I've been looking for some gauges for my stang, specifically fuel pressure, nitrous pressure, and possible an A/F (narrowband is ok, I just want a heads up to if it is leaning out or not). I've considered AutoMeter for my first choice, but the electric gauges are very expensive ($200 a gauge). A gauge like this ( http://www.autometer.com/cat_gaugede...gid=2487&sid=2 ) is $200. I see the same type of gauges other places for $20, plus ~$40 for the sending unit.

Does anyone have a first hand experience as to why AutoMeter is so much more expensive? I don't think e-mailing them about it will get me far, I'll get the "Our stuff is superior" that pretty much every company is going to give me.

 

Quality,accuratcy,looks and most of all dependabilty...this is were the old rule comes in...you get what you pay for.

 

Well, thier stuff IS superior!

 

Personally though I stay away from electric gauges, I have had multiple personal experiances where they have been very inaccurate. Mechanical is better IMO, for critical things like oil, temp, etc. obviosly an A/F is going be electric.

 

i wouldn't use anything but autometer...... i think i used an imitation once , fp guage, it stopped working right the same day...needle would stay stuck at 39 psi.

 

why not?