Which Boost Gauge To Get?

[abu]

Thanks

Abu

[webng]

Thanks

Abu

Fark.... that looks nice. Will be getting that or the Saber smoke one for $20 more. decisions decisions. Does the Apexi one come in PSI?

[abu]

Fark.... that looks nice. Will be getting that or the Saber smoke one for $20 more. decisions decisions. Does the Apexi one come in PSI?

Hahah. Na dont think it comes in PSI.

This ones is a mechanical gauge, came with APEXi stand, almost brand new in perfect condition, I picked it up for $100!

Worth every cent

Thanks,

Abu

[TTT]

VDO

[RBwhatever]

Specometer. Not flashy but does the job just fine. $50.

*Ready's fire extinguisher to fight off the flaming for being so cheap an nasty*

Edited July 27, 2007 by KeyMaker

[made_guy]

got my saber yesterday - loving the electrical style - no need to worry about crushing an air tube when going through the firewall

the 'smoke-ness' is not as great as i was expecting, but it still looks cool. if my gf doesn't have a whinge i'll install it tomorrow morning.

[webng]

Might be getting a 80mm Pivot Boost Gauge 2nd hand. What are they like? I don't know my boost gauges. It's mechanical (vac).

[made_guy]

hooked up my saber on the weekend - piss easy to do (partly because I already fed my wires through the other week when i tried to hook up what i found out was a broken gauge...)

What i did have to do though was cut some pieces of the tubing supplied with the gauge and fit them over the stock air feed thingo on each side of the cut i made for my gauge's boost sensor, because my tee piece was too big to fit into it. I wanted to replace the whole tube with the stuff supplied with the guage, but the inside diameter was too big to fit tightly to the plenum ... that probably doesn't make a lot of sense, but i'll take some pics tomorrow.

anyhow, gauge is sweet, pretty much matches the stock one, but the extra increments make reading boost a lot more accurate! turns out i max out at about 5psi in 1st and 2nd then up to 8psi in 3rd 4th and 5th?? this is with a bleed type boost controller currently set just above it's minimum (still haven't got my intercooler yet and was waiting til i had a better boost gauge and fmic before i up it)

[bugger]

Nobody is interested in Defi Gauges???

Ain't they good?

what you guys think?

They are valuable right?

[sewid]

Beer Baron already posted on Defi guages.

They're the best out there but if you only want one guage then it is pricey. When you look at the features though you certainly get what you pay for.

[Beer Baron]

yep to me gauges are important. mainly because they need to be accurate, reliable and fast reacting but also they need to be aesthetically pleasing. My advice is save the extra money and buy nice gauges. Nothing make a car look worse than cheap gauges.

[BigDatto]

These look pretty sweet, don't come cheap tho. http://www.msdignition.com/2006/06-1.htm

[GeeTR]

yep to me gauges are important. mainly because they need to be accurate, reliable and fast reacting but also they need to be aesthetically pleasing. My advice is save the extra money and buy nice gauges. Nothing make a car look worse than cheap gauges.

^^^ +1

Agree 100% - Accuracy, and they just happen to look shite hot I'm Y generation and mech lines running into the cabin don't "impressin me much"

I've mentioned before, I have two mates with VDO gauges that have needed to be sent back due to massive inaccuracies. Their warranty support wasn't so crash hot either. I'm not going to bag them though, i guess statistically they both could have gotten two bad units, and they both could have spoken to a dude on his rag, and the courier could have lost the order

Edit: They were worth the months of saving and im completely biased

Edited August 2, 2007 by GeeTR