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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 11:00 AM
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turbo guage question???

this might be a noob question, but im about to finally go turbo, thanks to taxes. but i have an AEM true boost, and uego, and have a 3rd spot for another gauge.
which gauge would fit best for me to have with the turbo??
exhaust gas temperature
volt meter
oil pressure
oil temperature
water temperature
vacuum

so many options and only one spot to fill
if you have any advice please share it ha
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 12:39 PM
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EGT, by far.
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 12:51 PM
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Oil pressure.
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 12:52 PM
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oil pressure or the egt gauge.
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 01:03 PM
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Since you already have the UEGO, You don't necessarily need the EGT. I would go with oil pressure. The actual psi reading doesn't really mean much, but in the middle of hot ******* or racing, if you see it go to 0 you know you have a major problem. My vote... Oil Pressure Gauge
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 02:17 PM
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I like having my 4 gauges to be honest with my wideband on the steering collumn and my EGT boost and oil press on the pillar
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 09:20 PM
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I just got some gauges for my car after ripping apart my dash and the crappy boost gauge another owner had in the car.

I did some research and opted for a boost gauge, oil pressure and my final will be a wideband O2. The EGT is a little dated, but this might help some, makes some good points:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhaust...perature_gauge
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 10:03 PM
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I got boost wideband water temp and oil pressure. i would say oil pressure for your last spot.
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 11:58 PM
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Oil pressure, because if you are like me, and something happens to your oil line on a trip, you will be able to notice it before it really damages something.
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 12:48 AM
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Oil pressure, because if you are like me, and something happens to your oil line on a trip, you will be able to notice it before it really damages something.
+100000000000 ^^ Thats why I got mine I want to know long before something breaks, its extremely cheap insurance and piece of mind
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by ThunderOZ
Oil pressure, because if you are like me, and something happens to your oil line on a trip, you will be able to notice it before it really damages something.
Originally Posted by 03lances
+100000000000 ^^ Thats why I got mine I want to know long before something breaks, its extremely cheap insurance and piece of mind
ya same here, and i just so happen to have one for sale at a huge discount from retail!!!!


josh
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 10:39 AM
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ya same here, and i just so happen to have one for sale at a huge discount from retail!!!!


josh
how much bro? getting taxes back next week got a pic as well?
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 10:59 AM
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+1 vote for oil pressure.
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 11:52 AM
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the link is in my sig.

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