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Apr 3, 2005 | 01:03 PM

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gauges?

hey whats the best gauges to have on your 7? turbo and non turbo. im just trying to find out whats the most important ones to have. thanks, Gabe

Apr 3, 2005 | 01:12 PM

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I just installed oil temp, oil pressure, water temp and boost gauges

Apr 3, 2005 | 01:21 PM

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EGT is also a good one to have but since they are costly i wouldn't say it is a needed guage unless you got the money.

Apr 3, 2005 | 01:23 PM

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cool, i was thinking of doing boost, air/fuel, and oil temp, is that an alright set up?

Apr 3, 2005 | 01:44 PM

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Ah, too much good advice on this site.

http://fc3spro.com/TECH/MODS/EL/GAUGES/gauges.htm

Apr 3, 2005 | 02:32 PM

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In all cars, you will want oil pressure, oil temp, water temp, Air/fuel. Vacuum is also nice.

In addition to the above, in a turbo car you will want boost. Since TIIs don't have a stock voltmeter, add one of those as well.

If you are tuning the car yourself, EGT and wideband O2 are required.

There are others, but these are the basics.

Jun 22, 2006 | 03:16 AM

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Sorry for digging an old thread up, but what's wrong with the stock oil pressure gauge?

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Jun 22, 2006 | 07:12 AM

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Quote:

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Sorry for digging an old thread up, but what's wrong with the stock oil pressure gauge?

one thing for sure, it breaks down real fast... lol

aa.... whats a good gauge brand? i heard autometer isnt doing too well lately, so thats off the books...

Jun 22, 2006 | 07:25 AM

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^^ I've got a stock one and an autometer. The stock one reads too high around idle, first of all. It will say 30ish on mine when it's closer to 25. When you tap the throttle, the stock one responds very slowly to changing conditions. The stock one pretty much reads 60ish or 30ish usually, when in fact there are more fluctuations than that.

Jun 22, 2006 | 08:37 AM

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Aaron Cake

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Sorry for digging an old thread up, but what's wrong with the stock oil pressure gauge?

It's slow to respond and now that the senders are getting old the gauges are becomming inaccurate. Also they don't register higher then stock oil pressure since their scale is not that large.

Jun 22, 2006 | 12:42 PM

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if space is limited, what would be the more crucial gauge to get, the oil pressure or the oil temp, since the oil pressure is already included in the stock gauge cluster?

Jun 22, 2006 | 12:49 PM

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If you are running the car hard (autocross, track, drag) then oil temp.

Jun 22, 2006 | 12:53 PM

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Thank you!

Jun 22, 2006 | 01:04 PM

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In addition to the above, in a turbo car you will want boost. Since TIIs don't have a stock voltmeter, add one of those as well.

or, you can do what i did, and swap in the N/A cluster (which has a voltmeter)... the stock boost meter is crap anyway... no wiring has to be changed when swapping clusters, unless you're moving from S4 to S5...

i already have in my possession, an oil temp, water temp, oil pressure, and air/fuel gauge... just have to plan the install... i have no din plates, gauge holders, stands, or mounts to keep them in place, so i'd have to work on that... cheers!