Top 3 things to monitor on your turbo

[StreetCatalyst]

This isn't a recommendation, it's a thread that asks: What you think are the TOP 3 gauges are nessessary to consistantly monitor when you have a turbo.

1)EGT(Exhaust Gas Temp)
2)Oil/Water Temp
3)Air/Fuel Mixture
4)Boost
5)Volts
6)VAC
7)Oil Pressure
8)Fuel Pressure
9)Slut finder/locator/rating gauge (i wish they made those)

Tell me what you think are the top 3 that should be monitored consistantly.:drive:

[kokanee27]

id think it would have to be
#1) air/fuel
#2)boost guage
#3) slut finder
#4) oil pressure

[twokexlv6coupe]

id think it would have to be
#1) air/fuel
#2)boost guage
#3) slut finder
#4) oil pressure


(out of all the fcukin useless smilies we have, there is not one laughing smilie!!! wtfff)


but yea, emphasis on #3 :cool:

[bard329]

air/fuel
boost
egt

i like knowing if my pistons are about to melt or not

[95h22a1turbo]

This isn't a recommendation, it's a thread that asks: What you think are the TOP 3 gauges are nessessary to consistantly monitor when you have a turbo.

1)EGT(Exhaust Gas Temp)
2)Oil/Water Temp
3)Air/Fuel Mixture
4)Boost
5)Volts
6)VAC
7)Oil Pressure
8)Fuel Pressure
9)Slut finder/locator/rating gauge (i wish they made those)

Tell me what you think are the top 3 that should be monitored consistantly.:drive:
top 3.
1. BOOST
2. AIR FUEL
3. OIL

thats al u need other than that, its all show

[THE ONE]

1.) BOOST Gauge
2.) Oil pressure gauge
3.) palm pilot or pocket PC plugged into ecu running a warning program that actually gives you a real time air/fuel ratio mixture along with other engine diagnostics. Once you see a drop in those graphs you shut it down.



*Air/fuel gauge doesn't do nothing but put on a light show. by the time you realize that your air/fuel is off it's too late.

[95h22a1turbo]

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[95h22a1turbo]

yea, topendlude ur def right about pocket pc. but everyone who have turbo in their car have safc, vafc, chrom or hondata even aem. so basically u really dont need pocket pc uknow? air fuel gauge u could at least know if your car is runnin lean or rich. by the way egt gauge is for show. recommandation on a gauges i'll say boost, air fuel and oil. turbo cars burn oil well every car burn oil. but my self only have boost gauge. cuz i check oil everyday plus i have the labtop on me everyday so i know if my car is runnin rich or lean.

[bard329]

same here as well as the oil temp and oil presure incase i do lose oil presure from on of the lines or something

and slut finder.....it's called the bar and mine works just fine thank you
i dn't know if you guys realize this.. but that oil light on your dash.. thats an oil pressure gauge pretty much. you lose oil pressure, it goes on. *shrug*

[MUlrich07]

dude.. just wanted to let you (bard329) know, you were in a magazine i was reading the other day.. i waslike... YO HIMMY, THAT DUDES ON ************ (hes a vw fan lol) he coulda cared less... but anyhow, you made it to a mag lol

[bard329]

dude.. just wanted to let you (bard329) know, you were in a magazine i was reading the other day.. i waslike... YO HIMMY, THAT DUDES ON ************ (hes a vw fan lol) he coulda cared less... but anyhow, you made it to a mag lol


hahaha thanks man.. but i've had people calling and messaging me since that issue hit the stands :cool:

[StreetCatalyst]

EGT
Boost
A/F Ratio

Oil pressure and water temp is already on the car. So this seems like a good set up.

[bard329]

oil pressure that is on the car is when your oil gets too low then it will come on and if you happen to blow a line by some odd chance the oil guage will tell you right away. plus it looks cool when you have a boost/vac and a oil presure popping up and down all the time


haha i dunno.. the boost gauge alone, popping up and down is cool enough for the cool kids...

[mysticskyline]

Same as bard329

Air/fuel
Boost
EGT
with fourth going to oil/water temp.

[bard329]

Same as bard329

Air/fuel
Boost
EGT
with fourth going to oil/water temp.

it just makes sense to me, y aknow.. thats why i gots it in my car

sorry.. for the spelling i've been drinking

[mysticskyline]

No problem, just keepin it the way it should be.

[htswmr6]

get them all why not?? you just spent 2 grand on a turbo might as well spend the extra coin on gauges. nah i would say boost egt oil pressure. slut gauges are free dont let someone charge you for one of those. I got like three of them they add about 10 whp apiece, almost as much as my stickers.

[mysticskyline]

That's a good point, except don't need oil pressure, already got it in stock lude.

[mysticskyline]

True, thanks! Then all of the guages for the extra coin!

[bard329]

no you have a light that tells you when your oil pressure is too low to run anymore

it's a warning light.. the point of a warning light is to warn you before it gets too dangerous.

i doubt honda's gonna make a light that comes on that goes "you got so little oil, your car's gonna die in 5...4....3...2....1."

[mysticskyline]

Also need to know if too high as well. ;:l

[mysticskyline]

Very true.

[bard329]

doesn't oil pressure depend on so many things? the heat? altitude? all that jazz? i don't think a gauge can accurately tell you oil pressure to 5 degrees.. i dunno

my Z had a stock oil pressure gauge... it was pretty pointless... it's basically you have pressure.. or you don't *shrug*

yea, it's nice to have... but it's not in my top 3

[mysticskyline]

How many people actually live in the mountains though, plus, if you never know when your cars electrics might go. i have had my car down to below e for the gas ands the light never reads. I also have never run on just fumes.

[mysticskyline]

That's interesting. Most cars usually go only bout 5 miles or so. Jesse makes good point bout cooler and linz

[mysticskyline]

Makes much more sense, you have 4th or 5th gen?

[bard329]

How many people actually live in the mountains though, plus, if you never know when your cars electrics might go. i have had my car down to below e for the gas ands the light never reads. I also have never run on just fumes.

the same can be said for any gauges you install really

in fact i just got a new boost gauge last week because my other one developed a leak.

the question in this thread was what gauges would you get... my answer stands. and in my opinion if your stock oil light comes on, you probably have bigger problems than not having an oil pressure gauge (yes i know, it could have been avoided if you had the gauge... possibly).

i worked for a honda shop for 4 years. this is what i learned : no matter what, the unexpected can and will happen.

i've seen cars come off the trucks from the factory... with dead motors. less than 6 miles on them. **** happens. honestly the best thing to do to prepare for that and to try to prevent it is toss as much money into your car as you can, right? i'm not saying a turbo makes it more reliable... but a better radiator, oil cooler, sensors, gauges, warning lights. but then, not all of us have the finances for that... so we do with what we go. i know my car. i know what problems are more likely to develop. sudden oil leak isnt on that list... well, not far enough up on it. if i have extra cash laying around and i got everything else i need, then i'll invest in the extra stuff.

not trying to start a flame war or anything. just my .02

[bard329]

and by the way yes i'm still drinking.. typing that was very diffucult

[twokexlv6coupe]

and by the way yes i'm still drinking.. typing that was very diffucult


hahahaha, a fiesty drunk :cool:

[mysticskyline]

I see what your saying bard. If I had money just for 3 right now, then the same stands for me too.

[StreetCatalyst]

yeah, i'm not getting a MONSTER turbo (maybe later). i'm getting the Greddy turbo kit(75+hp). i'm putting on the 15mm Greddy oil catch can reservoir.

since the catch can is getting put in, i'm not sure which gauge to replace with an oil pressure gauge.

1)Air/Fuel
2)EGT
3)Boost

since i have the Hondata S300, air/fuel should be consistent and shouldn't need much monitoring...i think. i'm stuck with 3 choices. i don't really have the space for any more than that.

[95h22a1turbo]

WOW. do you guys never check your oil huh? thats what i do first thing in the morning. u really dont need those unnesscesary gauage unless if u really wanna go for show lol. all u really need is the god damn BOOST GAUGe!!! not oil or egt. if u dont know what ur boostin whats the point of having air/fuel and oil??? OIL, egt, air/fuel, and etc can be in your e manage system. jeez lol

ps-thats if u have emange system.

[bard329]

WOW. do you guys never check your oil huh? thats what i do first thing in the morning. u really dont need those unnesscesary gauage unless if u really wanna go for show lol. all u really need is the god damn BOOST GAUGe!!! not oil or egt. if u dont know what ur boostin whats the point of having air/fuel and oil??? OIL, egt, air/fuel, and etc can be in your e manage system. jeez lol

ps-thats if u have emange system.

i agree with that first statement...

as to emanage... greddy emanage? i dont trust that too much. i've heard a lotta bad things about it

[StreetCatalyst]

i check my oil religiously, but if i want to know that something's wrong during a run, the oil pres gauge isn't a bad idea. or maybe i should stick to my original 3.

[98vtec]

Wideband
EGT
Boost

if not boost, i would add an oil pressure gauge in its place.

[mysticskyline]

I don't D. B. was paying attention there or jus tnot really on top of things with that if not boosted comment.

[mysticskyline]

good! if you can't pay attention and at least hold a commen sense for a question, then you don't need to be on here.

[mysticskyline]

Hallelujah!

[98vtec]

oh but you see he asked what 3 thinks would you monitor on a boosted engine

whats the problem...?

i posted 3 gauges....