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Old Jan 10, 2008 | 07:31 PM
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i know they have probably been aked but i'm gonna ask too. what gauges are recommended for a turbo kit. should i get a wideband and gauge or just a wideband for my hpt w/o gauge and get a pyrometer. or both? boost gauge for sure and then should i get fuel pressure gauge or no?

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Old Jan 10, 2008 | 07:34 PM
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i know they have probably been aked but i'm gonna ask too. what guages are recommended for a turbo kit. should i get a wideband and guage or just a wideband for my hpt w/o guage and get a pyrometer. or both? boost guage for sure and then should i get fuel pressure guage or no?
i personally dont believe you need fuel press.i do firmly believe in a/f and boost.
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so maybe ditch the fuel pressure for a egt?


what do most people run?
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Interceptor, A/F, Boost...you can get extra sensors for the interceptor which can read boost, egt and A/F!! The interceptor and boost is a must the other is up to you.
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I'd have fuel pressure before EGT's personally...

How many do you have room for?

If it's 3, I'd get boost, fuel pressure, and a wideband gauge. If you have room for 4 I'd get a pyrometer as well. Personally, I don't think the Interceptor gauges are necessary. I use them to keep an eye on things when I don't have the laptop in, but I consider them to be optional. Nice, but not necessary.
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Old Jan 11, 2008 | 05:59 AM
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i can fit 3 on the pillar. don't they have other pods too? i can't do the one for the upper console i have rear A/C.
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Yeah there's a few others available. You can put one in the stock cluster if you have the lower left blank spot, and they make a steering column pod as well.
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who makes the column pod? are you talking about where the trans temp gauge goes? i don't have a trans temp gauge so how would it go in there?


*edit* just went and took cluster out and thee is no way i could put a gauge in there.

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see this one i can't use because of rear A/C. but what is the little black thing on the top left. i have that too and have no idea what it is for.
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Originally Posted by 4.8T
who makes the column pod? are you talking about where the trans temp guage goes? i don't have a trans temp guage so how would it go in there?


*edit* just went and took cluster out and thee is no way i could put a guage in there.
You should be able to....I have this in there, and kbracing96 has a boost gauge in there, unless the 03+ clusters are different.



Autometer makes the column pods like this...Summit carries them, P/N ATM-15007

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