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Old Oct 30, 2005 | 03:51 PM
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As far as goin turbo, what kind of
gauges do you guys use? a/f,egt,boost,
fuel pressure, oil pressure/temp? Just
curious what gauges I should get as a
minimum.
Old Oct 30, 2005 | 04:00 PM
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i only have a/f and boost egt is important but im broke!
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I was wondering what to get, cause I
notice on zpi's site they recommend
boost,egt, and wideband o2, but I was
wondering what's the minumum since
I'll be dropping a few g's already if I go turbo.
Old Oct 30, 2005 | 04:26 PM
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Honestly get the aem uego... thing is off the hook... and a boost and egt. really you need that to make sure you are always safe
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thanks for the help
Old Oct 30, 2005 | 04:43 PM
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Old Oct 30, 2005 | 04:50 PM
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no gauges are required, but it is always a good idea to know waht is going on. The AEM is a great piece but some of the new PLX parts are nice also and are usually much cheaper.

Boost, is always nice but is really the least critical in montitoring one of our kits as the tials wastgeate are as reliable as can be. A wideband should always be the highest priority.
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After looking around really only saw a $10 difference. To me the aem looks nicer.. lol but you know
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selling a brand new in the box AEM wideband for $350 shipped
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So you could pretty much just get the aem and call it
a day? And as far as air to fuel and boost, is everything already set? So you can just put the kit in and not have
to worry about tuning?
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wideband is your A/F...I wold get EGT and oil pressure as well if I were you.
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I understand wideband is a/f but on zpi's
website they say that all fuel and timing/
tuning completed so is the wideband just
to monitor the readings or is tuning the a/f
necessary on the zpi stage 0.
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stage 0 theres nothing reworked for a/f just parts to allow more fuel.

Stage 1 comes with emange preprogrammed for different air fuel
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Originally Posted by InjentC23
I understand wideband is a/f but on zpi's
website they say that all fuel and timing/
tuning completed so is the wideband just
to monitor the readings or is tuning the a/f
necessary on the zpi stage 0.
Its just to use as a monitoring system/tuning tool. Its good to know what your exact A/F ratios are just to make sure your not running dangerously lean.
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what parts in the kit allow more fuel?
Old Oct 30, 2005 | 05:53 PM
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I just looked at your signature^^^^^^, why do you have a 3" catback system??
Old Oct 30, 2005 | 05:58 PM
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when I got the hks muffler I just got all the
piping from the cat to where the hks' exhaust
ends redone.
Old Oct 30, 2005 | 06:08 PM
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3" is a lil much though aint it??
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Yeah I'm probably gonna go down to 2.5.
I notice I lost too much low end.
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go with stage 1 3" be fine... lol



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