i saw these on the internet. are they good gauges? and does anyone know if they are electric gauges or mechancial gauges?
if u don't know what i'm talking about, go to www.glowshift.com to check them out.

 

Some of them are mechanical... (Boost/Vacuum), some are electric, some are half sweep, some are full sweep....

I'd pick a more known brand... these appear to be pretty basic.... but, If you're low on funds.... you can give them a try...

Personally, I'm going autometer, and want all electric, but they do get pretty pricey....

 

are electrical gauges easier to install?

 

Depends....

The mechanical guages depend on you running the tube to wherever the guage is, so running them through firewalls and such can be a PITA.... I like electric, cause you just hook up the sensor to where I needs to be and then just run wires to the guages... but they do cost more....

I'm going with the Autometer Nexus Series, which all hook into a controller and can piggyback.. which makes things REALLY easy... all the sensor wires go to one controller location and then the signal goes from guage to guage on a piggyback setup, which is really easy to work with... but PRICEY.

 

thanks
i think i'm going for the autometer cobalt series. the nexus series is too pricey. i'm thinking of going electrical gauges too. what gauges are u planning to get?

 

For my use.... Fuel Pressure/Nitrous Pressure/and one yet to be determined... possibly boost/vacuum as it'll come in handy when I eventually go F/I or just a basic voltmeter.

I also will run a Wideband O2 setup, but probably run a digital output in my cubby by the shifter, rather than a guage, as nexus doesn't have the guage setup...

Even the cobalt series gets pretty pricey, I priced those out too, and the fuel and N2O were both 180 and the volt was 100...

 

yeah they seem pricey as well, but cheaper then teh nexus. these are the only series of gauges that has the led backlight through the dials. might have to save some money to buy these gauges.
i think i will get oil pressure, boost/vac, and either volt or some other one that i might need.

 

The cobalt are the only series under the nexus that I felt comfortable with the lighting on.... I want to match my dash lighting, which will be all blue, so I needed something that lit up a good blue, to make me really go for it... the cobalt and nexus are the only ones I really liked.... the others were digital or looked too "Indigloey" for me.

 

IMHO The Autometer Ultra Lite Series goes almost PERFECT with the tC, coupled with the Creative Compacts Piller (which I have) it looks almost as if it came from the factory like that . Ill post a picture tomorrow when I get a chance.

 

This is roughly what my setup would look like....

appears another tC somewhere in the midwest has the same idea as me... although mine will be slightly different and definately not be a blury pic.

 

what kind of gauges do u have?

 

I think i'm set on autometer ultra lites They do go well with the interior.
Any recomendations for gauges N/A maybe oil press and egt ?

 

The pic is the nexus guages.... I can't find a good night pic of the ultra lite gauges anywhere.... but I'm not wanting white faces on the guages, so that's a factor in my choice.

 

I have personally used some of the cobalt series and I thought they were pretty good. I would probably either use them again, or possibly step up to the nexus series

I would definitely go with oil pressure, other than that there isn't really another no-brainer to go with on an n/a. Unless you expect to put down A LOT of power, in which case EGT is a very good one for tuning purposes.

 

The NEXUS guages are soooo beautiful.... plus the startup and shutdown sequences and programmable color warnings are pretty dang sweet too....

 

so have anyone try the glowshift gauges yet?

 

They are silver faced, goes good with the tC.

 

A great site for gauges is www.egauges.com let me now what you think!


John

 

I also like summit, they have almost every gauge available.

 

that's all very good, but i like to know if anyone have ever use the glowshift gauges before.