I suspect my Crapometer boost guage is not highly accurate. That being said, has anyone switched to a good boost guage noticed a clear difference in accuracy or a change in psi. reading??

 

anyone?

 

Oh yes, big time. Like 3 psi. Autocrapper boost gauges are crap I'm surprised not more people are posting. Perhaps people are just tired of this topic.

 

my Crapometer seems to read about 1-1.5psi higher than what my Blitz D-SBC says. I trust the D-SBC a lot more. In fact, I hardly even look at my Crapometer nowadays It sure does look pretty in my steering guage pod tho

 

I can speak in the long run, but my autometer boost gauge is right on the money. Time will tell if they will last, but they are good enough for now. If they do drift slightly off, it's not that big of a deal to me, I can adjust the number, it's more of just a reference thing for me though. Just my $.02

Memphis

 

Well at least it reads higher and not lower than it actually is...KABOOOOM

 

If Autometer gauges are such crap then why do so many pro drivers (drag...etc.) use them???

 

For many years I had a HKS boost gauge. It read in KG/CCM^2 and had dark orange numbers on a black background. Was hard to read at night and cost about $170.

When I added water temp and fuel pressure gauges I also changed the boost gauge. All to AutoMeter. I tested both pressure gauges with them connected off a "T" connector.

They both read exactly the same from 0 to 15PSI boost.

 

Looky here! It's another blind leading the blind circle jerk! Hope you guys can gain a stroke on the switch.

And you should drop a line to the NASCAR, IMSA(or what ever they call themselves this year), NHRA, SCCA. etc, etc, folks. I'm sure they would love to hear how crappy their Autometer gauges are.

 

I know I think my autmeter gauges are pretty good too, and there are alot of high horsepower race cars that use them. Forget spending 200.00 on a boost gauge, when I bought mine for 50.00 and I am pretty sure it's accurate. Well unless it's the RE Amemiya boost gauge because I want that ****!!!

 

First of all, all you bone heads that test your gauges when new are... well that just doesn't make sence. Many people rave about how their autocrapper gauges work just fine... when new. We are talking at least 6 months down the road. Now if you replace every thing for safety sake every season (like NASCAR and other top racers hint hint) then I'm sure you will have no problems. As for blind leading the blind that's what you might as well be if you're looking at an autocrapper gauge.

 

Once again this bonehead will chime in and say that my Autometer is perfect. I even bought it used; it was a year or so old when I bought it and I have since had it a year. My gauge reads perfectly accurate because I hooked it to a source of compressed air and compared its readings with a very expensive racing tire pressure gauge. They agreed from 2-13 psi. I didn't bother to check higher because I am basically stock.

Maybe us boneheads just get lucky sometimes. And if you are so stuck on $$$ for a good gauge, I sincerely hope you don't use a 50 cent pen type tire gauge you can buy at the local Quicky Mart. You must spend at least $75 for a nice VDO pressure gauge to get good readings. Anything cheaper would be useless ****, right?

 

I used to have a Greddy(w/memory) boost gauge, then I switched over to DEFI and have had no changes in boost pressures.

So why do all the drag cars have autometer gauges if they're crap? Seems to me that if they had all that money to spend on their cars, they'd spend the money on "good" gauges...or are the autometer gauges good, just that we the public have been fooled into thinking that you need an expensive name brand boost gauge?

 

Autometer gauges last only 6 months or so in a street car but they last a full season in a race car!? And we all know how gently a race car is driven. And race teams throw all their gauges out at the end of every season? Please!
And I guess I am really lucky, because mine have been in the car for 24 months and everthings OK so far. Not to mention the ones in my other car that are 15 years old and still working. By the way how's that group buy on white canes with red tips and hand lotion coming along?

 

I don't really care how well the Autometer guages work in anyones car. I just know that mine is off by 1-1.5psi compared to a much more reliable source with a peak hold (Blitz D-SBC). I'm sure some of them are dead on! But there have been enough complaints about them on this board alone to know not to trust them 100%. Just my .02

 

Mines dead on....right at 15psi, my car usually exersizes a fuel cut. Its only happend once though. CJ

 

I haven't had my gauge for that long, just a little over six months, but it's just as accurate now as it was when it was first installed.

I'm sure people have had Autometer gauges fail or begin to read incorrectly. That's just manufacturing for ya, you'll never get every product manufactured 100%.

I'm sure people have had other gauges do the same. One thing to consider is that with the cheaper price of the Autometer Boost gauge compared to other gauges, it's likely there are more of these gauges being used as compared to others. Therefore you might hear about failures more often then other gauges.

If you were to compare percentage of gauges in use verses ones not working correctly I'll bet that Autometer is no worse than any other company.

 

OK, so how do you know if you are getting an accurate reading? When my engine is off the autometer guage seems to settle at ( - ) .5 psi....just off center. Does that mean its off..or is there vaccum in the line once the engine has been shut off just holding it back a bit ??

 

This argument is crap. It has been crap every single time it has been rehashed.

Autometer gauges are good, solid, reliable gauges. Who cares what gauge you use. But for you guys to say Autometer gauges suck because you compared them to another gauge is just stupid. I don't care how old a gauge is....how do you know what you are comparing it to is correct?

Seriously, did you guys who claim your gauge is wrong, do the test a number of times, under the same exact conditions? Did you use more than one gauge to compare the Autometer to? Because if you just compared the Autometer to another gauge, how in the hell do you know which one is correct? Oh wait, THE ONE THAT COSTS MORE MONEY HAS TO BE CORRECT!

Who are the real bone heads? I am with Capt. Bill on this one.

Patrick

 

Hey badass7, my gauge does the same, it's vaccume in the gauge. If it holds, thats good, if not you might have a slight leak. After re-tightning and checking my boost gauge connections, my autometer gauge stays slightly to the left of 0psi. Oh, and by the way, autometer guages are a good value, and if you think that you need some hockey pockey gauge with fancy cool lights and a "real" carbon fiber face that costs $250, then you have problems.

 

do a search, you will find that there are MANY people who first got Autometer, and now have a different gauge in their car. there have been enough complaints about them to conclude that Autometer boost gauges are crap. that is my opinion on what i have heard.

your engine lives and dies by boost. overboosting can possibly kill your engine. now, are you gonna put the life of your engine on an innacurate and cheap gauge??

there has been enough evidence to prove to me that Autometer gauges are shitty. that is what i have to say. if you dont like it...too bad!

 

how do you know your boost gauge is telling you correct information?? do you have any other source of reading boost, or have you tested it??

 

how do you know your boost gauge is "right on the money"?? do you have any other source of reading boost, or have you tested it??

 

how are you "pretty sure" that it is accurate?? do you have any other source of reading boost, or have you tested it??

 

how do you know your boost gauge is "dead on"?? do you have any other source of reading boost, or have you tested it??