Marc sierra

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Are there any gauges that have the same look as the standard sapph instruments, so with a black face, white numbers, orange needles and green illumination? Plus they need to be reliable, I don't what gauges that suddenly give false readings...

R4N SS

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autometer mate - i had them in my moonstone 3dr years ago and they looked identical and even lit up green, white writing and orange needle with a black face

ajamesc

vdo nice and simple looking and not a bad price i think

Marc sierra

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The VDO gauges look nice, but I want an oil pressure and temperature gauge in bar and °C, not in PSI and Fahrenheit. The same goes for the Autometer gauges.

For the third gauge I'm not really sure yet. I already have an AFR and boost gauge, so was thinking about an EGT gauge. But maybe that's a bit overkill as I never take it on a track and a voltmeter would be better?

ajamesc

my oil pressure gauge is in bar and my oil temp is in degres c its hard to see that pic in photobucket its smaller and clearer but on here its massive and you cant see fuck all lol

Marc sierra

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I found the VDO metric gauges now. Funnily enough they aren't listed on their own site. They also have an EGT gauge, but it seems like those are quite expensive?

ajamesc

There alot cheaper than some i think plus they seem to be very good in mine. My cars cars mapped to 2.6bar and my boost gauge sits at dead on 2.6 mine came from merlin motorsport

Marc sierra

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It's the EGT gauge (or complete kit actually) that is quite expensive, about 200 to 250 pounds. Seems a bit much as I 'm not even sure whether it's needed next to the AFR gauge.

ajamesc

It will be the high temp sensor your paying for! but ive never really got egt gauges as unless you mount the sensor in the manifold next to the head its more down pipe exhaust gases your getting a temp for

Marc sierra

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I thought the temperature directly after the turbo could be translated quite well to temperatures near the cilinder head?

The way I see it the AFR gauge tells go whether it's running rich or lean. But after a while of hard driving the temperatures will go up, even if it's running on a good AFR, so therefore the EGT is important to monitor.

Or am I missing the clue?