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????????????

 

[herostar]

boost, EGT, and Fuel pressure are the one's you're going to need, *most* of the others are just showy b/c you have them on your stock dash

 

[doug]

If you get a fuel pressure gauge for mounting inside the car, it will have to be an electronic gauge, for obvious reasons. So it will be pricey, probably.

 

[98TsiAWD]

Boost and EGT, as far as a fuel pressure guage, just get one that goes under the hood.

 

[nowayout]

for the valve Boost and EGT.

Electronic works better from what I've tried. but cost a bit more.

 

[wannabe]

wat about a/f ratio

 

[CrashedMax]

what about oil pressure? The guy I bought my car from installed a boost & oil pressure gauge.

 

[DSMNightmare]

A/F ratio I will agree is not very helpful BUT it can be. I recently started to make a 100 mile trip in my DSM and about 20 miles into the trip I noticed that my A/F was reading really really lean. So I pulled over and checked the car. It ran fine but I noticed Black chunks of carbon coming from the exhuast. I figured out that this can't be good. So I turned around and went home. Its a good thing because on the way home the problem got really bad. My fuel gauge was dropping fast! We'll after thinking about it and having a friend come over and pull a code for me we both agreed it was the O2 sensor.

While this may not happen a lot, it is still nice to know your O2 sensor is working because if that dies your screwed. I'm just glad I did not try to race or boost heaving under those conditions. FP gauges are nice but honestly most the guys here dont have them in the cockpit. Even a lot of the 12s guys dont use them in the car. If you think a A/F gauge is a waste of money then I recommend a pocketlogger. While it only acts passively it does allow you to log a lot of data even in a 2G.

 

[cucumber]

Reaffirming the EGT gauge suggestion.

 

[wannabe]

what good does it do to know the heat of the exhaust? what did you do to fix it?

 

[Talondsm18g]

because over 900 C stuff starts to melt.

 

[Snoop-GST]

what are some good websites that sell this kind of stuff? or brands?

 

[wannabe]

thats prob a good thing to know

 

[Devicex]

You need to know EGT's in order to properly tune. You will want to how lean your fuel is as to not melt things as was stated before (high temps), or how rich it is (low temps). So it is important to know if you plan on modding. How do you fix it? Turn down the boost, or use the safc to adjust feul trims.

 

[Talondsm18g]

http://www.gruppe-s.com/ good prices on almost anything electronic here.

 

[hellcat77]

98,TSI, AWD,A/T

From everything I've read, the OEM stock boost and oil pressure gauge are totaly BS, and based only on a best guess from the ECU.

Anyway, looks to me like this is one of mods I need to make.

Going to start first with the boost gauge in a "A pilar" pod setup.

Just looking for opinons on 2 or 3 gauge pod, and if 3, should the 3rd gauge be a Air Fuel gauge or Exhaust temp or other what gauge?

Also, opinions on best bang for the $ on gauges makes and models would most helpfull to me at this point.

Many Thanks my friends....

Howie

 

[98TsiAWD]

Get boost and EGT for sure. Dotn bother with an A/F
If you want a 3rd guage either get a fuel pressure or oil pressure guage.

 

[cucumber]

Originally posted by 98TsiAWD
Get boost and EGT for sure. Dotn bother with an A/F
If you want a 3rd guage either get a fuel pressure or oil pressure guage.

Agreed.

 

[hellcat77]

Dually noted,

Thanks kindly for your advice......

Regard,

hellcat

 

[MikesDSM]

what gauge is the a/f and egt is exhaust temp right?

 

[XTurboSpYderX]

Originally posted by MikesDSM
what gauge is the a/f and egt is exhaust temp right?

a/f is air/fuel ratio...

and EGT is Exhaust Gas Temp.

 

[HyperGSX]

But the A/F gauge just looks to damn cool not to have

 

[MikesDSM]

as much i as i know now hks have some pretty good gauges

 

[hostile]

Hook up a temp guage to your transmission.

Boost EGT and tranny temp will be most important on an automatic.

 

[MikesDSM]

tranny temp gauge? isnt that the same as the 1 in the gauge clusters on ever car?

 

[hostile]

Uhmm as far as I know no stock car has the transmission temprature anywhere.

Some cars have engine temps but that is only going to tell you when your car is about to blow up or it is too cold for the heater to be working yet.