What extra gauge would you add in dash?
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From: St-Hyacinthe, quebec, canada
Besides the usual gauges,
i would like to have some extra reading in my chriscat
that are unusual such as
water pressure
fuel pressure
02 sensor reading
vacuum pressure
what else exist on an engine that could be monitored ?
i would like to have some extra reading in my chriscat
that are unusual such as
water pressure
fuel pressure
02 sensor reading
vacuum pressure
what else exist on an engine that could be monitored ?
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When I got my little old center console bathtub many years back , despite having been re-powered , it still had a functioning vacuum gauge. Over time I came to really like it and what info it could tell.
All the new engine packages now don't have provisions for them , at least an easy provision , and the mechanics/engine sellers all seem to say the same thing now ..with all the computerized crap they come with they're not needed but I beg to differ.
All the new engine packages now don't have provisions for them , at least an easy provision , and the mechanics/engine sellers all seem to say the same thing now ..with all the computerized crap they come with they're not needed but I beg to differ.
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Sounds like you got pretty well covered, but since you asked for unusual....
Cyl head temp/EGT
Drive temp
If twins, a sync-meter
Detonation indicator? (only ones I've seen are home made)
Vibration meter? (I've only seen them in airplanes)
Then there's just downright goofy:
Bilge temp (just made that one up, but what the hell. Could come in handy if suffering vapor lock, or maybe an early indication of fire)
Water level in bilge (made that one up too, but could have come in handy a couple of times
Cyl head temp/EGT
Drive temp
If twins, a sync-meter
Detonation indicator? (only ones I've seen are home made)
Vibration meter? (I've only seen them in airplanes)
Then there's just downright goofy:
Bilge temp (just made that one up, but what the hell. Could come in handy if suffering vapor lock, or maybe an early indication of fire)
Water level in bilge (made that one up too, but could have come in handy a couple of times




