_HOT_M16 said:
Oh yea... $55 as compared to $700... pffft!
I'm not sure what you're implying here, but my point is valid. You get about 1/50th of the value of a wideband O2 sensor for your money. Why waste the cash for an expensive gauge that doesn't help you? You're better off with oil pressure/temp and a fuel pressure gauge.
Its nice that you have this great opinion, but telling people to not buy A/F gauges on a custom turbo setup is ludacris. I personally will purchase a DawesDevice gauge to integrate into my dash when I go 5mgTe and probably build another more detailed one, to stick somewhere when I'm tuning.
Billy -- let me ask you a couple questions:
- Is there a reason to get an A/F gauge?
- What are you expecting it to tell you?
- Do you have the ability to drive while taking notes on the A/F at the same time in regular intervals?
Sounds to me like you want to do things on the cheap. That's understandable, but you're not going to get the safety net that you're hoping for with the parts you're talking about.
The A/F gauge isn't going to do you any good if it's inaccurate (and these almost always are twitchy and inaccurate). Furthermore, if you want the bare minimum usefulness from such a gauge you're going to want the kind with a warning light so that you will notice when there's a problem.
The problem is that the A/F fluctuates so much that the warning light will be going on and off repeatedly. Do you understand now why it might be a bit impractical?
My opinion is based on fact and experience -- you're throwing blind assertions around with no proof to back them up.