How worthwhile are gauages
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How worthwhile are gauages
Was speaking to someone about putting gauges in my fd3s. Have purchased a boost, oil pressure + water temp. I have a 2001 fd so I don't have a stock oil pressure gauge and have a boost gauge instead.
He was suggesting not to even bother if I'm planning to get a power fc considering it has most of the information on the commander.
Any recommendations?
He was suggesting not to even bother if I'm planning to get a power fc considering it has most of the information on the commander.
Any recommendations?
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Those 3 are pretty well what people install so I myself say they are the minimum essentials if you want to know what your car is doing.
..BUT there is installing gauges and then there is installing TOO MANY gauges.
It is nice to monitor your car but IF you are driving around all the time looking at your gauges it takes the FUN out of driving the car.
With a nicely tuned Rotary you should be able to "black them out" and enjoy the road..Only use them when you are doing something out of the ordinary.
If you have to glance at your gauges every 10 seconds then your car is Running YOU..and you are not driving the car anymore..you are Monitoring it.
..BUT there is installing gauges and then there is installing TOO MANY gauges.
It is nice to monitor your car but IF you are driving around all the time looking at your gauges it takes the FUN out of driving the car.
With a nicely tuned Rotary you should be able to "black them out" and enjoy the road..Only use them when you are doing something out of the ordinary.
If you have to glance at your gauges every 10 seconds then your car is Running YOU..and you are not driving the car anymore..you are Monitoring it.
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Was speaking to someone about putting gauges in my fd3s. Have purchased a boost, oil pressure + water temp. I have a 2001 fd so I don't have a stock oil pressure gauge and have a boost gauge instead.
He was suggesting not to even bother if I'm planning to get a power fc considering it has most of the information on the commander.
Any recommendations?
He was suggesting not to even bother if I'm planning to get a power fc considering it has most of the information on the commander.
Any recommendations?
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The stock series 8 boost gauge is garbage, and is only really useful for indicating vague levels of positive boost.
Currently I use my PFC commander which displays vacuum in mmhg and positive pressure in kg/cm2.
I purchased a carbon R-magic quad 60mm gauge pod and will be installing a boost gauge that reads directly in PSI (to save me converting the PFC reading when I'm interested) with a peak and warning operation. This will free up a slot on my commander screen for something else. (I only run with 4 readings on the commander otherwise it ends up taking more than a quick glance to read it...).
If you are happy with the boost output on the PFC, I'd run a Air/Fuel ratio gauge instead.
Currently I use my PFC commander which displays vacuum in mmhg and positive pressure in kg/cm2.
I purchased a carbon R-magic quad 60mm gauge pod and will be installing a boost gauge that reads directly in PSI (to save me converting the PFC reading when I'm interested) with a peak and warning operation. This will free up a slot on my commander screen for something else. (I only run with 4 readings on the commander otherwise it ends up taking more than a quick glance to read it...).
If you are happy with the boost output on the PFC, I'd run a Air/Fuel ratio gauge instead.
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Sorry but IMO the stock series 8 gauge is fine then. It would give relative readings to what your foot is doing which is all you need the majority of the time. If you need better resolution wth peak values then you have the commander. The OP is in Aus, and is probably used to metric but doing conversion isn't hard. Adding a THIRD gauge for boost readings makes no sense. Especially a huge 60mm version.
And isn't a afr gauge kind of useless without a wideband? It could change faster than you can move your foot.
And isn't a afr gauge kind of useless without a wideband? It could change faster than you can move your foot.
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Sorry but IMO the stock series 8 gauge is fine then. It would give relative readings to what your foot is doing which is all you need the majority of the time. If you need better resolution wth peak values then you have the commander. The OP is in Aus, and is probably used to metric but doing conversion isn't hard. Adding a THIRD gauge for boost readings makes no sense. Especially a huge 60mm version.
And isn't a afr gauge kind of useless without a wideband? It could change faster than you can move your foot.
And isn't a afr gauge kind of useless without a wideband? It could change faster than you can move your foot.
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Sorry but IMO the stock series 8 gauge is fine then. It would give relative readings to what your foot is doing which is all you need the majority of the time. If you need better resolution wth peak values then you have the commander. The OP is in Aus, and is probably used to metric but doing conversion isn't hard. Adding a THIRD gauge for boost readings makes no sense. Especially a huge 60mm version.
And isn't a afr gauge kind of useless without a wideband? It could change faster than you can move your foot.
And isn't a afr gauge kind of useless without a wideband? It could change faster than you can move your foot.
Otherwise if i was staying 100% stock i would be happy with the stock boost gauge. Not seeing any issues with it currently.
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