What brand of gauges should I get? I am getting a boost, oil pressure, and fuel pressure. Which is the best. I was told Autometer is not accurate. Is that true?

 

I had an Autometer mechanical boost gauge and was not impressed. It was very slow to respond, though I cannot say that it was not accurate. Since then, I've moved up to a Defi electronic boost gauge and the differences are like night and day.

1. The Defi gauge is much quicker to respond. I can barely touch my the gas pedal and the needle moves in response. By comparison, my Autometer boost gauge was very slow to respond. The Defi gauges seem much more sensitive.
2. The Defi gauge records (i think it's up to 30 seconds), can warn you, for example, if boost goes too high and can tell you the highest boost you've hit.
3. Defi gauges will probably me much more expensive than an Autometer gauge. I paid 60$ for an Autometer boost gauge and 300$ for a Defi boost gauge and the control unit.

 

i use all autometer ultra-lite gauges, my point is, if they good enough to use in professional cars (nascar) then they're good enough for my car. I haven't had any real issues with them

 

Spa Technique

 

Thats what I am thinking. If they are not good, why do racers use them? Cause they get sponsored? So Defi is the best? What about HKS?

 

Yeah, I love my SPA gauges



6 gauges in the space of 3, gotta love it.

 

defi boost gauge has two types... the BF and D series... BF is slightly bigger, requires a control unit but has memory feature as well as being more digital, AND its easier to hookup. D series is cheaper, will blend in with the orange OEM dash colors, works just as nicely as BF gauges but requires more wiring because no control unit...

 

Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I've always had a thing for VDO gauges. Guess I'm still a BMW guy at heart! Plus, you can get them in metric as an option. I don't know about you guys, but I still think of temp in terms of Celcius and pressure in terms of bar.

I just ordered a set of three gauges (Boost, Oil Temp, and Oil Pressure) from 42 Draft Designs . I know that they're VW guys, but we worked together and they've put together a nice kit for the Evo including all senders and adaptors and everything plus a guage panel and both red and ice-blue LED lights (to match both the center panel and gauge cluster...your choice). Total cost was about $200.

Emre

 

i am running dakota digital gauges. So far so good, quick response, easy to read and has warning settings on boost and such.

 

Is Defi the only one I should get? Any compliants about the VDO?

 

Be careful about which VDO gauges you get. Make sure they're electrical and not mechanical. With a mechanical oil pressure gauge, you have to run an oil line into the car, which I don't like, as it has a potential to get messy.

I'm partial to my SPA's.

 

I run a regular AutoMeter Sport Comp series mechanical boost gauge. And I gotta say, it seems OK for me. The price is definately right ( I think I paid like $50 ), and it seems to be fairly accurate.

I've also heard very good things about Omori, Vishnu sells them. You could try their site. The Omori have color adjustments, which is nice.

 

Omori for me...

 

I believe Omori is actually exiting the US market as we speak.

 

Vishnu is one of the only US dealers left I believe.

If I had the money, I'd get that Defi Concept HUD system. That is P I M P.
http://www.defi-shop.com/product/con...ncept_top.html