Can someone explian somethign to me please:

- Electrical Boost Gauge kit includes required a boost sensor and hosing for accurate measurement of the actual boost level. No Mechanical hosing is required to measure, making installation and maintenance a breeze.

What does that mean, at the moment I just have a boost gauge, pipe coming from the spare nipple to the gauge, how do these gauges work, where do they get the signal??

 

So you've got a mechanical gauge? Your boost pipe goes right from the spare nipple to the back of the gauge? On my setup, the boost pipe goes to a little sender unit, which is mounted in the engine bay, then that little unit is connected to the gauge by a wire, and electronically tells the gauge what to display. Is that what you meant?

 

perfect, just what I wanted to know, think Il ask father christmas for some !!!

 

Could i care less?!

 

Cheeky bugger, they're the ones I sold you

 

Ended up not using them mate and now selling the car, so surplus to requirements.

 

Well you made a pretty penny

 

I did(very suprisingly), can't say otherwise. Makes up for losing 300 quid on a set of STi3 heads/cams.

 

Sorry to bring this thread up again, but Iv just had mine fitted a few days ago & have a couple of questions about them:

When I manually set a max warning value for e.g. Turbo psi at e.g. 15psi, will the gauge light up the little blue light & beep every time I exceed 15psi? Also if I have turned off the warning beep that you get on startup will this mean the gauge will not beep once it hits the 15 psi set warning value? I have my gauges colour set to Amber so have not been able to see them change colour to red when they reach the warning values set by user. But I think the little blue light should light up & beep as well?

Also the peak values that the gauge has reached can be recalled by pressing the set button quickly. This last peak value does not get cleared when you turn off ignition, so you would have to clear it every time you set off on a drive, if you wanted to see what e.g. the max psi the turbo reached.

I suppose you cant really set a max warning value for Oil pressure as I want to know about low oil pressure then high pressure at e.g startup.
What kind of max warning value should I set for Oil temp,- 110 degrees?

Thanks

 

Q1) Yes

Q2) Once you turn the beep off it won't make a sound even if it exceeds a theshold. All you'll get is the gauge flashing red. Yep, colour change between red and amber is a bit subtle.

Q3) Yes you would. The gauge remember the peak event unless reset.

Q4) The oil pressure gauge does warn you based on reaching a minimum rather than a maxium (like boost and oil temp gauges do). You want to set the threshold at around 25psi, so it warns you if it goes less than that. Mine usually goes no lower than 30psi.

Q5) Oil temp. I set my threshold at 100 degrees so I know if I'm going over that. Highest I've ever had was 106, but that that was giving it some on the motorway. You wouldn't want to stay above 115 though, so I set it lower than this and get a warning ahead of time. But like I said don't think I could actually drive hard enough to get it that high unless there was a problem

 

Thanx James, thats was quick!!
I have set the oil temp to approx max 107f; & Oil presseure to min 25 psi.
Im gona test the warning beep & blue light by setting turbo max value at 15psi & see if it works (Then Il probably set to the max Iv yet reached, which seem to be approx 18.5 psi). Though I like the fact that it warns you with a beep, I dont think I can live with the constant beeping on startup!!

I also got the three external extra warning lights with my gauges, which simply plug into the back of the gauges. But have'nt bothered using them, have you & what do you reckon, a bit OTT & unnecesary?

 

No problem.

No, don't have the external warning lights. Think the blue ones on the dial are bright enough.

 

im looking to buy these, whats best P.S.I or Bar? Hmmm what are peoples thoughts?

 

just need someone to comfirm

black wire - earth
red wire - live ( but is that just live when key in ?)
white wire - live (same as above)?
orange wire - lights

?????

 

I think

red = live all the time.
white = live only when ignition on

the rest as you say.

 

they look sweet mate, nice price too
any vids of them working??
wiley

 

https://www.scoobynet.com/members-ga...er-gauges.html

 

I have Defis and have to say they look top notch

 

fitted the electrically part of mine today , do the under bonnet stuff tomorrow , will post pic's of them finished

and just to answer the above question

just run a live and the amber wire to a switch and bob's your uncle

 

nice mate,same as mine,should get a air/fuel ratio gauge!
they look awesome at night

 

I have started a group buy on these for anybody else thats interested in them https://www.scoobynet.com/group-buys...ml#post7971736