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Old Jul 10, 2007 | 05:43 PM
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What are you guys running?

I need to get a Cobalt boost/vac gauge to match my others and was pondering which to get. My Fuel and N2O gauges are electrical but Autometer's prices have gone up drasticly since I purchaced them. There are no hazards with running a vac line into the cab but the sending unit on an ele guage would allow me to input boost/vac into HPT. My budget is telling me mechanical but the engineer in me is saying electrical.
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Old Jul 10, 2007 | 06:21 PM
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Mechanical guage here
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Old Jul 10, 2007 | 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by BigKID
What are you guys running?

I need to get a Cobalt boost/vac gauge to match my others and was pondering which to get. My Fuel and N2O gauges are electrical but Autometer's prices have gone up drasticly since I purchaced them. There are no hazards with running a vac line into the cab but the sending unit on an ele guage would allow me to input boost/vac into HPT. My budget is telling me mechanical but the engineer in me is saying electrical.
I got the cobalt mechanical boost gauge for mine. Problem is I can't remember if I got the one with just boost or boost and vac. Haven't installed it yet though.
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Old Jul 10, 2007 | 07:51 PM
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Autometer sport comp mechanical here but that electrical unit sounds like it'd be a good for tuning...go with the best you can afford.
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Old Jul 11, 2007 | 07:11 AM
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Autometer Sport Comp Mechanical w/Boost & VAC here...
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Old Jul 11, 2007 | 09:09 AM
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Autometer Sport-Comp Boost/Vac Mechanical
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Old Jul 11, 2007 | 02:12 PM
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Autometer Phantom Electric boost/vac here
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Old Jul 11, 2007 | 04:28 PM
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Mechanical boost gauge. But I'm gonna change it to electrical because I don't like having fuel lines run into the cab.
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Old Jul 11, 2007 | 04:33 PM
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Mechanical boost gauge. But I'm gonna change it to electrical because I don't like having fuel lines run into the cab.
Hahah,, you used a fuel line also???
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Old Jul 11, 2007 | 07:09 PM
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I'm runnin autometer nexus gauges. there cool with some great features but their sorta touchy.
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