Top 3 important gauges Forced Induction

[Sexc86]

Hey guys,

Basically as thred asks. Looking at peoples opinions on the 3 most important gauges for a turbo setup in a EG civic.

My thoughts at the moment are

* Boost pressure in PSI (obviously)

Unsure About
* Wideband Air/Fuel ratio
* Oil Temperature (not so much when running oil cooler)
* Oil Pressure

Not needed - In my opinion
* Water temperature (factory guage seems very accurate)

Please feel free to leave some opinions.

[IEVAQ8]

i believe boost and oil pressure is a must.......

from there its up to you for water temp or oil temp........

air fuel should be fine its been tuned

[ZeForce]

I only plan on running a boost gauge, IMO that is all you need for a street car. If you plan on racing the car at the track then maybe oil temp and pressure would be a good idea.

[Sexc86]

Also can you hook up warning lights to any gauge? or do they have to be specifically part of the unit.

[Sexc86]

claymore.. your the man!

are you sure i would need a aftermarket water temp gauge? the standard eg civic ones seems pretty accurate. Not so much in saying the exact temp, but i know when the car is a good warm running temp... and when i am also getting close to trouble before anything becomes compromised.

Deffinately Boost (psi) and oil pressure would be my top 2. What are the benefits of running a wideband a/f (besides being able to tune on it?) would yoru a/f ratio evey change away from what the car is tuned at?

Seems really a toss up now between oil temp, water temp and, A/F

[Mr_will]

for a street car I dont see why you would need oil temp at all - if you are overheating, your water will also be running high so its pretty much redundant

[Sexc86]

under what circumstances would oil temperature be necessary? when tracking or mountain running?

[MR-VTEC]

are you sure i would need a aftermarket water temp gauge? the standard eg civic ones seems pretty accurate. Not so much in saying the exact temp, but i know when the car is a good warm running temp... and when i am also getting close to trouble before anything becomes compromised.

hey lyle,

Are you running a microtech?

Anyway, back on my old setup i had a microtech dash unit. plugs into the ecu via a data cable and displays all kinds of info.

The one biggest thing i learnt from using my dash unit is that the oem water temp gauge is not an accurate way to measure water temps. yeah sure it gives you a general indication of larger temperature fluctuations but it doesn't give you any exact readings.

for example on my old setup when i gave it abit, i noted a 10 degree temp change on the dash unit but the oem gauge didn't even move. just sat on the normal mark just a little under halfway.

[EGB18CT]

boost oil press water temp are the 3 id go for

[JasonGilholme]

lyle, the stock water temp gauge is crap. My water temp can walk from 85 to 100 and the stock gauge doesnt move at all.

I agree with claymore. Oil temp can be gauged from the oil pressure (the pressure drops a sthe oil gets hotter due to its multi viscisoity attributes).

I currently run oil pressure, oil temperature and water temperature. Only reason i'm running oil temperature is cause the three gauges fit nice flush mounted in the AC spot in the dash.

I run my boost gauge near the pillar. As hidden as possible. lol it only reads vac at the moment tho :cry: lol

IMO AF and Voltmeter are useless. If you have a voltage problem you'll probably notice it other ways (trouble cranking, lights dim more then usual etc) AF is a tuning tool like claymore says. Once its tuned its just eye candy.

[votek]

if you have a power fc.. then water temp should be no problem

im thinking of getting a oil pressure soon but the prices for defis are .........

[JasonGilholme]

fullsweep > narrow sweep.

all my gauges are full sweep.

votek: i'm running saber gauges. they're defi copys and work great. about 140 a gauge and don't need a control unit. They're pretty good.