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    if you run a turbo engine whats the most important 3 guages

    i thought it would be boost, oil temp, oil pressure
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    Petrol gauge?

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    should of said additional
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    Quote Originally Posted by novalew View Post
    if you run a turbo engine whats the most important 3 guages

    i thought it would be boost, oil temp, oil pressure
    A/F ? Depends what you need to keep an eye on!

    Every build is going to be different! If you just shoving a let in then anything it would have had standard!

    Build a highly strung let and you might want to keep an eye on more important things!

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    I'd perhaps run a few gauges like boost and A/F for debugging the install and then remove them once its running fine. Otherwise you just worry about what they are reading.

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    I run a boost gauge in both my turbo cars, just to keep an eye that's boosting properly.

    Saying that, when my Signum wasn't, i didn't need a gauge to tell me.

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    wideband, oil pressure and boost

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    Why not a lap top telling you stage 1 though 5 that bleeps when the floor plans about to fall out ? And gear no so you can keep track once you shift up 16times.......

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mieran View Post
    wideband, oil pressure and boost
    +1 only ones needed in my eyes.
    All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi
    Far from suicidal
    Still I get them tendencies
    Bringing back them memories
    That I really miss when I reminisce

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mieran View Post
    wideband, oil pressure and boost
    these 3.

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