Must Have: Turbo Accessories..

[chdesign]

Oh yeah a EGT gauge is useless unless you go on a dyno and KNOW what your A/F ratios are at certian temps and for every setup it will be different. You need to know at what temp you are lean and at what temp you are rich otherwise you are just guessing.

 

[I-Am-Chris]

Oh yeah a EGT gauge is useless unless you go on a dyno and KNOW what your A/F ratios are at certian temps and for every setup it will be different. You need to know at what temp you are lean and at what temp you are rich otherwise you are just guessing.

well put
(woowoo) HAHAHA That is Funny s*** "only in da Mornin"

 

[70]

Something you need to keep in mind is that the dyno and the real world are two different things...

Setting up on the dyno is all well and great, but on the street you need to tune it some more.

Get a wideband O-2 and be better off in the long run.

Expensive, yes, but worth it.

 

[spoolinmp3]

Yes many good points said here.
If I were to turbo a car and did not have all the money in the world. I would get these 2 gauges:

Greddy a/f warning meter
&
Boost gauge.....(already included in most kits)

If I was made of money:
Wideband o2

boost gauge....these would be the 2 most important

 

[KzA]

thank terry..thats exactly what i was looking for..Does your stage 2 kit include a boost gauge?

 

[spoolinmp3]

yes our kits include an autometer 20psi boost gauge.
A package deal with the greddy a/f meter could be worked out if one were to purchase a turbo kit.

 

[I-Am-Chris]

Something you need to keep in mind is that the dyno and the real world are two different things...

Setting up on the dyno is all well and great, but on the street you need to tune it some more.

Get a wideband O-2 and be better off in the long run.

Expensive, yes, but worth it.

Expensive yes ... but thats why i use my friends! LOL

 

[chdesign]

The Greddy unit is worth it trust me. Excellent quality calibration control, warning function. Reads below 12:1 the autometer gauges only read from 16:1 to 12:1 pretty crappy the Greddy unit reads from 16:1 to 8:1 perfect for turbo tuning as that is pretty much what it was designed for anyways and it does use its own dedicated O2 sensor as said above.....if you can afford it get an upgrade to a Electronic boost gauge as well much more accurate and you dont' have to run a vaccuum line all the way in your car so better responce to what you are actually running also. Electric units don't come cheap though unless you are like me and find the mack daddy deals everywhere I got my Greddy Electronic Boost Gauge for 80 bucks shipped straight from Japan....its all in where you look I picked up my A/F gauge for 215 brand new in the box.....so if you want i may be able to find you some good deals if you want me to.

 

[chdesign]

Something you need to keep in mind is that the dyno and the real world are two different things...

Setting up on the dyno is all well and great, but on the street you need to tune it some more.

Get a wideband O-2 and be better off in the long run.

Expensive, yes, but worth it.

I understand that dyno and street are different but regardless if you dont' have a baseline somewhere the EGT is still useless.

 

[KzA]

You know chdesign..I juuust might take you up on that in the near future..heh

 

[spoolinmp3]

The Greddy unit is worth it trust me. Excellent quality calibration control, warning function. Reads below 12:1 the autometer gauges only read from 16:1 to 12:1 pretty crappy the Greddy unit reads from 16:1 to 8:1 perfect for turbo tuning as that is pretty much what it was designed for anyways and it does use its own dedicated O2 sensor as said above.....if you can afford it get an upgrade to a Electronic boost gauge as well much more accurate and you dont' have to run a vaccuum line all the way in your car so better responce to what you are actually running also. Electric units don't come cheap

Agreed. This is one of the best tuning gauges available short of a true wideband. And Greddy electronic gauges are accurate.The warning meters are nice allowing one to set the parameters of when to activate your waring light. So lets say you dont want to pass a given psi (lets say 6) If your car passes that set limit a big red light switches on and you are aware of it.
Same goes for the A/F

 

[1sty]

Terry, where is the best place to install the Greddy guage?
I would assume thepoint in the exhuast manifold after all outpipes have been combined.

 

[I-Am-Chris]

The Greddy unit is worth it trust me. Excellent quality calibration control, warning function. Reads below 12:1 the autometer gauges only read from 16:1 to 12:1 pretty crappy the Greddy unit reads from 16:1 to 8:1 perfect for turbo tuning as that is pretty much what it was designed for anyways and it does use its own dedicated O2 sensor as said above.....if you can afford it get an upgrade to a Electronic boost gauge as well much more accurate and you dont' have to run a vaccuum line all the way in your car so better responce to what you are actually running also. Electric units don't come cheap though unless you are like me and find the mack daddy deals everywhere I got my Greddy Electronic Boost Gauge for 80 bucks shipped straight from Japan....its all in where you look I picked up my A/F gauge for 215 brand new in the box.....so if you want i may be able to find you some good deals if you want me to.

GOOD LORD!!! I paid 160 for my boost and 190 for my A/F. Also another thing with the boost gauges is the switched ground for the warning. SO you could lets say hook up your boost controller to the ground on the gauge. You hit the warning it turns off the boost controller or turn on the windsheild wipers or whatever. Also a very nice function

by the way I'm selling my Boost controller. haha thought i would throw that in.

 

[chdesign]

How much you sellin yoru boost controller for just curious. I just picked up a Blitz Dual SBC for 50 but i need to order a new harness from Blitz no biggy.

 

[I-Am-Chris]

Alot more than that paid like $430 for it

 

[LinuxRacr]

Hey Chris, I may be looking for a Boost Controler soon, and wanna see yours (when the damn sleet clears up!!).