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Old 02-03-2014, 12:53 PM
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I have almost completed my turbo build and will need to monitor the results. I know I need to get a boost and a wideband gauge for tuning and monitoring. Are there any other gauges that are must haves?
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Fuel pressure gauge is always a good one. My car is NA, but I have a wideband and fuel pressure gauge. Knowing the fuel pressure is pretty important.
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I run boost, oil temp, oil press, coolant temp, wideband, fuel pressure.

Im switching to an aftermarket ECU/gauge setup, and am selling all my autometer stuff.

PM me if you're interested, they are all the carbon fiber series.
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X3 on the fuel pressure gauge. Also if you are auto you may want to run a trans temp gauge, as more power generally means more heat in the transmission as well. Especially if you plan to do any launches off a foot brake or trans brake.
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Agreed^ oil pressure, oil temp and transmission temp gauges.
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My car is auto. So I already have the stock oil pressure on the dash, would it be better to have an aftermarket? I was planning on getting 3 total gauges. Should I do aftermarket oil pressure, trans temp or oil temp?
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Get a wide band, fuel pressure, and boost controller/gauge. If you want to read other things like trans temp, coolent temp, etc get a aero force obd2 gauge to read those other pids.

I run a fuel pressure, truboost controller, and aem uago wide and in my 3 pod piller. I have the aeroforce in on of my vents to read trans temp and coolent temp.
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Originally Posted by willizm
Get a wide band, fuel pressure, and boost controller/gauge. If you want to read other things like trans temp, coolent temp, etc get a aero force obd2 gauge to read those other pids.

I run a fuel pressure, truboost controller, and aem uago wide and in my 3 pod piller. I have the aeroforce in on of my vents to read trans temp and coolent temp.
The Truboost and uego wideband are the 2 I already have as well.
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What do you guys think of the ultra lite analog wideband?
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forget gauges get a holley hp efi and use a dashboard
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I use oil pressure/oil temp/water temp/boost/wideband gauges (digital AEM) as well as an ethanol content sensor/display.



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