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Old 10-14-2008, 01:30 PM
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I am for sure putting a fuel pressure gauge on the rail. What gauges should I run inside? A/F, Oil Pressure, Vacuum, EGT, Coolant Temp, Oil Temp???

I want the best combo of gauges to protect my engine. I've been having misfire symptoms for the past month and think I have it narrowed down to faulty wiring or a bad fuel pump/filter. LMK what you guys think.

Also, are Autometer gauges worth the money since they are on the cheap end or should I invest in some quality gauges? I've searched but not too many threads on N/A gauge setups...
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if you absolutely HAVE to have gauges, I'd say oil pressure, wideband o2 (innovate is my favorite), and maybe oil temp.
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I am definitely not a gauge fan, but I do like having the information readily available when something goes wrong. Hate the overplayed piller mounts. I think I would like mine to be stealthy like the Rick's Radio Door gauge mounts...

I'll look into the innovate setups.
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Originally Posted by 03AP1,Oct 14 2008, 05:35 PM
I am definitely not a gauge fan, but I do like having the information readily available when something goes wrong. Hate the overplayed piller mounts. I think I would like mine to be stealthy like the Rick's Radio Door gauge mounts...

I'll look into the innovate setups.
Look into plx devices. You can use one gauge to display 4 different readings.

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^^Was just reading a thread about their widebands!
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Oil temp and pressure and water temp.
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Originally Posted by carrera4,Oct 14 2008, 03:36 PM
Oil temp and pressure and water temp.
Don't really need much else if you're staying NA...in fact you don't need any unless you're thinking about doing a lot of tracking.
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even then I wouldn't bother with water temp, but oil temp and oil pressure.
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oil pressure. water rewmp and oil temp you dont really need cause you have a temp gauge on ur dash and if the temp increases it will show you. there is no nice place to put the gauge(s) in our car without it looking ricer(pillarpod) or tacky(radio door). Im just gona throw my one oil pressure gauge in the cupholder and call it a day.
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If you go to the track you should have oil temp and water temp. The stock gauge for water will tell you something is wrong too late and there isn't one for oil.


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