Boost Guage

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    Looking for a good boost guage...
     
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    gauge**
     
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    I really like my prosport evo. It is on the less expensive side, electronic sender. Digital sweep and digital numeric read out. Easy to read. The red is close to OEM also had a blue opinion. I have it on highest dimmer setting, but I do that with everything.


    My gauge before this was $40 shipped and was a prosport mechanical gauge. I liked it but the needle started to stick.

    Either way buy from Import Image Racing.
     
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    I have the prosport evo 52mm psi boost gauge brand new in the box. I decided to go with the defi triple gauge with a bar boost gauge. If you would be interested in it make me an offer. I think I paid like $85 for it.
     
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    Do you have a picture of it or could you find a link for it, I tried looking it up but there are so many of them.
     
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    I am at work now but will take some as soon as I get home and will post them
     
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    Sounds good, thanks
     
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    I thought mechanical boost gauge's were more accurate? I am assuming since you didn't specify, your not too worried about it. I love the look of the prosport gauges. When I do mine, I will be going with them. Autometer in the change cup for now. Simple with no issues if I have to go back to stock.
     
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    What would make them more accurate?
     
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    I have seen video's of them be faster to respond when being compared to side by side. I have also read that the mechanical one's are closer to actual boost readings. I was more of a question rather than a statment. But I am not here to dirty up the post.
     
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    I don't know if "accurate" is the right word to use here, but reading directly off the ecu always seemed like the best method to me. After all, that's the value that the ecu is using to adjust other variables against. You can read directly off the ecu with a carputer, something like an hks camp/camp2, brockway dgauge, or anything else that reads off the obd2 port. imo, that's more "accurate" than a mechanical or electronic gauge.

    That said, any of those types are fine as long as it is consistent and useable. Usable in the sense that it's not a 45psi gauge when you're running 18psi and can't easily distinguish the difference between 16psi and 20psi on the gauge, it's not in millipascals or whatever the hell the stock gauges read in, it has a peak hold feature, etc...
     
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    Gauge shipped today. Estimated delevery is Tuesday.
     
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