# New hotness in gauges? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [February 25, 2009, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-hotness-in-gauges/63586 "2009-02-25T06:50:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![orzech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f04885/32.png) [@orzech](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/orzech)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-hotness-in-gauges/63586/21 "2009-02-25T20:00:45Z")
i have a AEM 5 bar map sensor/digital boost gauge you can have for $150. let me know if you are interested. ---
**Author:** ![jetlounge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jetlounge/32/4994_2.png) [@jetlounge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jetlounge)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-hotness-in-gauges/63586/22 "2009-02-25T20:00:58Z")
[quote=“jay\_g,post:6,topic:63586"”] PLX has some interesting stuff out now > **[PLX Devices | Electronics & Automotive](https://www.plxdevices.com/Default.asp)** > > Innovative electronics from PLX, A Silicon Valley California Company. OBD2 to smartphone, wideband O2, Gauges, Sensors, USB meter, USB port packs, flashlight and more... [/quote] plx is the hotness. but i make it 'mo better: [http://nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61248&highlight=hud](http://nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61248&highlight=hud) ---
**Author:** ![Toda\_Party](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/toda_party/32/7354_2.png) [@Toda\_Party](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Toda_Party)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-hotness-in-gauges/63586/23 "2009-02-25T20:03:04Z")
> [@Viper966"](#): > > I need to buy some gauges for a project, but dont want to blow a fortune on them. > > Looking for wideband and boost… before i used the AEM wideband gauge and a defi analog boost gauge… but i know the defi was discontinued and i just got lucky. > > soo what is the new hotness in gauges? SPA > **[SPA Technique - Industry Leader in Fire Suppression since 1989](https://spatechnique.com/)** > > Fire Suppression, Mirrors, and more for your Motorsports needs ---
**Author:** ![Violator](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/violator/32/7278_2.png) [@Violator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Violator)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-hotness-in-gauges/63586/24 "2009-02-25T20:28:24Z")
I hate Autometer. ---
**Author:** ![Toda\_Party](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/toda_party/32/7354_2.png) [@Toda\_Party](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Toda_Party)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-hotness-in-gauges/63586/25 "2009-02-25T20:38:50Z")
i dont think u can get the spa with boost and AF tho, unless u hack it to work ---
**Author:** ![steve2k1116](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/steve2k1116/32/5230_2.png) [@steve2k1116](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/steve2k1116)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-hotness-in-gauges/63586/26 "2009-02-25T20:40:53Z")
> [@joesansone17](#): > > I use a defi blue racer gauge, works great same i have the red racer and an aem uego. love them both. and all together they werent that much, i think i paid $350 for the both. ---
**Author:** ![jetlounge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jetlounge/32/4994_2.png) [@jetlounge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jetlounge)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-hotness-in-gauges/63586/27 "2009-02-25T20:45:02Z")
> [@Toda Party](#): > > i dont think u can get the spa with boost and AF tho, unless u hack it to work meh, i have af and boost in a single display. ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 7:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-hotness-in-gauges/63586/28 "2009-02-26T07:37:17Z")
Anybody have any feedback on the auto meter electric full sweep standalone gauges? ie how accurate they are? [http://autometer.com/cat\_gaugedetail.aspx?gid=2523&sid=3](http://autometer.com/cat_gaugedetail.aspx?gid=2523&sid=3) ---
**Author:** ![neonglh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neonglh/32/4951_2.png) [@neonglh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonglh)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-hotness-in-gauges/63586/29 "2009-02-26T10:41:21Z")
> [@Viper966](#): > > i dont care about it being “domestic” i just care about it being accurate… > > The last autometer phantom i had wasnt… What is the purpose of it being accurate for you? As long as you go up incremental, and your wideband is accurate, your boost gauges accuracy is almost a moot point. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-hotness-in-gauges/63586/30 "2009-02-26T10:47:02Z")
if you are not tuning off the guages, and just watching out for spikes/drops in pressure, I see no need for exact accuracy. ---
**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 10:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-hotness-in-gauges/63586/31 "2009-02-26T10:48:47Z")
i have dealt with a TON of autometer gauges and have yet to see one of these mysterious “inaccurate” gauges. maybe you guys just dont know how to install them ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 10:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-hotness-in-gauges/63586/32 "2009-02-26T10:56:03Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > if you are not tuning off the guages, and just watching out for spikes/drops in pressure, I see no need for exact accuracy. +1 to a certain extent. If youre datalogging and tuning from that, then why bother with a gauge at all, other then diagnostic purposes (which is better done via datalog) or to serve as an idiot light? ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-hotness-in-gauges/63586/33 "2009-02-26T12:33:37Z")
> [@Nikuk](#): > > +1 to a certain extent. > > If youre datalogging and tuning from that, then why bother with a gauge at all, other then diagnostic purposes (which is better done via datalog) or to serve as an idiot light? Yea, if i cant trust it… then why bother… My last autometer wasnt consitant… i thought i was having wastegate issues… because boost was all over the place… until i looked at my haltech datalog, and it was spot on everytime… it was the gauge being off 2-3psi all the time either way… i checked all the connections, ran new tubing… even made the tubing shorter (was ~4 feet, cut it down to ~ 2) still no change ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 12:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-hotness-in-gauges/63586/34 "2009-02-26T12:37:04Z")
yea… and you were running a datalogging EMS… ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-hotness-in-gauges/63586/35 "2009-02-26T12:47:55Z")
> [@Nikuk](#): > > yea… and you were running a datalogging EMS… i wont be this time around though… thats the thing… ---
**Author:** ![jetlounge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jetlounge/32/4994_2.png) [@jetlounge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jetlounge)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-hotness-in-gauges/63586/36 "2009-02-26T18:08:08Z")
![http://www.scionxtc.com/images/rearview/rearday1sml.jpg](http://www.scionxtc.com/images/rearview/rearday1sml.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 6:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-hotness-in-gauges/63586/37 "2009-02-27T06:53:27Z")
> [@jetlounge](#): > That is awesome. Explain yourself! ---
**Author:** ![jetlounge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jetlounge/32/4994_2.png) [@jetlounge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jetlounge)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-hotness-in-gauges/63586/38 "2009-02-27T07:07:31Z")
> [@ultradriver10000](#): > > That is awesome. Explain yourself! [http://nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61248&highlight=hud](http://nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61248&highlight=hud) ---
**Author:** ![neonglh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neonglh/32/4951_2.png) [@neonglh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonglh)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 7:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-hotness-in-gauges/63586/39 "2009-02-27T07:33:00Z")
That rear view mirror thing is dumb though… I don’t know how fast your people’s cars are, but I have never been able to look at anything but straight in front of me when I am in a car at full boost. The car goes all over the place, how could you ever look at the rear view mirror?? ---
**Author:** ![jetlounge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jetlounge/32/4994_2.png) [@jetlounge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jetlounge)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 7:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-hotness-in-gauges/63586/40 "2009-02-27T07:45:48Z")
> [@neonglh](#): > > That rear view mirror thing is dumb though… I don’t know how fast your people’s cars are, but I have never been able to look at anything but straight in front of me when I am in a car at full boost. The car goes all over the place, how could you ever look at the rear view mirror?? 1. i have great peripheral vision 2. i don’t drive a fast car 3. i am only in full boost about 1/2 second before shift 4. the project was a labor of love… like most projects I do, it was about challenging myself, doing something different and learning something new in the process. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-hotness-in-gauges/63586.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-hotness-in-gauges/63586.md?page=3)