Quality Gauges?

[chulozumo]

ok so ive found a gauge cluster that should fit in my car and look good! http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.zerosports.co.jp/shop/index.php%3Fmain_page%3Dproduct_info%26products_id%3D707&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dzero%2Bsports%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-nz:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7ADBF_en&rurl=translate.google.co.nz&usg=ALkJrhg0pypK6qd-QDNlTTMaXwD45Jvv-g

i can get it through 41 automotive..

but i dont know anything about gauges...is there any difference with quality? how much should i spend? and what brands would you recomend? really keen on some defi ones...but there a bit expensive from what ive seen..

any help you can give me is much appreciated...

[MercuryFree]

The more expensive ones are more accurate, but even the cheaper 'autogauge' as opposed to 'autometer' ones do a decent enough job for most intents and purposes

[Scoobydoo]

Well if you're spending up on a pod then you should get decent gauges. They don't come cheap though, Defi's are about $350 per gauge, + a controller on top for about $150. You can sometimes get a deal on trademe for second hand ones, but they aren't too often.

In saying that though, you can get ones which look just as good, and are cheaper brands like Prosport. There's a fella who I got some through ages ago - Xyberautos - will do a good deal for ClubSUB members. I ran them in my Legacy and they went well, and looked good too. You will want to make sure you get the right size to fit that pod.

[ODB]

the apexi ones look the business imo.

Defi look bling but meh. Just anything tasteful and nicely backlit will do the job.

[Guest]

Blitz, autometer, HKS, apexi all nice brands!

[Guest loren]

I have tried a couple of autogauge meters and they are rubbish. Only last 5 minutes if they work at all.

Threw them both away.

Splitfire is a good compromise between price and quality IMO.

[Guest]

ok, I have a question, do I need 2 gauges for my B4? one for primary and one for secondary?

or will just one gauge do it? and how would I read a single gauge with twin turbos?

???

[Guest boostcut]

one guage measures the intake manifold pressure. you only need one.

[Guest]

ah ok, thank you! ;D

[Guest]

I'm using a Calibre boost guage from super cheap... looks good with smooth readings... for a cheapy ($55 on special) they are pretty good, even have good write ups on them... comes with a 1 year warranty too.

But for a little more you could get one of the electron stepper guages that are suppose to be very accurate...

[Guest]

cool thank you! this is the one I ended up ordering, the wife says its a good guage, so thats what I am going with for us, other wise I would never hear the end of it lol lol

Innovate Motorsports G3 Vacuum/Boost Gauge Kit.

[ODB]

 DrDarkMatter said:

cool thank you! this is the one I ended up ordering, the wife says its a good guage, so thats what I am going with for us

Take anything a female tells you about anything mechanical with an extremely large grain of salt.

[Guest]

lol true, but I should have prequalified that statement and said she is a mechanic lol lol

[Guest loren]

so why'd you ask here in the first place :

[Guest]

she only found out that I was looking at gauges when she saw our watch list, I asked before I started looking at gauges and shes been sick with the flu all week so I thought to ask here.

[Guest loren]

 DrDarkMatter said:

she only found out that I was looking at gauges when she saw our watch list, I asked before I started looking at gauges and shes been sick with the flu all week so I thought to ask here.

cool. thanks for explaining yourself.

[D-Style]

I did a Calibration check on a few gauges one day at work...

Autometer were the only auto gauge to come out with very little error.

Autogauge were reading 5psi lower than what was input into gauge. (and steps of 5,10,15,20psi)

Defi were about 2-3psi lower.

an older electroinc GReddy gauge was 2psi out too.

[MercuryFree]

 D-Style said:

Autogauge were reading 5psi lower than what was input into gauge. (and steps of 5,10,15,20psi)

Weird, I have an autogauge boost gauge and it is very accurate

[newzeal]

Hi, has anyone had any trouble with the D1 Spec gauges? I'm tossing up between D1 Spec and Prosport for boost gauge. Would love defi but can't afford them.

[Hikari]

 MercuryFree']

[quote name='D-Style said:

Autogauge were reading 5psi lower than what was input into gauge. (and steps of 5,10,15,20psi)

/quote]

Weird, I have an autogauge boost gauge and it is very accurate

same here, the autogauge in mine reads boost accurately too