hey im trying to decide which gauges to run...autometer or greddy. ill be running boost, EGT, and oil pressure. any suggestions and comments?

 

greddy is worth the extra money. quality.

 

most people will probably recommend greddy over autometer, as many are witnesses to autometers frequent inaccuracies. for me personally my autometer has been pretty accurate so far and is a good cheap alternative, but i would like to try out some better quality gauges to see how they do. if u can afford it go with the more quality brand. if not, autometer or vdo are affordable alternatives

 

For sure Greddy, electrical vs. mechanical. Much higher quality, but I personally like Apexi and Defi. Might want to check them out.

My $0.02

 

I'd say Greddy, better quality and look better IMO

 

GReddy hands down.

 

the only problems i see with the GReddy stuff is that it's all metric, my redneck *** can't try to convert that **** all the damn time while i'm driving down the road..... i guess i'd get used to it after a while though


oh, and since i'm about to sepnd nearly $700 on more Autometer guages and they are cheaper... DAMN, i'd go broke trying to apy for them, plus, NASCAR uses Autometer stuff, so it's good enough to me

 

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Ditto. I have Greddy...My buddy just got the Defi gauges he hasn't got them in yet but we have heard nothing but great things about em. I am sure lots or peeps are going to suggest Defi or Greddy here. My experience with Autometer...

 

greddy

 

sure nascar uses autometer.. but they only have to turn one way...

Greddy if you can afford it, autometer if you cant. Autometer guages tend not to be the most fast reacting/ real accurate.. But they work

 

I have greddy guages. I had a prob w/the Greddy EGT though, seems liek the wiring to the probe gets real brittle real quick.

 

 

^^52mm?

 

like everyone else said, greddy for sure. autometers are 'ok' for the money, but greddy is definantly my first pick.

 

GReddy

 

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I have an Autometer Oil Pressure gauge and it works just fine. I also got it cheap.

 

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yea

 

Anything but autometer IMO...I have Omori's which are as cheap as autometers but are so much better

 

Can we get into more details of why so many are putting Autometer down? Do you guys have personal experience with them failing? And for those that say its inaccurate, what are you measuring these gauges with to claim that?

 

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i've owned 2 autometer boost gauges, both ultralite silver supposedly the same that nascar uses. they read very different on the same car. most of the issue is from the zero setpoint. this gauge reads 2" lower or 1-1.5 psi lower than the last gauge.

i bet you the NASCAR guys get gauges that are screened for accuracy and quality. we get the rest.

 

autometer's electical guages are better than the mechanical, if they made an electrical boost buage, then everything would be hunky-dorey

 

I would go with greddy...however autometer does have a line of quality sweeping guages now called the cobalt series. expensive but very well engineered

 

Greddy of course

 

I had two autometer boost gauges both sat different, one above and one below zero, and both the needles feel off so to autometer. Also had a autometer egt had some issues with it too. But i've had Greddy's for half a year and only from them.