Guest escort_boy Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 What gauges do i need in a turbo car apart from boost? People have mentioned this and that but what is necessary? The more gauges the better hahahahahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 72" tacho with 9 shift lights.... what does your stock cluster have? I cant see the point in doubling up, for example my pug has tacho, oil pressure, oil temp, water temp as standard. If you're upping the boost, then add a small boost gauge somewhere easy to see but semi inconspicuous. VDO do mean small black faced ones which = tits in my opinion. white faces and shit are gay so yuh, i'd have oil pressure and boost, and that's pretty much it. maybe a 'lambda meter/mixture gauge" to give and indicator of what your mixtures are doing. pyrometer also gives a good indicator of this if you're half way intellegent... doubling up is gay, stock interiors with small improvements are the way.. but yeah.. 72" tachos with 9 shift lights each > tastefull and functional mods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest escort_boy Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 yeah i got boost already.. temp, fuel, rev and speedo are on the instrument cluster. so oil pressure is one that is needed to? and air/fuel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pushrod Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 An exhaust temp guage would be a good idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest escort_boy Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 why exhaust temp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pushrod Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 Same reason as what cam said to make sure it's not running lean apparently although I have no experience with turbos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 pyrometer = exhaust temp. air/fuel nopt required when you have one of these, although if you check your mixtures out with any boost ups on a dyno then it should be sweet. as the mixture leans out, the temperature of the exhaust gas rises. you don't NEED any extra gauges, just if ou want to then they're a good indicator as to what your engines up to. Oil pressure's always good to have, along with the factory idiot light.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drftnmaz Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 oil pressure, boost, air/fuel ratio. fuel pressure is a handy one for me but i dout you can adjust yours or even would if you could. but i would diff have a air/fuel if i could afford. (me=poor i use jaycar home made stylz) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WDE_BDY Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 DELETED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest escort_boy Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 how do you change the oil light to a higher pressure one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 by getting a sender unit that screws into the block which switches the light off at a higher pressure than the one you have now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 Boost gauge, oil pressure gauge, temp gauge and an O2 sensor gauge. O2 gauge is really important.. it could be the difference between your beast engine and a boat anchor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest escort_boy Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 by getting a sender unit that screws into the block which switches the light off at a higher pressure than the one you have now any place sell them or gotta get them from a specialist place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 ripco/appco/partmaster should be able to do it by psi and shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlancer Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 Oil temp Anyone else watch Import X last night? This was all covered on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 bahahahaha those clowns on importX don't know their cock from balls. Oil pressure and a O2 is way more important than oil temp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WDE_BDY Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 DELETED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlancer Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 It wasn't the toots and mark mofos saying it man And yuh ^^^^^^^ what he said, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 well suit yourself but I know what temp my oil runs at and if it got a little hot doing a bit of hard driving then it's not the end of the world... but a sudden drop in oil pressure and ..it definately could be. Same with the O2, under hard driving I can see my O2 clearly, in a drag run if I saw it lean out I would button off straight away and save my engine from near cetain death. I like to run guages that can save my ass if something goes wrong. I don't feel a oil temp guage would do this unless my car was a track car and driven hard for a significant amount of time. In that case a oil temp would be usefull if it climbed into the danger zone. Thats it. Thats my theory. Beautifully fuckin illustrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlancer Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 Meh, you're the pro on turbos, I can barely tune my fucking 32/36, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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