What guages are important to YOU?

[JimX]

The first thing I did when I got my car was remove the Autometer boost gauge. It was on the steering column and blocking the view of my tacho redline, which I thought was a much more important gauge! It had the EBC and it was all set correctly, so I really didn't need the boost gauge. I used the factory gauge as a rough measure of the boost and it was fine.

But later as I started ramping up the boost towards 15psi and past the limit of the factory gauge, I decided to put the Autometer one back in. Only out of curiosity's sake really, to see at what rpm what boost is made. I find it WAY too difficult to look down at the EBC's digital readout, it's so far down (below the radio) that I would even say it's dangerous to keep an eye on while driving.

So I put the boost gauge back on the A-pillar. Probably defectable, but it won't be much skin off my nose if I have to remove it. I have to say though, with the chrome cup it looks quite neat from outside the car. But that's not the reason I put it back on.

All other additional gauges can wait. So I'd have to say that no aftermarket gauges are important to me. ALL of the factory ones except boost are important!

[king_kw13]

Defi look the most awesome.... but I would only put it on the a-pillar... but thats illegal

Tell me, has anyone been defected in melbourne cos they have gauges on their a-pillar?

Comeon, almost all Skylines I pass in Melbourne have SOMETHING stuck onto the a-pillar.

[JimX]

I don't get it. Taxis get to have whatever they want on their dash - their ID badge, stickers, bits of plastic, pen holders with pens in them, electronic/radio stuff, but we can't have a single gauge?

Maybe combined with the lack of compulsory seat belts for taxi drivers they will be instantly killed by all the crap on their dash in an accident and thus be less of a burden on our health system.

[GTS-t VSPEC]

A-pillar mounts are legal in WA:D And other guages are fine aswell aslong as the don't obscure vision over the bonnet or to the stock instrument cluster.

[redline2003]

seriously but they only obscure ur vision by like a couple of cm's, gosh man y does the aus govt they take these things so seriously its not like someone is gonna die because a driver had a rev gauge that obscured his vision.....in the USA the 350Z came wif drilled aluminium pedals but ova here ive heard nuthing of that feature......full on ****ed

[GTS-t VSPEC]

Nothing illegal about drilled aluminum pedals.

[redline2003]

then y didnt we get em here? so ur telling me if a cop saw u wif momo metal pedals he wouldnt say nuffin if he wanted to b a ****.

[Zman]

dont the s15 gt spec come with drilled aluminium pedals as well?

[craz0]

Has anyone got a Air/Fuel Gauge in there Sky's.

Would you need a Air/Fuel Gauge if you had a SAFC II?

[MattyB]

you can have as many guages as you want. if you know what it does and this effects your vehicale, i say go mad. i did.

craz0 i have the apexi turbo timer which have the factory air flow setting displayed. im yet to compare to a tuning sensor so i cant honestly tell you how close it is.

[benm]

I'd have to agree with Merli.

I've never ever once looked down at my boost guage (center console below my mp3 player) while i've been driving in a spirited manner, even when at trackdays. I simply don't have the time or courage to take my eyes off the road for that long while 'on it'.

A water temp and an oil temp would do me perfectly for the center console. I can look at these -after- doing afew laps around a track and they dont move radically enough (like a boost gauge) so I can look at them when I -want- to not when I -need- to.

What are some good brand gauges? Where can these be bought from at a decent price and what are some websites with pics/specs/prices/etc ?

[MattyB]

benm, often guages are more important for tuning than actually racing. all my defi guages have warnings so if any of the guages go over or under a certain limit it a really anoying buzzer sound and the wonderful red light shows up. i purchased all defi bf series guages. got two more to get. only problem i have found is i need three controler boxes to be able to connect all the guages i have. (two so far need one more for the last guage).

probally the cheapest guages i know of would be vdo, but if you go that way get the kenworth version (has to be purchaced from kenworth themself) from memory you can get the guage and sensor for about 70$. they dont have any warning or recall option. the advantage over the vdo guages (unless vdo has changed recently) is at night the numbers light up thought the backing insted of light simply being let pass from arround the edge to try light the frount panel inside, which isnt that effective.