tejy

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What Are The 3 Most Important Gauges For An RST?

RichieST

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Water temperature, oil temperature and oil pressure I should imagine

t16coupe

most people nom have oil pressure oil temp and boost

luke19790_3

wideband if you're on MFI

rog

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As above, oil temp/press. & boost, or AFR if you want to add that in as well, same for any turbo car really IMO.

martinmilne

boost oil pressure and temp but afr is very good idea

joffy

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Fuel Pressure? Oil Pressure? AFR?

Jamie_EscortSport

Depending on spec (imo)

If low/mid setup
Oil pressure, boost, afr

If high (id probaly have 4)
Oil pressure, boost, afr n knock

pani_k

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Engine critical readings that would highlight a potentially fatal issue would probably be AFR, Fuel Pressure and Oil Pressure.

mgtkr1

id say oil pressure, water temp and oil temp. afr is important though, a gauge is a good idea, arguably more than oil or water temp.

haz87

Oil pressure, back up oil pressure and AFR.

Personally i'd go (and have 2 of these already) oil pressure, volts (at fuel pump) and AFR

martinmilne

volts at fuel pump is good one also have mine wired to fuel pump

tejy

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Think I'm going to go for an oil pressure, boost and AFR gauge.. Heres a pic of my gauge pods I've been collecting.. Sorry for the bad pic!

simonmcf

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recommendations for AFR?

homer j

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I'd suggest fuel pressure as number one, AFR number two and oil pressure number three. these to me are the ones that matter most on any turbo car, not just S2's on MFi.


regards

Tom

milesy23rst

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Definite afr, oil press, fuel press imo

studabear

AEM on mine, paid about Ł150 for the full kit, from www.efi-parts.co.uk

Karlos G

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Or a Techedge 2J2 from http://trigger-wheels.com/store/contents/en-uk/d27.html is also good value.

jessie_rs

dont most of the AFR's need to have some sort of lamba boss to read accurately?

gus

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gearbox self destruction gauge would be nice

botters

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3 oil pressure guages all different brands so you can be sure of the accuracy lol

fraser9764

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What's the point of an oil pressure gauge? By the time you have seen it drop your engine is scrap
I have a dual oil pressure and temp, boost and AFR. Would like to invest in a knock sensor too.

AJC

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Oil pressure light comes on at 7 psi iirc

Now, if you have a gauge that usually reads 40 psi when warm

And it's reading 25 then you know something is a miss before your engine dies.

botters

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but cross, a cvh owner will never see figures as high as those unless they are using 75/90 engine oil lol

AJC

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It's an example Botters you tit!!!!

Kris_23

Revs, Speed and Fuel?

simonmcf

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How does the AFR hook in? is it into sensors already on the mfi or are new sensors needed? Damn you guys! my shopping list has just gotten bigger!

ROB7656

A rotometer!

Rogeyboy

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Id say afr is more important than fuel pressure...
Oil temp and pressure also.

Volts is a good idea, esp from pump!

Karlos G

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TBH on old cars like these you ideally want to be monitoring everything! lol
But, I had oil pressure and temperature, boost, AFR (well, a lean warning light) and water temp.

Ryoishikawa

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Boost , volts and oil temp

bigkevin

+1

Rob_DOHC

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Thats a really good idea mate, like it.

I've heard a few people say the same but I disagree. My oil pressure gauge saved my new and pretty damn expensive engine. My turbo oil drain to sump split and dumped half a sump of oil over the drive, first I knew of it was a flickering gauge needle, killed the ignition straight away and saved a few grand.

For low-mid power I would suggest:

AFR, Oil pressure and boost.


For any decent power I would have:

AFR, EGT (surprised no one mentioned it), Boost, Oil temp (if on track) and knock (but decent knock gauge like phormula, none of that rubbish tripe you see on ebay.

EGT is an incredibly powerful gauge to have, it really does tell you a lot about whats going on, and is one of the few gauges that will give you enough notice to save an engine, especially if running high boost/power.

Rob,

botters

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ha ha sorry moy laavveerrrr

Karlos G

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Rob makes a very good point here, many things can be seen from EGT's... Mixture, timing, even detonation!

Rogeyboy

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EGT in each cylinder or in the downpipe?
Wheres the best place to get a knock sensor/warning light from?

teahan

innovate wideband is the one that gives me peace of mind

crazycage

egt in the down pipe as close to the turbo as you can get it.

Karlos G

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For each cylinder is the perfect setup, but costly! Otherwise as Gary says.

orion_crazy_carl

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so its gone from 3 gauges to the cockpit of a jumbo