ok people, i am going to be installing an " AIR/FUEL (illuminated) gauge" pretty soon and i need to know if there are any helpful hints or tips i might need to know. how long does it generally take to install the gauges for our cars?


any tips or suggestions are welcomed

thanks

-Mike

 

From what i've read, they arn't that useful... They are based from the O2 sensors which are NOT that accurate... They might be decent for broad ranges, like if your car is reading EXTREMELY lean, or SUPER rich, the guage might peg to one side or the other...

Personally, I wouldn't waste my money on one... but then I have a scanmaster which shows 02 readings along with much much more!

Not sure on the install time tho... but they do look sorta neat

 

I did the install last week with a friend. We managed to install the air/fuel gauge and a boost gauge and pod in about an hour. When hooking up the air/fuel gauge, you connect the sensor wire to the O2 wire in the wireing harness under the hood on the passenger side. It's the smaller purple one, you can follow it up from the o2 sensor. Mine works fine, but it does jump around a lot. The reason I did it was because when I hook up the my supercharger I want to make sure I don't run extremely lean. Plus, ya, it looks cool.

 

thanks for the reply's guys.
honestly, the only reason i got one is because they look pretty sweet. especially at night i bet.....

hey kirk, there are only 3 wires used, right?

-Mike

 

Right, hot, ground, and sensor. Kirk's got it, splice into the violet wire.
They do jump around depending, but once you're used to it, you can remember where you should be on the guage at certain speeds. Plus, really lean or rich read really easily.