EGT-A/F-Boost

[malakia12]

I have oil pressure, oil temp, and water temp gauges for right now. I will be picking up a boost( :shhh: ) and a/f gauge as well, but wanted to know if EGT is a must as well.

as for A/F, I should get a wideband right? are there any with white faced wideband gauges out?

[omes]

I have oil pressure, oil temp, and water temp gauges for right now. I will be picking up a boost( :shhh: ) and a/f gauge as well, but wanted to know if EGT is a must as well.

as for A/F, I should get a wideband right? are there any with white faced wideband gauges out?


the only 'true' wideband in a gauge is that one from AEM i think it is avail with a white face and silver or black bezel, be prepared it is like $400. By the way where do plan on putting all of these?

[Solid]

AEM UEGO is a good gauge, and they have white/black combos. I have the black/black one. It's about $400.

[malakia12]

the only 'true' wideband in a gauge is that one from AEM i think it is avail with a white face and silver or black bezel, be prepared it is like $400. By the way where do plan on putting all of these?
Well I have the LeatherZ kit right now(uninstalled), so I figure I will put the most important gauges in their(boost, a/f, oil temp or oil pressure), and as for the other gauges, I don't know yet, I will ask my shop if they can do something custom for me. Maybe on the hood of my car towards the left side like the muscle cars have(just kidding :) )

Do all of you guys have an EGT gauge, or do I not really need it? Also, do I really need an A/F gauge? Aren't A/F gauges just valuable if you go and dyno tune your car?

[omes]

Ya unless you want to put them in the vents I think you are going to have a tought time find spots for all of those gauges. And if you are going spend that kinda jack Alan L. posted some infor on an all digital controller that I think had 6 items to monitor it was pretty sweet but I think I was $700+ do a quick search you'll find it.
AFR gauge would be nice but not bang for the buck, I went back and forth so many times on what to get that I finally settled with boost egt and oil pressure.
By the way when you go dyno they stick a probe in your muffler for your afr. I bought the leather z bracket as well :thumbup:

[malakia12]

omes> thanks man, well I spoke to a buddy of fine(a real turbo freak), and he told me that A/F ratio is not really a must have, unless you dyno tune your car often, which I will not be doing. Since I already have oil temp, oil pressure, and water temp, I will just buy boost and egt and leave it at that.

[omes]

No problem :thumbup: just passing on from what i have learned , wow that is still 5 gauges....hope the install goes good....just wondering where they are all going to go.....I had another installer look at what I wanted and without going into the vents or cutting up the dash there is just no place....

[malakia12]

autometer sells individual pods, maybe there is someway that we could mount them somewhere. I know its pretty pointless because you can't see them, but a lot of people put a few gauges in the glovebox. I am thinking an install maybe where the center console is :hmm: ? Or maybe where the center cup holders are, getting like something custom made there? This sucks that we have no room for gauges. I guess I might have to sell a few of the gauges that are not as important.

I will probably go with EGT, Oil Pressure, and Oil Temp if I just keep three. Boost is not really that important, since the kit is constant at 8psi.

What 3 gauges do you guys think are the most crucial?

[omes]

autometer sells individual pods, maybe there is someway that we could mount them somewhere. I know its pretty pointless because you can't see them, but a lot of people put a few gauges in the glovebox. I am thinking an install maybe where the center console is :hmm: ? Or maybe where the center cup holders are, getting like something custom made there? This sucks that we have no room for gauges. I guess I might have to sell a few of the gauges that are not as important.

I will probably go with EGT, Oil Pressure, and Oil Temp if I just keep three. Boost is not really that important, since the kit is constant at 8psi.

What 3 gauges do you guys think are the most crucial?

I think the 3 you listed are best for a SC'd engine. :thumbup: I chose boost over oil temp as I don't live in a very hot climate, and from the best of my knowledge and research oil temps are only a real concern when tracking and the ambient temperature gets up there, we rarely see mid to upper 20'd deg C for the better part of the year. :cry: Boost is just more for show. :str8pimpi

Yeah I thought about down on the console but losing the sunglasses tray already, I didn't want to lose any more storage space....I have seen a nice setup with a dual SPA gauge in the cupholder. I am also planning an XM radio for the ashtray so there goes some more storage space that i am currently using for change....ect.