Hey guy's i've got my 86 n/a, and i'm board and want to buy some guages to mount on the pillar, or somewhere 'cool' lol

anyway, what two guages would you buy for an 86 n/a...

IE: what two guages do you feel would be most important...

AND... where would you guys mount these guages.

thanks

_Markus

 

For NA, water temp and oil press, maybe?
mount them on a-pillar, definitely

 

air-fuel...... and oil pressure i should say

where are you getting the guages from and where did you get the pod from???

 

havnt purchased the guages or pillar yet. But i was thinking Autometer guages? what do you guys think

Oh, >BTW< would Air/fuel be important for an N/a? or would that be an 'overkill guage'

Water and oil sounds good, BUt than what would i do with the stock guages?

-Markus

 

oil pressure and water temp., you can get a two gauge pod from auto meter but I haven't found a full pillar two gauge pod.

 

I'm buying 3 or 4 gauges...

oil press, water temp, boost are definate... and if I buy a 4th it'll be a/f

boost is going to be first, followed by water temp, then oil press... then a/f
I'm going to mount the first 3 under the stereo, and if I get a 4th the boost gauge is going on the a-pillar, and the rest under the stereo..

 

I say get a EGT gauge and a coolant temp, the stock one isnt accurate enough for me. A/F would be 3rd. Oil temp would be nice also.

 

I'm putting VDO water temp, oil temp, EGT, and boost gauges in my TII.

 

what exactly does the Exhaust Gas Temp guage do?

isnt it similar to a Air/fuel ratio guage? sorry for my stupidity, but i never understood the Exhaust temp guages.

I will more than likly get a Water temp, oil press on the A-pillar... than a Air/fuel guage down near the radio maybe?

p.s.... explain Air/fuel guage
..........explain EGT guage

p.s.s... my car is N/A, no boost guage for me.. (YET)

 

if the Exhaust gas temp. are high it means your running lean. and vice versa.

 

so an EGT guage is similar to an air/fuel ratio guage correct?

do they both basically tell you if your running rich or lean?
if so, which guage would be 'better'?

-Markus

 

F the guages and get some racing beat headers or something.
money better spent.

 

lol, Travisty, good point.. lol Guages can start getting alittle pricey when talking about buying 3 or 4 or them huh...

lol

-Markus

 

or you could go withj autozone gauges, $15-20/ per gauge!

 

Yo,


EGT shows you how hot the exhaust gases are. If they start to skyrocket, you know you're running lean.

I've read that EGT is superior to A/F because it's actually showing what's going on inside the rotor, as opposed to an AF gauge that is interpreting signals from your O2 sensor. Something your O2 sensor was never meant to really do.

I've heard that A/F gauges are just "pretty light shows" and really don't do much of anything except entertain the driver. *grin*

I would go with an EGT vs. an A/F.

I'm considering this one:

http://66.216.67.51/product.asp?0=212&1=266&3=184

Kevin
1989 GTUs "I like the Greddy 60mm with peak/warning."

 

Money better spent performance-wise, yes. But I like to know what is going on inside my engine, which is something the stock gauges wont tell me. Gauges serve a very good purpose, they're not just for a fancy light show on mommy's civic...

 

EGT and electric N2O pressure gauge