Best "bang for the buck" gauges?
Feb 24, 2011, 08:26 PM
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Best "bang for the buck" gauges?
I am very close to firing my freshly overhauled 2.0. I want to make sure I can keep an eye on everything so I figured oil pressure, water temp, and possibly voltage gauges would do the job. Now, I am in no situation to be spending $800 for a defi setup for I figured a basic Autometer setup would do the trick. Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Feb 24, 2011, 09:20 PM
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Bar none I would go Zeitronix. Most reliable wideband and top notch quality. Their customer service is like no other. I've sent emails to them on several different occasions before I ever even purchased anything and the response time was crazy fast. I run their multi gauge (ZR-2?) to read boost and AFR simultaneously. You pay for quality here but if you use their multi gauge you could still come in way less than $800.
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AEM. do it once, do it right.
i have the aem uego wideband, boost and oil pressure. personally, i could have got away with just the wb and boost but i wanted a third gauge.
i have the aem uego wideband, boost and oil pressure. personally, i could have got away with just the wb and boost but i wanted a third gauge.
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I love my AEM gauges, but they are pretty expensive. Prosport makes a great gauge for the price though, I have liked all the stuff I have bought from them in the past.
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IMO, I would get the EVOScan GPS from Hamish. Its like $379 and will log and display everything your ECU is seeing. Its like getting hundreds of gauges in one, lol.
I got this last year and after using it for a few months I can not believe how I've been racing/logging/tuning with out it.
Not only will it log all your engine parameters and do EVERYTHING EVOScan does on a regular PC, but it has cool things like a peak feature for all the readings and audiable warings. You can also customize your display to show you as many or as little info as you want.
Another advantage is that its removable, so when you park somewhere you can take it with you and not have to worry about someone breaking into your car to steal your gauges.
I have mine setup to show me Boost (and peak boost), ARF, all my fuel trims, speed (and max speed), coolant temp (and max coolant temp), Knock (and MAX knock), but you can customize it however you want.
I got this last year and after using it for a few months I can not believe how I've been racing/logging/tuning with out it.
Not only will it log all your engine parameters and do EVERYTHING EVOScan does on a regular PC, but it has cool things like a peak feature for all the readings and audiable warings. You can also customize your display to show you as many or as little info as you want.
Another advantage is that its removable, so when you park somewhere you can take it with you and not have to worry about someone breaking into your car to steal your gauges.
I have mine setup to show me Boost (and peak boost), ARF, all my fuel trims, speed (and max speed), coolant temp (and max coolant temp), Knock (and MAX knock), but you can customize it however you want.