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I am after a set of gauges, boost oil temp oil pressure and possibly water temp, I currently have cheapo shit electronic autogauge ones, to be Frank, there shit, but that's why they are £20 odd each. These have put me off electric gauges to be honest, could not seem to wire them in properly. I would prefer mechanical, but let's see what you have to say. I thought about getting all aem gauges, no real wiring, just plug and play, but there just a bit too expensive

What make do you have? What do you reccomend/avoid?

Edited by bennyy on 16th Feb, 2012.

Audi s4 b5 - 470bhp & 486ft lbs

On 30th Apr, 2012 Brett said:
yeah stick the bit in and give it a wobble

I've got a mix of Tim, SW and AEM.

They all work well.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

I've got auto gauges & had no problems with mine all work fine for me

TIM = SHITE!

I hate mine!

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

i've got smiths, centre clock and dual oil pres/water temp gauge and a superchips (oh yeh!!!) boost gauge off ebay for cheap chips :) all looks snazzy

I had autometer from the states, if you buy all of them there worth it, I had speedo, tach, boost, oil pressure, water temp, so after the import tax and shipping it worked ot fairly cheap still, got them from summit racing.

"Cars are a lifetime of pain"

I've got racetech from merlin for my oil/coolant gauges and am analogue for.my boost/afr

i have autometer direct from the states all mechanical bar the tacho

I was looking at the stack ones, the cheaper range seem to go from £35-£50 each, don't seem too bad.

Audi s4 b5 - 470bhp & 486ft lbs

On 30th Apr, 2012 Brett said:
yeah stick the bit in and give it a wobble

my cheapo ones are unplugged

Yes i moved to the darkside

Instagram @jdm_brett

I like the sound of that, just had a browse and the autometer boost gauge only goes upto 20psi?

Audi s4 b5 - 470bhp & 486ft lbs

On 30th Apr, 2012 Brett said:
yeah stick the bit in and give it a wobble

30psi
http://www.autometer.com/cat_gaugedetail.a...search&gid=3561

Edited by wolfie on 16th Feb, 2012.

30 psi

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/ATM-3303/?rtype=10

45 psi

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/ATM-3308/?rtype=10

"Cars are a lifetime of pain"

Thanks both of you, my bad.

Andy I like the racetech gauges, they do dual gauges at a reasonable price too...

Oil pressure & oil temp
Water temp
Boost

Means I can have 4 gauges in a 3 gauge dash, without having another pod on the dash, there also all mechanical

Audi s4 b5 - 470bhp & 486ft lbs

On 30th Apr, 2012 Brett said:
yeah stick the bit in and give it a wobble

Where's your AEM going?

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

My aem is in a pod on the dash, right in front of me, much better position for glancing and you can see the colours in the corner of your eye so you know what's happening

I have room for 3 gauges on the dash, but I would like oil temp, oil pressure, water temp and boost, the racetech dual gauge just sorted that problem out.

Audi s4 b5 - 470bhp & 486ft lbs

On 30th Apr, 2012 Brett said:
yeah stick the bit in and give it a wobble

Why dont you get the matching AEM ones?

Class C 3rd Place Avon 2011 14.18 @101mph

you may struggle with senders for the race tech oil/coolant temp sensors as they are 3/8 bsp. I have the coolant in the sandwich plate under the thermostat and the oil in the extra sensor hole on my mph block.

I have the right drill and tap- goes straight into the sandwich plate

Says in his first post matt that the AEM's are too dear.

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

The aem ones are great, nit sure I can justify spending £400+ on 3 gauges

Andy I realised they are different, I just assumed there are adapters out there. I was planning on putting the oil temp and pressure into my sandwich plate and water temp into a dsn heater take off blanking plate with 5/8unf thread for sensor, not sure if adapters exist..

Oil temp 1/8bsp>1/8npt adapter
Oil pressure 3/8bsp>1/8npt

Water temp 3/8bsp>5/8unf

Audi s4 b5 - 470bhp & 486ft lbs

On 30th Apr, 2012 Brett said:
yeah stick the bit in and give it a wobble

How thick is your oil sandwich plate? might be able to drill/tap it out to 3/8 bsp as the sensor needs to be in the flow of oil.

Oil temp is 3/8bsp
Oil pressure is 1/8 npt/bsp. 1/8npt is 1/8 bsp as near as makes no difference.

if the sensor is npt i can run a die down it for you to make it bsp

i think thats what i did for mine or bspt to bsp something like that lol

Yes i moved to the darkside

Instagram @jdm_brett

How about ETB gauges? ive got the digidash and the quality is excellent. The aux gauges look good too!

http://www.etbinstruments.com/Gauge_Range_Overview.htm

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fusion-Fabri..._homepage_panel

www.fusionfabs.co.uk



1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

https://www.europaspares.com/6/GAUGES.html

try this for a range of nice looking gauges

Had a browse on eBay and there are 3/8bsp>m12, dsn sell one in m12 also so that's water temp sorted.

1/8bsp is nearly 1/8npt so oil pressure is sorted

Andy not sure on sandwich plate, I could try drilling it out though.

Edited by bennyy on 17th Feb, 2012.

Audi s4 b5 - 470bhp & 486ft lbs

On 30th Apr, 2012 Brett said:
yeah stick the bit in and give it a wobble