I have tachs on all my rigs, along with vacuum gauges. I think a vacuum gauge is one of the best gauges to have for engine diagnosis.
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John Smith said:
How is that? Detection of a leak in the system, obviously, but what else?
Really? You can diag all kinds of issues I don't have time to type into this reply, as well as using it as a fuel-mileage gauge.
For example:
Reading your vacuum gauge
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Fast Eddy said:
Now that's cool!
Never knew that.... Interesting.
For most modern engines? It's kinda nice but far from necessary..
Your motor won't let it over rev
I agree, it's a reliable, well built chevy 5.3. Bounce that F'er off the rev limiter!!
If you want to know whats going on in the engine you might want to meassure exhaust temp in the headers and o2 readings.
It wont.
I was just curious to see how many pages of "tach or no tach" will be played here is all.
check and see if there are any car shows or swap meets close by, you can always find good deals there...
VDO supplies to most german automakers including Porsche, Audi, and BMW (okay, theyre bavarian). I've run them in quite a few cars, have a set of Stewart Warners for my moms corvette, and ran Autometers in my dads street/strip car. They all performed equally.
Fun fact: Sunpro is owned by Snap-On, their tachs are nice for the price.
Fun fact: Sunpro is owned by Snap-On, their tachs are nice for the price.
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I bought various gauges from these guys. I have them installed but since I havent fired my motor they havent been used yet although the light up real nice. I think they seem reasonable for the price.
GlowShift Performance Gauges & Pods – Automotive Boost Gauges, Pyrometer
GlowShift Performance Gauges & Pods – Automotive Boost Gauges, Pyrometer
to me the tach is kinda a waste because the times when you need to look at your tach you can't even think about it or take your eyes off what your doing
Exactly.
Information I don't really need to have at that particular moment.
Information I don't really need to have at that particular moment.
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I agree, it's a reliable, well built chevy 5.3. Bounce that F'er off the rev limiter!!
i put mine in the middle of the dash along with the rest of my guages so my passenger can watch them for me lol
I've had Glow Shift gauges in my diesel pickup for about a year now. I added five gauges and they are all working good except for the fuel pressure gauge. I just found out that it maybe should of had a snubber in line before the sending unit. It also has done some screwy things with the color shift. But, overall I'm satisfied with what is maybe not as good a quality product as something like Autometer, but much more affordable.
I bought various gauges from these guys. I have them installed but since I havent fired my motor they havent been used yet although the light up real nice. I think they seem reasonable for the price.
GlowShift Performance Gauges & Pods – Automotive Boost Gauges, Pyrometer
