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Old 05-31-2007, 05:58 PM
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Where can I find autometer boost gauges, now that I have a Tial 38 installed I need to keep an extra eye om things. Car is now very fast much more responsive.




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Old 05-31-2007, 06:00 PM
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Personally i like vdo gauges on these cars since they usually match everything better
Old 05-31-2007, 06:06 PM
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All of my gauges are auto meter. I get them from summit. They are great Gauges.
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I have this autometer boost gauge on ebay now. auction ends tomorrow night. no reserve. ill give a %10percent discount for rennlisters.pm for details. heres the link
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/autom...23945473QQrdZ1
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I just got an autometer from lindsey racing - they have the whole autometer line listed in their general store.

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http://www.billthe3.net/boostgauge/index.html
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So for $29.00 you will ship it?
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Egauges.com is where I get my gauges. Be aware that Autometer gauges read notoriously off. My Phantom boost gauge reads ~1psi off from my Eboost2 EBC. (VDO gauges are the better choice)
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Originally Posted by RogueM3
Egauges.com is where I get my gauges. Be aware that Autometer gauges read notoriously off. My Phantom boost gauge reads ~1psi off from my Eboost2 EBC. (VDO gauges are the better choice)
Because the Phantom is the cheaper version.
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I like autometers but the stock locking VDOs win in my book hands down.
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Originally Posted by reno808
Because the Phantom is the cheaper version.
Why would any of their mechanical gauges read differently from one another? (Perhaps they use a different sender-esque device inside the gauge, but I would doubt it)

Regardless, its slight innacuracy didnt make me remove it. I now know that it isnt perfect, but that it would tell me if I had a Vac leak or was down on boost considerably.
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if thats all the auction gets up to, i will ship for that. hopefully it goes just a little higher or more. I have always used autometer gauges in every car i have modified(vw1.8big turbo/conquest tsi/951) and have never had any issues with any of them whatsoever. i have never used vdo gauges so i do not have anything to say about them. i used to have a apexi avcr 2 boost controller in my vw and it would read as accruate as the autometer. i think they are nice gauges for the money. my2cents
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I use egauges.com also... though my gauge taste has changed to the DEFI range. Very cool way of managing the various gauges through a controller.
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If I get the gauges from egauges.com which kit do you get to plumb into our system

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Norm, any one will work really, but the easiest / cheapest is a mechanical one. I got the VDO cockpit series version.



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