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Old Nov 20, 2004, 11:38 PM
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Picking Gauges

If you had your choice of 3 gauges what would you get?

My choices so far.

1. Boost

2. EGT

3. ???

Which do you think are more important?
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AFR gauges are VERY important
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A/F(narrowband) guages are mostly junk unless you buy a real wideband O2 setup. Zeitronix makes an excellent one(LCD display) or if you want a guage style setup AEM offers the Uego but it doesnt offer as wide a range as the Zeitronix.
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Originally Posted by steveevo8
AFR gauges are VERY important
But mostly for tuning purposes, right? or no?
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im getting boost, oil pressure, and wideband O2 AEM
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Originally Posted by djmikeymike
im getting boost, oil pressure, and wideband O2 AEM
I have not looked in to the prices of a wideband 02, what do you think you will be spending?
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Originally Posted by gofaster87
A/F(narrowband) guages are mostly junk unless you buy a real wideband O2 setup. Zeitronix makes an excellent one(LCD display) or if you want a guage style setup AEM offers the Uego but it doesnt offer as wide a range as the Zeitronix.
this looks really good can anyone tell me more about the Zeitronix? here is a link

http://www.zeitronix.com/Products/zt2/zt2.htm
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the Zeitronix is a Wideband , EGT and a Boost gauge all for 612$ the AEM is 500$ and that is just a Wideband

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Originally Posted by gofaster87
A/F(narrowband) guages are mostly junk unless you buy a real wideband O2 setup.
Yup. So you could go the cheaper route and get an oil pressure gauge, or go with the wideband O2 gauge. I dunno how long that would last on the street, though. I am guessing it could foul out over time, but I may be wrong.
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A A/F gauge is useless unless you have the ability to tune your ECU. That gauge will only tell you what your air/fuel is and you won't be able to do anything to change it on the stock setup. Pretty much a useless item.

Now, Oil Pressure on the other hand is quite usefull as it will let you know if you develop a leak or similar low pressure condition that can ruin your engine.
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Originally Posted by Cirrusly Evolvd
A A/F gauge is useless unless you have the ability to tune your ECU. That gauge will only tell you what your air/fuel is and you won't be able to do anything to change it on the stock setup. Pretty much a useless item.

Now, Oil Pressure on the other hand is quite usefull as it will let you know if you develop a leak or similar low pressure condition that can ruin your engine.
exactly
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i would get an oil pressure guage as the third



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