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    hey all as im putting my new motor in soon i want to use some good gauges to monitor my vitals what i want to know is
    -what are you using
    -how good they are
    -how much
    -where u got them
    but i don't want people using just jap gauges telling me they use them cause i have them in my daily and i h8 them cheers every1 mat
    the dyno pull to 300rwkw

    BT20v is making 300rwkw like i said i would without nitrous so now its time for some spray and see if she will run a 10s or less

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    what do you consider "your vitals"

    im a VDO fan. my dad is a marine elctrician and has been buying their gear for 15yrs+

    i have a VDO water temp guage which has served me well

    it cost me around $40 for the guage, and about $30 for the sender.

    i will soon get a oil pressure gauge, but the senders for oil pressure are VERY expensive (arund 80-90$ for the sender) and the guage is around $40 or so (last time i checked)

    thast about all you really need i reckon, all the rest are a bit wank factorish.

    please dont spent 100's and 100's of dollars on brand name hks/omori (whatever it is)

    VOD is easy to get through repco

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    well vitals i did mean oil press and water temp i use some crappy gauges atm but i wanted an upgrade was thinking defi but little to much for me lol and to big for my application but i don't want mechanical i want electrical type
    the dyno pull to 300rwkw

    BT20v is making 300rwkw like i said i would without nitrous so now its time for some spray and see if she will run a 10s or less

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    dude.....punctuation!!!!!!!!!

    full stops can be used. as well as paragraphing.

    all VDO is electrical.

    the guages are very small also, and fit in well with 80's interiours. green back lights and red needles.

    heres mine installed where my clock used to go


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    if i had the choice id be buying omori black electrical oil temp, oil pressure and water temp...but seeing as they are discontinued and near on impossible to find in electrical i rkn ill have to settle for greddy mainly because they are the only other gauge of a respected quality that suits the period...

    or defi din guages as ken has, they will be released in a less bling color/lighting scheme soon enuff

    while VDO do look simple and period-ish...spending 10k in a engine bay (motor with all accessories), 30+k on a car to rely on a $40 gauge doesnt sit easy

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    using swoosh gauges , oil water temp.. Uses same cpu as defi and saber but half the cost

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    just had a gander where did you em em from reece and what did they cost you
    the dyno pull to 300rwkw

    BT20v is making 300rwkw like i said i would without nitrous so now its time for some spray and see if she will run a 10s or less

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    thats all very well...but remember your average boat engine is worth around 12k before you put it in (generally alot more than 12k). note extremely general price there, i just know for a fact that to buy a new engine that is in my dads boat is around 12k for a crate engine from ford lease.

    and vdo guages are on lots of boats?

    its amazing how the price tag on something often determins its "percieved quality".

    and pluss your comparing-ness of prices is a bit silly to. simliar to saying something like "i spend 4k on wheels and rely on $4 wheel nuts to hold them on"

    im not haveing a go, just saying price doesnt mean its quality. its what they want you to think
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    i use the drift gauges from autobarn theyre going well for me

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    Got them from a group buy on ns.com. cost me 60$ a gauge with transducer and hats


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