Iain M
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Registered: 18th Aug 05
Location: Wigan - Drives 272bhp corsa ZLET
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please thankyou kindley 
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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oil pressure, fuel pressure, boost pressure and a wideband lambda. egt is nice to have aswell.
wideband lambda i use more than boost pressure tbh. safety first.
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Minty_Fresh
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Registered: 1st May 08
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i had a tim turbo one in my escort bonus turbo..
around £30 new so not bad at all, and show up to 2 bar..
do courtney sport do them?
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Minty_Fresh
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get a secs monitor, mates got on in his ecos and my mates dads got one in his 3door sierra cos..
awsome bit of kit
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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Ideally what Nic said, oil temperature and a decent water temperature one are good too if you can find space for them.
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Nic Barnes
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im trying to find one of those for sale but cant seem to find them except american places. does the boost and lamba nicely and theyre quite small by all acounts.
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Wrighty
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Registered: 28th Feb 04
Location: Howden
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iv got Oil press, Oil Temp, Fuel press, seating in a dash pod
Boost press, and AFR with bosch wideband sensor in an A-pillar pod
Prosport items from xyberautos.com
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Iain M
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Registered: 18th Aug 05
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What does the lambda sensor thing do?
So i am looking at 3 really aren't i?
Boost guage
Oil temp? or oil pressure?
Water temp?
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Nic Barnes
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lamda is about air/fuel mixture. very important really especially on turbo cars.
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Minty_Fresh
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as said above..
i would have them all, just mount them somewhere subtle, i mean atleast you know whats going on under the bonnet 
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Wrighty
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quote:
Originally posted by Iain M
What does the lambda sensor thing do?
So i am looking at 3 really aren't i?
Boost guage
Oil temp? or oil pressure?
Water temp?
imo boost, oil press & temp really, water temp youl already have
these are there ones most will go for...gotta keep an eye on oil temp...and well if u loose oil pressure your fubar. boost is handy to know if your gettin boost creep etc
i got AFR so that i know if its running rich or lean...very important really..too lean and il melt cyl 3...too rich and i could get detonation and require a rebuild  you need a wideband o2 sensor to get an accurate AFR reading though
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Nic Barnes
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first thing i look at is afr. maybe i look at boost but not really all that much. oil pressure i glance at a bit.
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Iain M
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cool thanks people shall have a look round on payday i guess.
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Nic Barnes
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well worth a few gauges just to make sure you know whats going on.
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SAL
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Registered: 19th Dec 05
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
im trying to find one of those for sale but cant seem to find them except american places. does the boost and lamba nicely and theyre quite small by all acounts.
im liking that
i have a tec gauge, go's red when tec is close
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Nic Barnes
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supposed to be quite small them zeitronix displays. mate with an ibiza was on about them a while ago and i always quite liked them. i have no radio so would fit nicely in there.
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SAL
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Do you no about cost ?
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Nic Barnes
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i had seen one a while back on ebay without a wideband sensor for about 200 quid.
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SAL
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I think i will go with a boost gauge first, my turbo hold's fuck all pressure atm or it might be the fact i went from quite a decent set-up to a standard barge
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SAL
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boost
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wilson_sri
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Registered: 31st Aug 04
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I have none apart from my dash gauges
Currently relocating my headunit to the glovebox though so i can mount boost, oil temp and fuel pressure in its space. Already got a oil pressure gauge on my standard nova dash, but doubting its accuracy so might put it in the clocl position.
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Nic Barnes
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i miss the digital display i had with the apexi for the booooooost, so thats why something like that appeals more to me. analogue style gauges are wank to look at quickly as i need to between gears and the such like.
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JM_16v
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Registered: 17th Oct 05
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i have a Blitz boost gauage but also have a Blitz Dual turbo timer which works as a digital boost gauge and also records the peak boost
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spikedjack
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Registered: 16th Oct 08
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im about to order one of those jm_16v, is the boost guage n the turbo timer any good??
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big eck
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I used autoguages on the ibiza when I had it, very good quality for the money
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