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DISCUSSION => Interior => Topic started by: jdirty on May 01, 2011, 01:04:21 AM

Title: Prosport Gauges?
Post by: jdirty on May 01, 2011, 01:04:21 AM

i was trying to look for instructions on installing a fuel pressure gauge on here but i guess i don't have search skills.
i'm trying to get a gauge so i can monitor the fuel pressure. lol
i keep getting this warm start issue and when it happens.. the engine just get's flooded. so i need to find out my fuel pressure at certain points.
i was thinking of getting autometer before.. but after seeing that prosport  (http://prosportgauges.com/amber-white---52mm-fuel-pressure-gauge.aspx)offers cheap oem color matching (electrical?) gauges.. i was wondering if anybody had any experience with it in their e30. i've only seen a review with it in an RX7. (http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=678473)

Title: fuel pressure gauge install?
Post by: pdxmotorhead on May 01, 2011, 10:35:02 PM

Use an electric sender gauge, never bring fuel into the dash.. :)

You get what you pay for with gauges...

Dave

Title: fuel pressure gauge install?
Post by: jdirty on May 02, 2011, 01:05:36 AM

i guess i'll just go ghetto. since i don't have spare funds for an electrical one.
i'll probably just get those mechanical ones and route it infront of the windshield with the hood popped up and run around the block and measure stuff like that. lol

Title: fuel pressure gauge install?
Post by: jdirty on May 03, 2011, 01:53:40 AM

for anybody reading.. who has a fuel pressure gauge in their car? any recommendations?
thanks.

Title: fuel pressure gauge install?
Post by: ak96ss on May 03, 2011, 06:57:07 AM

I have one permanently mounted under the hood. Just a tee fitting and a cheap gauge from Summit Racing.

Title: fuel pressure gauge install?
Post by: jdirty on May 05, 2011, 03:47:44 AM

this may seem like a pretty naive question.. but how do you use it when its there?
checking fuel pressure at idle?

Title: fuel pressure gauge install?
Post by: ak96ss on May 05, 2011, 05:37:10 AM

Pretty much, or on a dyno. The original intent was to swap it out with a sender later, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. No real place to put the gauge inside without hacking the dash and I haven't had a real need for it yet. I put it in because I was having a bleed-down issue, but I got that resolved and just left it.

Title: fuel pressure gauge install?
Post by: jdirty on May 05, 2011, 08:17:53 PM

ahh i see. well.. it was actually my mechanic's idea for me to get a fuel pressure gauge with a sender so i could measure fuel pressure while running. because i got a warm start issue where the engine gets flooded.  i don't really know what a bleed-down issue is either.

Title: fuel pressure gauge install?
Post by: 91 e30m42 on September 08, 2011, 03:46:50 PM

i have prosport gauges and they closely match i like them i have 3 right now oil temp, water temp/ and a digital A/F with Volt and been working great till the A/F went bad but it was the oldest and i did kinda dropped it lightly but will opt for the wide band in the future

Title: fuel pressure gauge install?
Post by: 91 e30m42 on September 28, 2011, 12:11:04 PM

also you can go to bmp website and the have a nice gauge pod holder that will fit and 52mm size gauge that mounts in place of the center a/c vents i love the look and they angle towards me perfectly if i can post a pic here id show you but this site keeps telling me that pic uplaod keeps failing my only 2 lucky ones that made it is my profile and sig pic and i dont remember how i did it lol