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I was wondering if y'all knew a place to get some cheap (quality/reliable) gauges for Boost and A/F? I need to get them before friday, so any help ASAp would be great. I just dont want to spend 70-100 for each one right now. Something reliable, that will get me by til I upgrade everything. Thanks a lot for any help

and please dont do the
Pick 2:
Cheap quality reliable


It may not work for this, oh well

Gimme: Cheap, Reliable

Peace

 
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pm true honda i got mine in like 2 days. autometer has many differnt styles go to tehre website

 
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Call any of our vendors and see what they can do. I'm sure they'll help.



Worse comes to worse, you can always use summitt...

 
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Thanks a lot! Does anybody know of GlowShift? They seem decent enough to last a couple months. As long as its not more than .5 psi off, Ill be happy.

 
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Try Faze gauges. Decent prices too.

 
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Autometer suck...Defi !!! all the way!!!

 
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Don't even bother with a narrowband A/F gauge.

(I just cut your costs in half)

 
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pm slp

 
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I installed my Defi's over the weekend and they are sweet looking.

 
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I cant spend 175 a piece right now. In a couple months, yes, that with a new fuel system (SLP), but for now will a 40 dollar gauge be reliable enough. I will check what boost I reach after I step on it from the TSI unit. It says max RPMs, boost, and basically whatever you need to know I guess. I just need to monitor pretty accurately for now til I can afford some better ones. Thanks a lot!

 
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just get a boost gauge and mount it on your steering column lol (nice and simple)

i suggest autometer, not more than .5 psi off

 
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Could somebody explain narrow and wideband sensors, or the difference. With a narrowband not work, period? if not, why? thanks a lot!

I can check boost from my FMU, and some other stuff, just need to make sure while Im racing it doesnt run lean or creep on me. ya know. I need something to last me a month or two, so a narrowband would not work for me? or is it somewhat accurate but not really?

Thanks for any help. I havent learned anything about gauges, so Im sort of unsure, I know how to monitor them, just unsure of what to get. I need em by friday, so I cant delay very much ,need to order today.

Peace

 
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It is really not accurate but it gives a VAUGE sense of where your AF is at, but you CANNOT tune from it. It's useful if you go and have your car tuned from a wideband and then rune the narrowband just to make sure it dosent start going to some weird *** numbers, but it is said that narrowbands kill your 02 sensor. Wideband essenstially reads "wider" readins, a la more accurate, while narrowband reads only narrow readings, and it can't see the broad view of things =)

 
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I think if you are really worried and just need something quick, you should get an EGT gauge. Then when you have money, buy a wideband A/F gauge. I think EGT gauges are kind of pricey though, so maybe that's not a good solution in your case. I'm not really sure what FMU you have but why don't you trust your boost readings from it? It's too bad you couldn't just borrow a boost gauge from someone to check the FMU's accuracy in order to alleviate your doubts.

 
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I cant see what boost I reached until after the run and I go to that setting I believe. After a run it shows max RPMs, max boost and some other stuff. I dont want to F up while Im driving hard and not be able to see it. If I wasnt going to Mexico this month, I would buy some expensive gauges. Id rather party in Spring Break right now. hehe. After that i will get some nice ones.

It sucks getting a Complete kit fuel system and all to run safe out the box. Than you have to spend another thousand or so to get gauges, pillars, clutch, tuning. Damn. I also want to have an extra 400 aside so I can get a new motor if mine blows. Thats why for a month or so I want some realiable cheap gauges.

Its the TSI FMU, BTW. I trust it pretty well, seems pretty decent. I jsut want to be able to constantly monitor if Im driving hard on the freeway for a while or something (weve been doing cruises in AZ with a bunch of hondas, and we go like 110 on the freeway for an hour or two) I need to monitor for that purpose alone, and others.

Thanks a lot people, youve been helpful

 
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Ahhh, I see. Well.........I haven't really bargain shopped for gauges. I personally will probably be running my setup for about a month with only a boost gauge (Greddy E0-1) but I'm not going to race. If whatever narrowband A/F gauge you find happens to be close in price to an EGT gauge, I would get that instead (Remember to factor in the cost of having a bung welded if you go for an EGT).

The Apex'i Turbo Timer has what I guess is essentially a narrowband A/F readout. It's only around $100 and you get the turbo timing feature with it.



This seems like a case where a credit card would come in handy.

 
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^^Can you plug the thing into your laptop to monitor it? lmao I do that with my zeitronix wideband

 
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I wish I had credit, lack of credit denies me everywhere (about 50 places). It sucks. But last night I went to checker and bought 2 autometer gauges. a narrowband a/f, and a boost gauges. It is up to 35 psi, so if it doesnt work for lower boost the same, i will sell it. But they were like 150 and pretty nice gauges. Get them on Friday.

Thanks a lot guys.

 
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get them today, not friday, Got my triple gauge pillar pod yesterday as well (didnt know til this morning). I got my IK20s at AutoZone today, so I am ready to go... Just need clutch and tuning and Im good for reliability. Cant wait til tomorrow, Im so excited. Ill probably stay up all night to get it running (actually got to do welding saturday) but it will be ready other than that.