Looking for 2 1/16 gauges for Oil pressure and temp... I checked out iEquus, they only have them in 1 1/2 inch. Reason for 2 1/16 is that I am getting the pods from www.gaugepods.com and they drill it in that size. I dont want to go cheap, I have this feeling that they are inaccurate in the back of my head, but Autometer is too expensive for me ($500 for a set of gauges from what I hear).

Anyone have any ideas?

 

P.S. I would rather them be mechanical than electrical, I hear that mechanical reacts faster than electric

 

Dude........slow down. You need to give me call. I can help you.

 

haha. let me find the home phone, ring ring.

 

I think you need to do more reasearch. Gauges do not cost that much.

 

You're wrong. I have experience on many brands including Equus. Equus gauges work as good as autometer, VDO and S&W). Oil pressure and Volt meter are the same for all brands. However, for Water temp/Oil temp, I will stay away from SUNPRO or autogage due to unsealed cap tube (will pick up additional heat from engine bay).

 

If you look through my widebody thread, I have all Autometer gauges, 5 of them, for total cost of about 220 from Jegs. I recommend getting the 150 psi oil pressure gauge. Mine can hit 125 psi on cold mornings with 20w50 oil on first start of the day.

 

5 gauges for 220?! My oil pressure gauge alone was 165.... Then again autometer cobalts are more expensive for some unknown reason. I agree with the oil pressure comment though, my gauge maxes out at 100 and its gotton almost that high on colder mornings...

 

That's what you get for buying electrical instead of mechanical gauges, lol. Mechanical ones are 100 bucks less.

 

Summit Gauges are reasonably priced. Check those out Jeezus

 

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

Those are what i am 95% sure i am going to use. Thanks!

 

I still recommend electrical. Safer in the long run - and they react perfectly fine and fast. All the new ones have stepper motors in them so they are very smooth (smoother than mechanical too.)

I have TWO boost gauges. I have a Autometer Cobalt (Electrical) on my A pillar, and an Autometer Ultra-Lite (Mechanical) in my glove box for the passenger to monitor during tuning. Both are dead-on and read exactly what my Haltech is reading.

Check out the new Ultra-Lite II's - They are beautiful during the day, and (finally) backlit at night so they are very readable.

If I had to start over with gauges - I would definately go with the top of the line Nexus Gauges from Autometer. I just have too much invested in my current cobalts.

 

Ultra-Lite II's have a white face, I want to stick with black, so the interior matches

 

Having recently installed some mechanical oil pres and oil temp gauge, I'd actually recommend a mechanical oil pressure gauge (for the fast reaction), but a electrical oil temp gauge. Reaction for the temp is not as critical, as well as running the mechanical probe through the firewall is a PITA because you can't detach it.

Alvin

P.S. I used some autometer phantom gauges.

 

Perfect Fit for that Pilar.