silverbullet89

alrite guys so im at ptuning and cost a lil too much to get my gauges installed do you think its fine to run no gauges or should i at least get air fuel ratio gauge installed thanks

m6ar2cel6oTC

this is a pretty dumb question. but i'll answer it. get guages better safe then sorry. dont boost on a budget!

thendawg

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Do you already have the guages? Just not the money to pay someone to install them? Yes you can drive the car, just dont get on it - id keep it below 3-3.5krpm and less than 1/2 throttle. Than when you get home install the guages yourself Guage installs are really painless - I promise. I wouldnt recommend driving the car hard whatsoever without boost and afr.

Blue_TC_Man

Do it yourself, A/F shouldnt be more than 10bucks to have an O2 sensor bung put in, and from there its just running wire to ground and power,

All other gauges are just as easy.

But no I wouldnt run without any gauges

crush02342002

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pleas by all means listen to thes guys, they are not blowing smoke up your butt.

silverbullet89

o ok yea i got the gauges long story got screwed out some money and dont feel like paying 400 to get installed

silverbullet89

but ill probaly just pay to get my air fuel and boost installed

crush02342002

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thats quite a bit of molla for install of gauges....they are not that hard to install really but if you dont trust yourself to do it then i guess go ahead and have someone do em for ya.

CarbonXe

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It takes an hour, tops, to install gauges. If you don't know how to install gauges, you shouldn't be boosting your car. Plain and simple.

thendawg

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How the hell do shops charge that much to install gauges?? Most shop rates for labor are 65-100/hr - even at 100/hr thats 4 hrs labor??? That doesnt make since - no way it would take 4 hrs to install boost and wideband - maybe 2 hrs MAX.

silverbullet89

i no they said 5 hours

crush02342002

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I wish i could make that kinda molla installing simple stuff like that...id feel too guilty though and cut em a break anyways..lol

Blue_TC_Man

ptuning quoted this??? What gauges are you installing. I soldered and heat shrink all my connections, and run them off add-a-fuses, and it took me less than a hour to install my afr and boost gauge

Rydrdg

I can do less than an hour there is no way it take 5 hours...

SoFloTC

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what? thats bogus man ptuning sorry but u failed here

silverbullet89

yea nottin on ptuning great company but i dunno anybody in the dmv area wanna install tjese for me lol

thendawg

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Fly me out there and Ill install them for $100 - itll be $100 cheaper than ptuning lol ($99 one way on SW)

silverbullet89

lol ok get ur bags ready dude lol now that i got to my motel tuning will be done tmorrow im get more ____ed off about this

silverbullet89

but. thanks everybody for the insight

soldiercontreras

I just did my own AEM A/F gauge and I never had installed a gauge in my life, it's pretty easy.