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This may sound like a silly question but what gauges do you guys deem as essential for a turbo car? I see a lot of cars kicking round with a million gauges on them but the question is would really bother on a street car?

Of course the first response will always be Boost gauge but after that how do the other gauges rate?

Temp gauges? Air/Fuel gauges?

Any feedback appreciated.

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Besides the stock gauges that come with the car, Ie. speedo, tacho, fuel, etc I personally don't think you need that many gauges unless your doing circuit racing.

If you're simply running on the strip and the occasional squirt on the street, I'd suggest a boost gauge and more accurate oil temp.

I only run a digital boost gauge attached to my timer. The only real reason I've got it is for tuning purposes. I wouldn't really use one any other time as the Autronic combined with the wastegate controls the boost quite well.

I don't even have a boost controller in the car.

Jay95R33 Grand Master

Jay95R33

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Originally posted by INASNT

talking about gauges, i have been lookin for an air-intake temp gauge to monitor intake air temp!

havent been able to find 1 but

Jaycar sell's a digital LCD temp meter that is pretty quick.

I think it measures -40 to +120 or something. I bought one and played around with it for a while and it works well. It doesn't look that good, so it's not something you've mount permanently.

OH - it has an alarm function too, so you can set it for say 40 degrees and if it goes past that a buzzer goes off, I was thinking about hooking the buzzer output to a relay and operating a intercooler water sprayer to it. But it's best to spray the intercooler before it gets too hot....

But I suppose you could just have the temp adjusted down a bit so it comes on sooner...

I think I just opened up a big can of worms here..............

Joe Community Regular

Joe

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The only one you really need is a boost gauge.

The rest are a waste of money, normally people on a skyline upgrades there ecu to a power fc & power fc reads boost/water temp/knock sensor/injector duty cycle & a few more that i cant remember.

Look dont waste money on gauges & waste it on something usefull like new injectors or something :mad:

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Originally posted by Jay95R33

Jaycar sell's a digital LCD temp meter that is pretty quick.

I think it measures -40 to +120 or something.  I bought one and played around with it for a while and it works well.  It doesn't look that good, so it's not something you've mount permanently.

OH - it has an alarm function too, so you can set it for say 40 degrees and if it goes past that a buzzer goes off, I was thinking about hooking the buzzer output to a relay and operating a intercooler water sprayer to it.  But it's best to spray the intercooler before it gets too hot....

But I suppose you could just have the temp adjusted down a bit so it comes on sooner...

I think I just opened up a big can of worms here..............

so when r u putting yours in?

Warpspeed Experienced

Warpspeed

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Seems to me you need some accurate monitoring equipment to do some testing if you are going to seriously modify your car. But unless you are trying to diagnose a problem having your car look like the flight deck of an aircraft is just a wank.

I have several pressure gauges with large scales that can be used to measure: Fuel pressure, oil pressure, boost pressure, exhaust manifold pressure, and exhaust pipe pressure at various points. A homemade water manometer is also useful for measuring low pressures in the induction system.

A digital thermometer with remote readout is absolutely vital.

An airflow meter is a handy thing to have, and so is a sound level meter.

A multimeter is very good to have, as is a compression gauge and timing light.

Jay95R33 Grand Master

Jay95R33

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Originally posted by Silver-Arrowz

Oil temp guage. R owners know hot the oil gets when they've been thrashing their cars around. GTS-t owners would be surprised how quickly the oil temp shoots up.

Your right on.

The first gauges I got were a boost gauge and an oil temp gauge.

Normal driving is around 65 degrees. Give it a bootfull and it'll shoot upto 85-90.

J

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