Gauges that are important!!!

smoke · Jan 7, 2009, 07:03 PM

I got a 08 lancer and i do a LOT of driving. my current mods are: lowering springs, shortram intake, crankshaft pulley.

i drive an average of 50 kilometers a day, and i do trips as well crossing the USA border.
i want to keep this car N/A!!!!! i want to get a header, and exhaust and change to a fidanza flywheel.

but i do want to have gauges to monitor this car. which are the most recommended for me? some friends told me this list because the winters are cold and the summers are hot in where i live :

oil temp gauge
water temp
fuel pressure

do those seem about right? i want to put it on a 3 gauge holder on the center dash.

nj_08_gts · Jan 7, 2009, 07:56 PM

If you have to pick between the two, I'd say oil pressure rather than oil temperature. They're both important, but driving a track car, I care more about oil pressure (or sometimes the lack thereof) than what the temperature is.

TRASHY_GTS · Jan 7, 2009, 08:01 PM

Oil Pressure

Stuntfly02 · Jan 8, 2009, 11:51 AM

Air/Fuel ratio, and Oil pressure would be what I would go with. You can see water temp via the existing display, I'de say oil temp isn't as important unless you spend a lot of time on a track. If you are racing and your oil starts to boil you are in trouble. And if u are having fuel pressure issues you will now it. Shouldn't need a gauge to tell you your engine is running like ****.

smoke · Jan 8, 2009, 02:48 PM

i will be able to hold 3 gauges

is oil temp more important than water temp because i have a coolant indicator stock?

my main concern about oil temp gauge is that i want to know when i can start driving in winter when i warm up my car. right now i just rely on the coolant but i know that isn't very accurate

nj_08_gts · Jan 8, 2009, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by smoke

i will be able to hold 3 gauges

is oil temp more important than water temp because i have a coolant indicator stock?

my main concern about oil temp gauge is that i want to know when i can start driving in winter when i warm up my car. right now i just rely on the coolant but i know that isn't very accurate

It's not a Formula 1 car...use 0W-20 oil and let the car sit for a minute or two and then drive. Keep the revs low for the first few minutes on the road and you'll be fine

While there is a coolant temperature gauge already, it's more of an idiot light than anything. The only information it really provides you is when the coolant is at a nominal temperature or when the coolant is boiling over.