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Old 11-03-2010, 09:27 PM
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The dual interceptor is just that... 2 gauges. They are both the same, theres just... two of them. I guess the reason you'd get 2, is so you can monitor more "stuff" simultaneously.
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Old 11-03-2010, 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by lazyboy31614@aol.com
Would Fuel Pressure be a better idea then IAT?

Only the trasmission is built by TCI the Torque converter is a P.I. and I love it, it drives great around town and when I launch with it, it feels great launches hard and gets me up to speed a bit fast. haven't taken it to the track yet.
lol whoops, sorry about that.. I had a hard time reading it.

Sounds like a great mod. Interesting you went with a built auto trans right off the bat. That alone will be great insurance when you do go big boost.
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Old 11-03-2010, 09:34 PM
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Haha that makes sense haha thanks.
So it seems like boost, wideband and fuel pressure are the three gauges that are a good idea to get, I may also add a tranny temp gauge in a vent pod just for some peace of mind as i've already fried one transmission haha. Are there any others that would be a good idea to get for a soon to be track car that will get driven on the street on nice days?
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Old 11-03-2010, 09:36 PM
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Sadly I wish it was by choice that I went with a built auto haha, but I ended up frying the stock one. To many track days and pushing it to hard.
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Originally Posted by lazyboy31614@aol.com
The interceptor come in Dual or Single scan gauge, which is better and why?
Also if i get that kit should i also get a gauge to monitor the temps?
Get the dual. Each gauge will show two different readings so it's like having 4 gauges. Everything that is availble to obd can be seen on the interceptor. Fuel pressure, rail pressure, fp duty cycle, timing, cat temps, short term trims, long term trims, etc x40. You can also wire in one analog per gauge. I have a gm 2 bar boost gauge wired into one of mine.
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Old 11-03-2010, 09:39 PM
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Do the interceptor gauge plug into the OBD port or are they wired in some other way?
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Old 11-03-2010, 09:51 PM
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They just plug into the OBDII port. I installed mine in literally like 35 minutes. Heres a pic:

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Old 11-03-2010, 09:54 PM
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Mudflap how do you have two plugged into the OBD port? Also what do you have them monitoring? Those do look sick though.
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Old 11-03-2010, 10:03 PM
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When you buy the "dual" kit, it comes with all the wires and has a single OBD connector that both gauges use. I have one of them always doing intake air temp and fuel pressure. The other one I just set it to various things. I bought the GM style boost sensor that Bruce mentioned, but I am not going to use it. I have a brand new Roush vent pod and a mechanical boost gauge that I'll be putting in the vent right below the AeroForce gauges.

If you wanted to use ONLY the 2 Aeroforce gauges, I'd use one of them to monitor fuel pressure and IAT like I'm doing, and buy the analog kits for the other one to monitor boost and air/fuel...
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Old 11-03-2010, 10:19 PM
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Alright so along with the whipple, an interceptor gauge to monitor fuel pressure and IAT, a mechanical boost gauge, an Air/Fuel gauge and a tranny temp gauge. What is the pros to moving the intake air temp sensor into the manifold?
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