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Arrvaxx 07-19-2013 12:47 PM

Why is intake manifold pressure and exhaust temperature important?
 
The clock on the triple gauge cluster annoys me. Don't get me wrong I love my car. I'm just a bit OCD so the fact that it is visually different than the other two bugs me. :icon14:

So I was looking around to see if it could be replaced and came across Defi. Most of the available gauges made sense but when would you want to know the intake manifold pressure and exhaust temperature? Is that a racing thing?

Turbo(200kPa)
Intake manifold pressure
Oil pressure
Fuel pressure
Oil temperature
Water temperature
Exhaust temperature

Also, if anyone has suggestions for other vendors feel free to let me know.

Thanks.

DIGItonium 07-19-2013 01:11 PM

Those two gauges are important for boosted applications with EGT being important for turbo applications. Intake manifold pressure is your boost gauge. With forced induction, you build up positive pressure. The gauge is important to monitor how much boost you're making, and whether the peak level is intended.

Why EGT is important?
Banks Power | Why EGT is Important

Chuck33079 07-19-2013 01:12 PM

Beat me to it while I was typing.

DIGItonium 07-19-2013 01:42 PM

Haha... I got lazy and pasted the link lol.

megalapagas 07-19-2013 01:43 PM

Wow this was helpful for me now just know what gauges to get for su r for my MHI kit.

Chuck33079 07-19-2013 02:19 PM

FYI, if you replace the clock you've got to replace all three gauges. It's one piece.

Jordo! 07-19-2013 03:46 PM

Oil temp and pressure are always good to know.

The rest is more useful in tuning applications, especially forced induction.

Chuck33079 07-19-2013 05:35 PM

If I was NA, I'd swap the three gauges to oil temp, oil pressure and water temp. For FI it's hard to narrow it down to three.

DIGItonium 07-20-2013 02:47 PM

There are multi-gauges. I wish I knew about them before purchasing the regular analog gauges. It's a combo analog gauge with a small OLED panel. Depending on the model, you can get one to display voltage, oil temp, water temp, oil pressure, etc. That should save some room.

Arrvaxx 09-07-2013 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DIGItonium (Post 2411950)
There are multi-gauges. I wish I knew about them before purchasing the regular analog gauges. It's a combo analog gauge with a small OLED panel. Depending on the model, you can get one to display voltage, oil temp, water temp, oil pressure, etc. That should save some room.

Are you talking about the GReddy? Problem is they only come in 62mm so won't fit in the triple cluster. And all the others I have found are :icon23:-ugly.

Maybe I'll just go this route: http://www.edgeproducts.com/product.php?pk=145&pvk=405

*Edit: Wait...on a Nissan all you can monitor are these?

Other 1996+ OBDII Enable Vehicles (Not all PIDs listed will show up on all vehicles)
Abs Throttle Position, Accel Pedal Position, Accel Pedal Pos. D, Accel Pedal Pos. E, Accel Pedal Pos. F, Accel Throttle Pos. B, Accel Throttle Pos. C, Barometric Pressure, Battery Voltage, Corrected Speed, Engine Coolant Temp, Engine Load, Engine Oil Temp, Engine RPM, Fuel Pressure, Fuel Rail Pressure, Intake Air Temp, Lambda, Learned Throttle Pos., Long Term Fuel Bank 1, Long Term Fuel Bank 2, Manifold Abs Pressure, Mass Air Flow, Mileage Coach, MPG Instant, MPG Average, O2 S1 WR Lambda, O2 S2 WR Lambda, O2 S3 WR Lambda, O2 S4 WR Lambda, O2 S5 WR Lambda, O2 S6 WR Lambda, O2 S7 WR Lambda, O2 S8 WR Lambda, Rel. Fuel Rail Press., Short Term Fuel Bank 1, Short Term Fuel Bank 2, Spark Timing, Time 0-60, Time 1/4 mile, VGT Duty Cycle

Back to the drawing board. :(


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