Jump to content
SAU Community

quick gauge question

jvs007

By jvs007,
in Engines & Forced Induction

 Share

Recommended Posts

jvs007 Rising Star

jvs007

Posted
Posted

from these gauges which 3 would u choose and why

boost, oil temp, oil pressure, water temp

i want to put set of 3 gauges on the center dash (like GTR's) but cant decide. i was thinkin of eliminating oil pressure but hav been told the standard ones r shit. any opinions ???

thanx jay

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/9966-quick-gauge-question/
Share on other sites
Roy Grand Master

Roy

Posted
Posted

I think if you drive the car hard at track etc, maybe oil temp over boost. But if only street driven i agree with the above.

Can i ask what brand your thinking if using, single DIN spacing i think needs 46mm gauge, been thinking about doing the same for a long time. Only want to use HKS gauges and they no longer make 46mm smallest i think is 52mm

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • joshuaho96
      Help Understand GTT Boost Setup

      By joshuaho96 · Posted

      This would be a new pump with new gears. I'm just unclear on whether it's a good idea to run more oil pump flow if you don't actually need said flow. Oil level is set a minute or so after shutting off a warm engine so wouldn't the high RPM oil level in the sump end up lower all things equal? Plan is OEM clearances, main concern in my mind is whether the OEM pump can keep up with the flow requirements of any additional oil coolers.
    • Dose Pipe Sutututu
      Help Understand GTT Boost Setup

      By Dose Pipe Sutututu · Posted

      Don't do what I did, use a 300000km old housing with billet gears. The old pump probably was clearanced with saw dust, Edward Lee's special engine treatment sauce and a good odo wind back. I had oil pressure issues, then replaces pump with new housing, new billet gears and 2x track day later binned a motor due to other oil related issues due to a previous engine builder. Long story short, buy a M2 or 3 or 4 N55/S55/S58 and enjoy life.
    • GTSBoy
      Help Understand GTT Boost Setup

      By GTSBoy · Posted

      Yeah. "New pump" does not have to mean "massive pump".
    • MBS206
      Help Understand GTT Boost Setup

      By MBS206 · Posted

      Well, can you still get an OEM pump, and by the time you're buying a Nismo/N1 etc, just buy another aftermarket pump. It's better to have the pump able to flow more if its needed, than for your pressure to drop off. At any point in time, you're replacing the oil pump in a rebuild. Aftermarket pumps are likely going to be a better economical choice, and they don't have any negatives, even if they can flow more.   Also, when you're saying "replace the pump gears" are you meaning leave a 25+ year old housing in the engine with unknown wear, and just put new gears in? As that sounds silly to me, especially if you do have that minute amount of wear, that means your new pump gears now have a little bit more clearance beside them, which means, whelp, you may not get to build a lot of oil pressure or make a lot of flow.
    • joshuaho96
      Help Understand GTT Boost Setup

      By joshuaho96 · Posted

      Right, but if you replace the pump gears + put a spline or sine drive gear on the crank on a Nismo/OEM/N1/etc pump at that point do you really still want more flow/oil pressure? Let's say this is a the aforementioned "keep it simple" build, no more than ~400 kW at the crank.
×
×
  • Create New...