i'll hopefully be getting an rsm stage I s/c kit soon and i've been trying to find boost and wideband air/fuel gauges to install. i'd like to match the two in style and color but i'd like them to be quality. it seems like i can't find much (i was originally looking at autometer but i heard their narrowband a/f isn't that great). does anyone have any suggestions on what brands? maybe universal apps? thanks in advance.
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inovate has 4 different style faces
ive got the auto meter cobalts , which are black face , aluminum bezel , and i got a matching black face aluminum bezel wideband from inovate
i purchased the inovate gauge from karo
thats definitely an option, thanks. anyone have any opinions on dynojet or daytona sensor gauges?
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i have a full set of stewart warner gauges and senders. i love them. never had any issues with them that i didnt cause. all the gauges are accurate and zero'd out correctly.
ive seen a lot of autometer boost gauges that arent zeroing out correctly lately. dont know whats going on with them.
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autometer gauges tend to read about one psi lower than actual. but most boost gauges aren't 100% accurate. make sure you pick a boost gauge that shows vacum and boost. for example, the range is from 10 vacum to 20 boost or something like that.
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the stewart gauges look mint. is their a/f gauge narrowband? it seems as if all they're doing is hooking it up to the stock o2 sensor. hypsy - is that what you did? by that i mean is your a/f gauge hooked up to the cavi's stock o2 sensor? if it works precisely and accurately then i might just get them.
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Filip wrote:the stewart gauges look mint. is their a/f gauge narrowband? it seems as if all they're doing is hooking it up to the stock o2 sensor. hypsy - is that what you did? by that i mean is your a/f gauge hooked up to the cavi's stock o2 sensor? if it works precisely and accurately then i might just get them.
Talk to Karo at carcustoms.net......He was running some really good group purchases on wideband gauges and stuff.
my auto meter cobalt boost zero's out , my fuel pressure doesnt though
I got autometer boost gauge, and an AEM all in one wideband gauge. Love them both.
I'm unfamiliar with the stewart warner gauges.
i dont have a air/fuel gauge...useless piles of crap.
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A wideband or narrowband? Narrowband is useless yeah but I see the wideband as a great tuning tool... is that what you meant?
yeah wideband gauges are priceless if you know how to use it. of course in the hands of a moron even the best parts are worthless
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well i've been thinking about using a stewart warner boost gauge with the aem gauge-like wideband sensor (thanks Bob). i'm not going to tune my car professionally but i would like an a/f wideband gauge to tell me whether my engine and s/c is running rich, lean, or just right. if its either rich or lean i will definitely make changes and try and tune it better. thats basically all i'm trying to do. i hope that doesn't fall into the definition of "moron" as defined by hypsy. i'm new to 'boosting' so if i have to tune, i'll turn to the forums for help. i'm just trying to learn and i hope that is understandable.
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by moron i mean people that you see just throw parts at a car cause someone says it works...IE the electric supercharger people
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My autometer Boost gauge was reading 3-4 lbs less then what I really was boosting. I've sent it out to get fixed, we'll see though. At this point, I'd say go with Stewart Warner.
i wont say who but theres a fairly well know company around here that had a bunch of issues with some autometer gauges. apparently they ordered 10 gauges and only 1 or 2 would zero out.
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i've been looking at the lm-1 wideband kit that carcustoms is selling (thanks Ad1kTed 2 SpE3d and Skilz10179). i really like the fact that i can hook it up to my comp. and analyze the data. only thing is i'm not sure where i'd be able to have it in the car. i'm looking for a 'clean' look i guess you could say. i wouldn't want it lying around in a cupholder while i'm driving and checking my a/f ratio.
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Filip wrote:i've been looking at the lm-1 wideband kit that carcustoms is selling (thanks Ad1kTed 2 SpE3d and Skilz10179). i really like the fact that i can hook it up to my comp. and analyze the data. only thing is i'm not sure where i'd be able to have it in the car. i'm looking for a 'clean' look i guess you could say. i wouldn't want it lying around in a cupholder while i'm driving and checking my a/f ratio.
You could get a tripple Gauge pod for the a-pillar.
i would get a dual gauge pod for the a pillar if i got the aem gauge-like wideband. but the lm-1 that i am interested in is some kind of palm-pilot shaped sensor and wouldn't fit in a pod. if i did get that, i'd prob. just have the boost in the a pillar and i've been trying to figure out where that lm-1 sensor would go.
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http://www.plxdevices.com I have had good results with mine
http://www.carcustoms.net has the innovative line of them
also AEM makes a wideband
as for boost guage i dont really think it matters its there just to let you know your getting boost , its not something you can tune by
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those sensors look pretty good, i'll have to decide what wideband i like. only reason i'd get a boost gauge is to tell me if i'm actually getting a certain boost while driving.
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