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Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 11:57 am 
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Just after some quick advice.


With a turbo falcon what guages do you need to keep an eye on things? I already have an s-pac dash so that covers me for tacho, volts, oil pressure and temp...

I was thinknig Boost and Fuel Pressure?

I would like an AFR guage aswell but ford racing dont sell those guages and i want to keep them all the same.
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Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 11:59 am 
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Boost pressure, turbo timer, oil temp, water temp.

 

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Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 2:13 pm 
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Jaycar have a A/F led kit. can be made to the a/f curve
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Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:54 pm 
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If Ford Racing aren't selling the ones you want, you should try summitracing and have a look for some autometer perhaps. They should have all the guages you could want in almost every series they have.
Or are you set on the Ford Racing ones?
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Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 7:01 pm 
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i have boost gauge, oil pressure gauge and a digital a/f gauge

 

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Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 7:25 pm 
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most ecu hand controllers have that kinda stuff on them. digitally
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Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 7:33 pm 
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Thats correct, but what ECU eed-250 going to be running. Even then hardly any of them are dash or window mountable, so are still kinda pointless unless for tuning purposes, or an occasional glance.
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Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 8:47 pm 
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i just want the ford ones coz they have the logo on them :P

But i only really want 2 X max.. i dont want it looking like a 747 C**k in there haha
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Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 11:22 pm 
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Trans temp if you have an auto.
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:18 am 
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{USERNAME} wrote:
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i just want the ford ones coz they have the logo on them :P

But i only really want 2 X max.. i dont want it looking like a 747 C**k in there haha


why not carl u need to get used to it anyways :P

 

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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:28 am 
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haha thats the whole point frank :P
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:10 am 
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I'm looking at boost, oil temp and tranny temp in one of these..
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:21 am 
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Boost pressure, turbo timer, oil temp, water temp.


A turbo timer isn't a gauge.

 

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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:08 pm 
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It can display things though depending on what timer you get.
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:11 pm 
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Boost/vac is a must.

If you trust ford's electronic oil press gauge then go with it. But, some sort of oil pressure reading is a must IMO.

Unless you're fitting wideband o2 sensor, dont bother with the AF gauge...

Fuel pressure will be handy if you're running an FMU. But that's an expensive gauge... unless you're keen to run a mechanical external.... (internals with isolators cost a bucketload).

 

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