I've never had a turbo in my car before. I've helped people install them but never on my own car. What guages would you recommend. i'm probobly gunna run an A pilar guage cluster with 3 guages. I was thinking boost(obviously), Exhuast gas temp, and oil pressure. Are these worth the money or would you recommend any other guages instead? Thanks

 

I think all you have mentioned are very important, and I have always ran those three with every setup I've built. Oil temp is another nice one, too.

 

Those three that you mentioned are the key gauges. Some people like to also have a AF gauge, but if you do get a wideband. I have k-pro so I wont need it.

 

I run oil pressure, oil temp, water temp, boost, and A/F on my turbo car

 

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^^I'm running those exact gauges on my car

DAN

 

def. recommend egt/pyrometer, oil pressure, and boost. although if you can squeeze them in tha budget i say water temp and a/f as well.

 

what would you say is more improtant, A/F or water temp?

 

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WIDEBAND A/F (o2). narrow band a/f gauges are just for show

my factory water temp gauge works fine for me

 

gotcha. What about tranny temp?

 

and does anyone know where i can get an exhaust gas temp guage online? I cant find one

 

look in to VDO guages...very clean

 

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you dont need a trans temp....

I am running Defi Boost, Water temp, Oil temp, Oil pressure and a PLX Wide band

there really isnt need for EGT unless you have one for every runner

 

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there really isnt need for EGT unless you have one for every runner

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I thought that was only if you're using an egt gauge to tune with? I don't think it's a bad gauge to have.

 

innovative makes a pretty good air fuel gauge... thats what i run in my car..

 

just for sake of not starting a new thread, I have an automatic. Would it be wise to invest in a tranny cooler?

 

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It would be wiser to invest in an auto-to-manual conversion.

 

haha yea yea i know. Its too spendy for me right now. I'm still in highschool and the dough for that just isnt there. BELIEVE me, if i could, i would

 

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well stop spending your money on BS and save and youll have it

 

sell your car and get a manual one. auto's suck! dont even try to make it fast.

 

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wow thats constructive. I kinda know that a manual would be better. I dont have a choice. I'm just trying to do what i can

 

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I also can't sell my car either. My parents won't let me. a trans swap is like 3 grand and i dont have that kind of money. I may be putting in a turbo but i got it for cheap and have been saving for a while. I know the deal with auto's vs. manuals. i'm just trying to do what i can

 

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I also can't sell my car either. My parents won't let me. a trans swap is like 3 grand and i dont have that kind of money. I may be putting in a turbo but i got it for cheap and have been saving for a while. I know the deal with auto's vs. manuals. i'm just trying to do what i can</TD></TR></TABLE>

3grand! Ive seen people do them for less than a 1k

 

i swaped my auto to stick with $200 (but i did all the work my self)...im only 17 so im sure u can do it too....

 

obviously i've been out of the loop. could you show me where you put together a auto-manual swap for under a grand.

 

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I'm 16. Theres no problem installing it. Ive just heard that its a good 3 grand for everything.