Also I forgot this one.. I am putting together my car now and I have been looking at what guages I might want to have I have a three Guage A-pillar and a dual guage pillar that will go somewhere next to the drivers console or under the air vents or on top of the radio I don't know yet. But I have all my stock guages working..

Speed
RPM
Oil Pressure
Volts
Coolant Temp
Fuel Level

Now I need five other spaces filled I was thinking;

NOS Pressure
Trans Temp
Fuel Pressure
Boost
and ??????

Need one more anybody have any ideas????

Thanks for all the help..

Kevin


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Oil temp.
More important than water temp.

 

you should only have guages for what your going to use.......

seeing as how they vary on each setup it will make a difference.

although if i was running N2O or a blower i would definately want the fuel pressure an some type of air/fuel ratio guage! i've heard the trans temp is an important guage as well so you might want to look into that.

boost pressure as well as N2O pressure are a given when running those setups so that's at least 3 for sure.

 

The stock gauges are not highly accurate.

Fuel pressure is nice however you can't have a fuel line inside the car. It will either have to be an electric gauge or a mechanical one with a fuel isolator on the firewall.

Since you're relying on factory gauges for most of the important things there's not much left you actually need a gauge for.

Tranny temp is inportant especially if you have a converter that's higher than stock.
Engine oil temp is nice but not really needed since it should be a little lower temp than the coolent.

A vacuum gauge hooked to the intake manifold is nice to have.

I only have 6 gauges in my race car. 7 if you count the tach.

Oil pressure
Tranny temperature
Engine coolent temperature
Voltage
Crankcase boost/vacuum gauge (I run a vaccum pump to the crankcase)
Pyrometer (tells me how hot the exhaust is)

OK I lied. I have another gauge. I have a mechanical fuel pressure gauge mounted on the cowl under the hood scoop.

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[This message has been edited by Stephen 87 IROC (edited June 15, 2002).]