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1quickTransAm 04-26-2012 09:26 AM

Digital or Analog N20 Gauge?
 
Which do you think would be better if I was putting it in the center vent on my TA?

Analog:
http://www.glowshiftdirect.com/produ..._NOS_Thumb.jpg

or Digital:
http://www.glowshiftdirect.com/produ...bs/Nitrous.jpg

I like the look of the analog gauge (and that I set the color to red to match my other gauges), but I am concerned about the functionality of it. The useful range of pressure for N20 is just a narrow part of the needle's range whereas with the digital gauge N2O pressure is obvious.

LeanPocket 04-26-2012 10:45 AM

personal preference, id prefer the digital but thats just me

1quickTransAm 04-26-2012 11:12 AM

I've never ran nitrous yet - what kind of resolution do you want from a gauge? Is seeing the needle is between 900 and 1,000 enough? That seems about what you'd get from the analog gauge...

99T/AMAN 04-26-2012 11:16 AM

I think the digital would be easier to read

1quickTransAm 04-26-2012 04:44 PM

Any other votes from people who use nitrous pressure gauges?

socal 04-26-2012 05:10 PM

It's all about the hardware, is it a sender and wiring, or running a line. I perfer the sender and wiring.

Tubba 04-26-2012 06:02 PM

Digital for a more precise measurment

dnkynrbk 04-26-2012 11:13 PM

digital

1quickTransAm 04-27-2012 07:15 AM


Originally Posted by socal (Post 16244781)
It's all about the hardware, is it a sender and wiring, or running a line. I perfer the sender and wiring.

Sorry - let me clarify. Both are electric gauges with a sender and wiring, just one displays in digital numbers and one displays with a needle on a dial. Install will be easy with either.

slomarao 04-27-2012 03:01 PM

digi

i have a digi gauges, digi tach and than a autometer 2 3/8 tach cuz when theres bright sunlight you wont see the shift light.

the track goto faces the sunset....

id only go analog for a situation like bright light, etc....

Chris@NitroDaves 04-27-2012 04:54 PM

Digital if going with that style of gauge.

Firehawk441 04-27-2012 06:41 PM

Digital. :thumb:

1quickTransAm 04-27-2012 08:56 PM


Originally Posted by Chris@NitroDaves (Post 16248063)
Digital if going with that style of gauge.

As opposed to what style??? What is there other than needle and digital?

soundengineer 04-28-2012 03:07 AM

Nitrous pressure has very little to do with actual nitrous left in your bottle..
On a 15lb bottle, I can get down to 4lbs if nitrous and still be able to get pressure up to 900 with a heater...
6 lbs is where I start to see an actual drop off that the heaters can't keep up with very well...

On a cool day, my full 15lb bottle will read 750-800 until I heat it up...


Gauge type should be preference...
I use a digital gauge from holley because it directly interfaces with my holley dominator pcm....
Otherwise, I think I would have gone analog to match other gauges I had before the holley gauge swap I did for all my gauges.

Chris@NitroDaves 05-03-2012 02:54 PM


Originally Posted by 1quickTransAm (Post 16248654)
As opposed to what style??? What is there other than needle and digital?

I should have been a little more specific and i appologize...What i I meant was i would go digital with that manufacturers brand of gauge.

Me personally i'm extremely partial to the Autometer Phantom II series of gauges.
http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/8...dayvsnight.jpg

PONTIAC SLP 05-03-2012 04:00 PM

Digital for sure , I installed mine on the left driver side vent

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...71199504_n.jpg

Fbodyjunkie06 05-03-2012 07:29 PM

I have an analog gauge on the bottle.

My bottle sits in my passenger seat location(race car:)) so it's easy to read for me as it points right at me.

I am building a switch plate now and it will have provisions for a digital nitrous and digital fuel pressure gauge. Just easier to read I would think.


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