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General => General Technical => I. C. E. & Electrical => Topic started by: scartlead on January 28, 2010, 09:51:34 PM

Title: Gauges
Post by: scartlead on January 28, 2010, 09:51:34 PM
Hey everyone, looking for a little advise regarding A brand of gauge called Swoosh. Normally I\'d stick to greddy, defi etc, but for the price of these, yeah they may not be as pretty or as functional, but are they any good  / accurate etc ? Couldnt find very much info on them, but got a couple of links below, to give a rough idea of looks etc.

Anyone have any reviews on them ?

Cheers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st3dInxZB3w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQqE64rBnrs
Title: Gauges
Post by: L18M on January 28, 2010, 10:34:26 PM
no idea but heres some more stepper motor ones
http://www.rspec.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=3_84
Title: Gauges
Post by: 1990_fc3s_t2 on January 28, 2010, 11:02:38 PM
Dont know if you have an fc but i got the prosport boost and water temp gauges as the amber looks quite like stock

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd19oMZBusg&feature=related
Title: Gauges
Post by: scartlead on January 29, 2010, 08:34:14 PM
Quote from: 1990_fc3s_t2;668563Dont know if you have an fc but i got the prosport boost and water temp gauges as the amber looks quite like stock

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd19oMZBusg&feature=related


Have a FD,  Cheers for the replys.  Like the look of those, so will check out prices etc  :Thumbs-up

Also any ideas on websites who sell them ?
Title: Gauges
Post by: 1990_fc3s_t2 on January 30, 2010, 06:26:05 AM
i got mine from ebay, about £35 for the basic amber/white, i think the peak hold one\'s are are about £80:Thumbs-up
Title: Gauges
Post by: scartlead on February 08, 2010, 08:51:22 PM
Has anyone got any decent reviews of the prosport guages ? While defi etc may be fantastic, are they so much better ? as long as the prosport are reliable and accurate, thats all you would want.

Cheers
Title: Gauges
Post by: 1990_fc3s_t2 on February 08, 2010, 09:58:15 PM
I read somewhere that the more expensve prosport gauges are not very accurate, i searched but only came up with this.

http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=612378&highlight=prosport+gauges
Title: Gauges
Post by: m1tch on February 08, 2010, 11:01:02 PM
If its for accurate measurements then only use mechanical/direct guage setups, the ones with stepper motors in such as autogauge can be inaccurate because:

Mechanical gauge:

Thing that is being sensed > directly moving the gauge

Stepper motor guage

Thing that is being sensed > sensor > wiring > stepper motor > gauge movement

I made sure all my important guages such as oil temp and boost are mechanically as all you need is a bad earth and those stepper motor guages can read random figures lol
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