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Old 02-27-2010, 04:58 PM
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Is there a decent to good boost gauge for $50.00 or less?
Whos, what, where? So many choices on fleabay and I am a total
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Harbor Freight if you want. Around $20.
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Ive been running a sunpro that I got at autozone, I think it was 30 bucks
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prosport new are around that price. Check out prosport gauges, ive used two of them before and they were both accurate.
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Originally Posted by turotufas
Harbor Freight if you want. Around $20.
I've been wondering about their gauges. Has anyone run their oil pressure gauge?
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i got an autometer used off ebay for like 25 shipped, worked great for like 3 months till it got a **** spot around 17" + of vac, ms works fine tho, ill buy a new one eventually...lol...
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+1 on ProSport gauges. Though some say they are problematic I have several in two different cars, including a boost gauge, and have had no problems with any of them. I even gutted a ProSport coolant temp gauge and successfully grafted it into a stock cluster.
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Another +1 on prosport. They use Defi internals .
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Prosport. I'll check em out. I do buy HF stuff from time to time, mostly hand tools where accuracy is not that critical. That said, I have been looking at there Leak Down tester for appx. $50.00 delivered. On that issue I think consistency is the value I want. Wanna make sure my moto can handle my planed build. Thanks to all for your input. Ain't open source communication the best ever??????? Gotta love it.
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Heres the gauge I mentioned earlier, for $24.99

Sunpro®



seems to work alright
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im a big autometer fan..... around 50 bucks and ive been really happy with them
i have a 2 30PSI boost gauges and a 20PSI boost gauge from them, along with a oil pressure and coolant temp, and voltage gauge... havent had any trouble so far..

this is between 3 cars!
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I got a used FM (autometer) boost gauge for $35 shipped (not for sale). I see boost gauges for sale here all the time.
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Originally Posted by Aero91
im a big autometer fan..... around 50 bucks and ive been really happy with them
i have a 2 30PSI boost gauges and a 20PSI boost gauge from them, along with a oil pressure and coolant temp, and voltage gauge... havent had any trouble so far..

this is between 3 cars!
I have had two 20InHg-30PSIG guages from them and liked both. Only reason I needed two was that I mangled one of them.
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