Adding gauges
#1
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Adding gauges
Hi,
Since I've been taking my car to track days I've decided to add some gauges. Oil pressure, oil temperature and coolant temperature to start. I'd like them placed in the dash. Now my questions are: Which gauge pod fits best on the standard plastic dash and which gauges are good without breaking the bank. I've seen them anywhere from 300 and up to 20 dollars. Obviously I want some reliable gauges but some I can actually afford. If you can include pics of your setup that would be great. Thanks.
Since I've been taking my car to track days I've decided to add some gauges. Oil pressure, oil temperature and coolant temperature to start. I'd like them placed in the dash. Now my questions are: Which gauge pod fits best on the standard plastic dash and which gauges are good without breaking the bank. I've seen them anywhere from 300 and up to 20 dollars. Obviously I want some reliable gauges but some I can actually afford. If you can include pics of your setup that would be great. Thanks.
#2
autometer makes solid gauges. You can get them cheaper for plain faced with regular backlight or spend more for fancy faces and LED.
I personally have a 2 pod pillar I bought from brenspeed. It came with a boost/vac gauge and AFR (I put the gauges in, haven't run power yet since I am waiting to install the wideband with the LT install soon)
Kit was fairly priced, but that wideband is what cost the most...
Here's the kit I bought. The gauge pod literally snapped right in and looks 100% factory.
http://www.brenspeed.com/dualgaugepkg.html
Hope that helps.... I too am looking to add extra gauges at some point, I was considering the dash pod.... not sure what I am going to do there lol
I personally have a 2 pod pillar I bought from brenspeed. It came with a boost/vac gauge and AFR (I put the gauges in, haven't run power yet since I am waiting to install the wideband with the LT install soon)
Kit was fairly priced, but that wideband is what cost the most...
Here's the kit I bought. The gauge pod literally snapped right in and looks 100% factory.
http://www.brenspeed.com/dualgaugepkg.html
Hope that helps.... I too am looking to add extra gauges at some point, I was considering the dash pod.... not sure what I am going to do there lol
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Thanks, my car is normally aspirated so not much use for a boost gauge, the wideband I've always been interested in but the gauge pods only hold three and the A pillar ones only seem to come in black and my interior is beige so I'm stuck at three gauges max for now.
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