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toqwkgsx
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Joined: Thu Dec 24, 2009 1:58 pm
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 must have gauges????????? okay, what are the gauges i must have, i know the wide band is a must have, i already have that, just ordered the Zeitronix zt-2 wideband with the zr-1 gauge.... but what else is a must have???? i need a lil help here...
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SOADweskey
No More 2.3L
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Location: Jacksonville, FL
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Re: must have gauges????????? Get an electronic boost sending unit so you can display boost on the ZR-1 as well.
A good quality oil pressure gauge can really save your engine so that is on the must have list.
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turboawdfanatic
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Re: must have gauges????????? Some engine management options like DSM Link let you change your engine light or factory boost gauge into a "knock gauge" to let you know when your engine is seeing knock. I find this to be very useful, but maybe not "must have". An EGT gauge is a good indicator of when the engine is pulling timing because of knock, but it's slow so it let's you know after the fact. Again, not necessarily "must have" especially since you have a wideband, but it is helpful (you can add one to the Zt-2). Oil pressure and water temp tend to be the big ones after wideband and boost gauge.
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Black_gst
Death to Head Gaskets!
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Re: must have gauges????????? whats up Saul! so is your car almost ready??? anyway like they said above, wideband, boost, oil pressure and water temp are really the only recomended things you need, if you have a turbo timer alot of times they show you voltage which is also good to know and keep an eye on to make sure your battery and alternator are up to par.
were you able to get that cam drilled and tapped?
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CaptainTonus
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Re: must have gauges????????? Battery Temp. It's a must-have.
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toqwkgsx
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Re: must have gauges?????????
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SOADweskey
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Location: Jacksonville, FL
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Re: must have gauges????????? My bad, the ZR-1 does only show AFR. In that case if you don't already have a good boost gauge you need one, and oil pressure and water temp are also good.
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Boost Creep is your turbo's way of calling you a little bitch for not running enough boost.
452 AWHP 446 lb ft of torque e85 FTW!!
"They are cool manly men now those DSM owners. Before it was just pasty white nerds, metro hair Asian kids and fruit pickers. They do real car club stuff and everything. Sometimes they even spend money here :-/"
-Mike W
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-red97rum-
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Joined: Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:57 am
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Location: Ontario, CA [IE]
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Re: must have gauges????????? -Wideband
-Boost
-Oil Pressure
-Water Temp
-Battery Voltage
These are the most important gauges to me.
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christ
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Re: must have gauges?????????  the most important gauge...
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toqwkgsx
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Re: must have gauges?????????
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turboawdfanatic
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Re: must have gauges????????? Is your ZT-2 new or used? If it's new it would be a waste to go with any other brands for the rest of the gauges. You can buy sensors and add them to the Zt-2 and either buy a single ZR-2 gauge to cycle through them or buy multiple ones to display all the info at once. You can also buy the LCD display that will show 4 sensors at once. Then get the ZAVT-1 which is a warning light/buzzer that you can trigger off any of those sensors (high water temp, low oil pressure, lean AFR, overboost, etc). The older Zt-2 has a couple limitations but you can do almost the same thing.
If you took this route you'd only have to wire the sensors rather than run wiring to separate gauges, and you'll have high quality sensors you can actually depend on. If you buy all the sensors and the right displays you can display AFR/boost/EGT/oil pressure/water temp all through the Zt-2 and you can datalog them all too.
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