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Old May 6, 2009 | 01:38 PM
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Gauges for my turbo!

So the last thing I need to get for my turbo swap is a set of 3 gauges. Im going to use Boost/Vac, EGT, and Wideband. I looked up the Autometer competition series, but those are out of stock from autometer until june. I dont have that kind of time. So.... my price range is up to 200 for boost and EGT, and 300 ish for my wideband.

What are you guys using in your cars/ would reccommend?
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Old May 6, 2009 | 01:40 PM
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im using a defi boost gauge, no egt yet and im running a zeitronix xt-2 system for the o2 ****.
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Old May 6, 2009 | 01:50 PM
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In my Scion, I have Stewart Warner Maximum Performance series gauges. I have a boost/vac, EGT, and oil pressure. I love them. I also have the AEM UEGO wideband. I have had nothing but good luck with all of the gauges.

Stewart Warner gauges:
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Old May 6, 2009 | 02:10 PM
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i would go with water temp over egt if you have a wideband
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Old May 6, 2009 | 03:06 PM
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http://prosportgauges.com/

im getting mine tomorrow. the wideband looks great also...uses a bosch o2 sensor.
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Old May 6, 2009 | 03:09 PM
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I've had good luck with the prosport stuff. Run a full suite in my car.

Premium series though, I'm not sure about the quality of the other series.

Stewart warner stuff is good and budgety - great gauges though!! But seriously, who buys a boost gauge that only goes up to 15psi!!!??!?! LOL I'd have that baby pegged at spring pressure
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Old May 6, 2009 | 06:15 PM
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These premium prosport gauges are pretty inexpensive. Do they have good quality and accuracy?
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Old May 6, 2009 | 06:33 PM
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i would go with water temp over egt if you have a wideband
Ive heard from a couple rotary mechanics that just because you have wideband doesnt mean you dont need EGT because there can be a problem with one and not the other.
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Old May 6, 2009 | 07:36 PM
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WOW I had no clue the prosport gauges were so cheap. Should've gotten those instead of autometer. Oh well. BTW AEM's widebands are ~$215 but no logger.
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Old May 6, 2009 | 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Brice_Brice
Ive heard from a couple rotary mechanics that just because you have wideband doesnt mean you dont need EGT because there can be a problem with one and not the other.
You definitely want a egt gauge in addition to a wideband o2..
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Old May 6, 2009 | 08:54 PM
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I use prosport gauges as well, i think they are pretty awesome quality and more accurate than my previous gauge set up by autometer.

EGT gauge is going to be good if your doing really fine tuning beyond AFR. Id look into dual EGT gauges so you can monitor both rotor chambers. Corksport might have what you need.

Also look into water temp gauge.

Prosport does really fast shipping also so you wont have to wait to long. I dont know about their wideband because i am not sure if they offer datalogging along with their WB02 package as im sure they dont use a WB controller.
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Old May 6, 2009 | 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Brice_Brice
These premium prosport gauges are pretty inexpensive. Do they have good quality and accuracy?
Yes and yes.

Great customer service too.

I run dual EGT''s, oil temp/pressure, boost, fuel press. from autometer. My wideband in an NGK AFX powerdex though......I don't believe the prosport one has an analog output as stated.
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Old May 6, 2009 | 09:19 PM
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---I feel a gauge war brewing. Buy what you like.
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