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Old May 23, 2007 | 06:00 PM
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within the next week im going to order the treadstone turbo kit for my car. all i need after that is gauges....wideband, boosty and oil pressure. im going to get the aem wideband, but i was just wondering what types of boost gauges/oil pressure gauges otheres with FI are using and how well/reliable they work. i msure theyre all just as good i was just hopingthat some of u could point me in the right direction.
Old May 23, 2007 | 06:05 PM
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i see alot of people using the aem boost gauge or the aem tru boost (which gives you 2 settings).

if you want... aem makes all 3 gauges.. boost, wideband, oil pressure...
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I myself went with the AEM WB02 and Defi Boost and will be getting the Defi Oil Temp gauge. AEM gauges were a tad too high for me. I LOVE my Defi blue racer gauge. I highly recommend them Check out egauges.com for good pricing.
Old May 23, 2007 | 06:17 PM
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I went AEM all the way (AEM Wideband w/ sensor, AEM Oil Pressure, AEM Oil Temp)
Old May 23, 2007 | 07:34 PM
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within the next week im going to order the treadstone turbo kit for my car. all i need after that is gauges....wideband, boosty and oil pressure. im going to get the aem wideband, but i was just wondering what types of boost gauges/oil pressure gauges otheres with FI are using and how well/reliable they work. i msure theyre all just as good i was just hopingthat some of u could point me in the right direction.
I bought all Defi gauges they work great they record levels in all gears and so on. Here is a pic of my setup.

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save money and space, go zeitronix. its wideband, afr, lambda, rpm, throttle, boost all in 1 and allows great data logging.
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I was looking at the seitronix, but it does not do oil pressure.
I went all AEM...tru boost, wideband and oil pressure. Kinda pricey, but I trust AEM.
You could go with autometers as well. much less expensive and they have all sorts of styles and types.
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I went all AEM...tru boost, wideband and oil pressure. Kinda pricey, but I trust AEM.
Thats the same exact reason why I went with all AEM
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thanks for all the replies everyone. im in the same boat as jrod, i want high quatlity but at the same time i dont want to have to spend$300 on each gauge.
as for the zeitronix, where can u get it, and how much does it cost?
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http://www.zeitronix.com/Products/Products.htm

i can honestly tell you, even my tuner agrees, this thing rocks. keeps away from the ricer look (if you have pillar pod gauges no offense its just my opinion, i dont like it). the zeitronix also has an egt input as well. all wrapped up into a little lcd screen that fits perfect in the cubby. now oil pressure is the only thing it is missing, but if you make sure all of your connections are fastened tightly you should not run into an oil pressure issue. on top of this when you data log it its everything is logging top to bottom, so you will have say afr at the top, boost right below it, rpm below it. so you can highlight say 3325rpms and see exactly what your boost, egt afr was at this exact rpm. its extremely accurate. i think it will run 500 for everything, and its extremely easy to install. if you pm me i can send you a copy of one of my data logs so you can get your own opinion, but i can promise you will love it. i should be a sales rep for them lol..


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I just got mine in the mail from AEM today <3 Looking forward to installing them this weekend :D

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wow that zeitronix thing is pretty cool, ill have ot look into that more, thanks for the pics
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like i said, if you want to see what its datalog looks like pm me your email address and i will send one of my runs as a datalog. the only thing you wont see is the egt log since ive only recently installed that portion of the sensor. the software can be obtained from their website.
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I think the full zeitronics with the boost and egt sensors will run $585. My 3 AEM gauges ran me $670, plus it's a boost controller. If I got the regular AEM boos gauge, it would have been $100 less. So I figured I wasn't saving any money with the zeitronics. But I've seen the data sheet with it, and it's sweet! Plus no ugly piller pod!
I think the zeitronics is the way to go if you dont' mind spending the cash and dont care about oil pressure.

I ended up getting the ATI ezpod cause I did not want the a piller pods.
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I also just ordered my kit and went with AEM wideband, Autometer Cobalt series Boost / Oil

I would've gone with all AEM but it was to pricey and I don't like the AEM boost..
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Originally Posted by Mightygnu
I also just ordered my kit and went with AEM wideband, Autometer Cobalt series Boost / Oil

I would've gone with all AEM but it was to pricey and I don't like the AEM boost..
I think that's the best way to go. The best wide band and some decent, inexpensive boost and oil.
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The zeitronix looks sick. I wonder if there are more products with more options then this?
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very nice set up whocares, where did you get that A-pillar gauge pod from?



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