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=33844&highlight=important+gauges -- 2nd most important gauge
http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=63577&highlight=important+gauges -- gauges and their uses
http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=62854&highlight=important+gauges -- which gauges you think are best
http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=36073&highlight=important+gauges -- 5 gauge setup?!
http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=103581&highlight=important+gauges -- are autometers good gauges for the price

 

[14.5 drift]

bringing back the dead, so what it's my thread. Anyway I found those guages I was thinkin of, kpt4321 what do you think of em? http://www.importtuner.com/features/0311it_wrxwagon/

 

[Tomeek]

took you a while huh... well I like them, no pillar mounting shit...

well here is the pic

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hrrrrr i really like

 

[Warhead2k3]

I like my pillar mounts better. Id get a greddy egt, and autometer everything else.

 

[99redgst]

I have Greddy peak and holds(boost,egt,water temp) they are silver with orange backlight which matches the factory gauges perfectly. I've had bad experences with autometer, my boost gauge liked to stick at zero and the air/fuel didn't work at all brand new out of the box. The greddys are more responsive anyway.

 

[khartley]

What gauges do you think are absolutely essential? I know I need a couple, but I don't need to get all of them.

 

[Denji]

Boost and EGT as put in the tuning steps on this site

 

[Urban_S]

Boost gauge and ETG(Exhaust temp)/air fuel ratio.

 

[khartley]

How important do you think it is to have an oil temp gauge?

 

[Royalty]

How important do you think it is to have an oil temp gauge?

you have one stock

 

[Drifter00]

Boost and EGT

 

[Grimis]

even you saying 2, for MT i would say Boost/Egt/ A/f, and for Auto, Boost / Trans/ Oil. as for the egt, i might get one later when the heavy mods come about.

 

[blaster1812]

Boost and EGT

 

[boostedinaz]

A/F is useless. There are many threads about it so I wint go into it. I would say boost and fuel pressure.

Michael

 

[river]

i see all kinds of people suggesting an EGT gauge (pyrometer), but really what good is it? sure if you have the extra time and money to install it with then it is great. but by far the most two important would be a boost gauge and air/fuel ratio. both are very important on a turbo'd car, however on a N/T i would suggest a air/fuel and and EGT gauge. just my opinions though.

 

[river]

A/F is useless. There are many threads about it so I wint go into it. I would say boost and fuel pressure.

Michael

what is this guy talking about?? air/fuel being useless? if you are tuning a car do you want it to run rich or lean? do you want to have an engine to drive after a week of driving it on either extreme? i think monitoring how your engine is running would be more important than measuring fuel pressure??

 

[flinguist]

Boost and some kind of knock indication.

 

[dsmayhem]

what is this guy talking about?? air/fuel being useless? if you are tuning a car do you want it to run rich or lean? do you want to have an engine to drive after a week of driving it on either extreme? i think monitoring how your engine is running would be more important than measuring fuel pressure??

You might want to do a search on A/F gauges as they are inaccurate as hell unless you have a wideband o2 setup. Therefore making them useless.

BOOST and EGT - unless you can afford a wideband setup to hook up the A/F gauge.

 

[Royalty]

is a wideband setup as easy as buying a wideband O2 sensor?

 

[Mack]

Does a logger count as a "gauge"? If so add a boost gauge and we're set.

 

[dave99gst]

you have one stock

who has an oil TEMP gauge stock ?

 

[xBOOSTx]

who has an oil TEMP gauge stock ?

Royalty does, above his boost fluid level gauge.

 

[boostedinaz]

what is this guy talking about?? air/fuel being useless? if you are tuning a car do you want it to run rich or lean? do you want to have an engine to drive after a week of driving it on either extreme? i think monitoring how your engine is running would be more important than measuring fuel pressure??

Ahhhhh, ignorance is bliss.

The stock O2 sensor is a narrow band sensor and is only accurate at stoich (14.7:1) after that it is very inaccurate and is never used to tune with. The O2 sensor that you may be thinking of is a wideband and is not used for everyday driving just a short tune setion. If you are tunnign your car from the stock O2 and any gauge it is hooked to then i have a feeling that my motor will last alot longer than yours. Like dsmayhem said search and you will fidn all you need to know.

As far as the EGT goes it is also a good idea to have on a turbo car if you use it to monitor and not tune. It is very widely know that the probe are slow to react and unless you get the Greddy gauge it will inaccurate and its extermes. The EGT will let you know if something went wrong and perhaps save you in the end from a huge failure. If an injector dies and that cylinder goes lean and EGT will show that to you failry quickly so you have a chance to baby the car before more damage is done.

As fas as tunning goes I would only tune with a logger and wideband and not some gauge, that is what this guy is talking about.