Gauge Questions

[Ace]

I am putting in a 2 guage pillar in my 89 and what i was wondering was A)i would like to see some pics of some setups and the type of gauges you guys are using and B) are you using mechanical or electric...only because i personally dont like the idea of running tubing through the dash into the pillar,butill let you guys post and hopefully this will help me in deciding what i want to do...

 

[SASHO91]

as i dont have mine on the pillar, im running mechanical... i was like you at first... didnt want to run a mech. line into the cab.. but i did it, and have yet to have any problems... and i doubt i will.... (knocks on wood)

electrical gauges are nice... but i would rather have mechanical... Just IMO though.

Im running oil press.,water temp, volts, and A/F.... the first three are in the DIN slot, and the A/F is in the cubby under them.... just FYI...

 

[SinisterSHO]

IMHO, I would run oil pressure, and water temp on a pillar. Actually, a relative fuel pressure gauge would be best on the pillar, but kinda pricy. I would go with electrical, less to worry about, and depending what gauges you want, you can get full sweep electrical, too.

Btw, narrow band a/f is a worthless gauge.

 

[SASHO91]

who said i had a narrow band....

i dont think you were refering to me... just in general right.... eh, whatever....

 

[SinisterSHO]

It was a general statment. But you also didn't clarify that you had a wbo2.

 

[SASHO91]

ok.. my bad...

thats what i figured...

its all good....

 

[Jonny Cash]

They say the mechanical guages will be the most accurate, but a pita to install. Theyre both decent.

Personally, I like the guages on the pillar. It gives you an easy veiw without having to take your eyes off the road.

 

[Ace]

IMHO, I would run oil pressure, and water temp on a pillar. Actually, a relative fuel pressure gauge would be best on the pillar, but kinda pricy. I would go with electrical, less to worry about, and depending what gauges you want, you can get full sweep electrical, too.

Btw, narrow band a/f is a worthless gauge.

yeah i was thinking of going with the oil and water and the elctrical...i was looking through the auto meter book at work today and i was looking at the full sweep guages...i think the electrical is gonna be the way to go....anybody got actual pics of their setups...GenI prefered???

 

[SinisterSHO]

They say the mechanical guages will be the most accurate, but a pita to install. Theyre both decent.

Personally, I like the guages on the pillar. It gives you an easy veiw without having to take your eyes off the road.

Also gives you a great blind spot!

 

[Jonny Cash]

this is the best i got chris. youve seen it in person enough times anyway.

 

[Ace]

your right Jay i have...but they still look good on there...mine wont be as elaborate as yours because mine is a two guage pillar...i had 2 guages here but i just dont think they will look right in there so im gonna go with new ones..

 

[my_bass_is_low]

hey jonny i was wondering a few things. First could u please post a pic of your white gadges at night. two where did u get them. And finally is it a real pain to put them in or was it a fairly simple job. Thanks

 

[Porkchop]

Johhny, I know RIGHT where those were taken ...

Personally, the most relevant guages for any vehicle are: Water temp, tranny temp (for ATX cars), oil pressure, oil temp, and lastly being volts.

I have water and tranny on my A pillar and I would love to do an oil pressure but the electric guage is some ungodly amount like $200. Mechanical guages ARE more accurate, but electric are MUCH easier to wire. With that being said, I did have a mechanical OP guage in my green 96 (slo0 and it worked like a dream for over a year when I got the SHO.