hey guys i am looking into getting some gauges for my IX i really wanted defi gauges but i heard there boost gauges tend to go bad or be unaccurate, and i also heard they discontunied them to fix this problem, i also heard the same about the autometer nexus gauges. i am looking for a boost gauge, EGT oil Pressure or temp, and air fuel can anyone recomend a company that is best for these. any help is appericated

thanks

Jay

 

Stewart Warner guages from http://www.42draftdesigns.com

 

+1 for Stewart Warner!

 

i have a stewart warner boost....are they really that good?didnt think they were,just had it layin around in house so i put it in...learn somethin new everyday

 

+2 for 42draftdesgn. Quality product and perfect fit. The SW guages will really compliment your IX.

 

Just got mine installed.

 

Stewart Warner and +3 for 42 draft designs!!! Their customer service is top notch!!!

RedAustinIX

 

what size is their boost gauge, it does'nt say on the site? They are mechanical boost gauges also, rite?

 

52mm

 

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Steve
GnV Motorsports

 

I have the Stewart Warner shift light and tach in one guage and it is great, far nicer than my other auto meter guages. But none of them hold a candle to the single AEM EMS serial guage. Everything in one.

 

Honestly, don't waste your time with stewart warner gauges, I made that mistake. If you are going to go with gauges, go with ones that have a warning system.

What good is an oil pressure gauge when you are looking at the road 99% of the time. Along with EGT, when you're flooring the car you don't want to look at your EGT to see if you are frying your motor, you are looking ahead.

 

have had awesome luck with mine !

 

Im not sure how your gauges work, but simple warnings do not always work the way you want them to.

If you put a warning at say 5psi for oil pressure and youre engine goes down to 6 psi at WOT, your engine is still toast and youl never hear the buzzer or see the light. Not to mention it might be worse since youl never be paying attention to the gauge and just listening for the warning signals. The car has a built in oil idiot light anyway.

And by the time your EGT picks up a huge spike in temp, the buzzer goes off, you realize whats going on, and you react, your motor is fried already so it doesnt matter anyway.

Most gauges are not designed primarily as catastrophic faulre detectors. They are there to make sure you are not pushing the car past its limits in normal operating conditions, like an RPM gauge. For example, you use your EGT to determine your engine is not running hot under nominal conditions, not to detect a sudden leanout.

Now you can try to use them as failure detectors, but they dont work as well doing this.

That being said, Stewart Warner gauges seem to be very accurate, very good looking, and very reasonable in price. +1 for them.

 

Did you take them somewhere or install them yourself? I want the 42 Draft Design triple pod, but need them installed and am wondering where is a good place to go?