Is it necessary to install a fuel pressure and boost guage when installing the CT S/C on the CL-S 6 spd? Will it be okay to just install as it comes from Comptech.

 

You don't need gauges for he s/c to work, per se.

It is highly recommended you get gauges to keep an eye on fuel pressure and boost though, as it will let you know if something is not right. If your spending 4k+ for a s/c, why not spend a couple hundred more to protect it, and your car.

 

You don't really need any gauges for fuel pressure or boost unless you feel the need to monitor things. Many people don't use these gauges but some do.

 

And some ended up not knowing they weren't getting enough fuel pressure. There have been a good share of FPR's which have failed. Having the FP gauge displays this easily and can be corrected before possible engine damage occurs.

 

Valid point...

I thought about installing gauges but didn't want to clutter up the interior with stuff that would beg to be stolen...

I might consider installing a gauge that had both boost and FP. Is there such a gauge available that would blend in with the OEM instrument color scheme of the 6MT?

 

The problem is the mounting of the gauge IMO; where to mount a single unit??

 

I went with the dual digital boost/FP gauge, the AEM A/F gauge (w/ wideband 02 sensor), and the Lo-Tek 2 pod A-pillar. I would really recommend every precaution possible to prevent the engine from running too lean.

 

I'm sure you would


I still have no idea where i'm gonna mount this damn A/F gauge.

 

Just get a single pod and mount it somewhere out of the way... I'm sure you'll only check it once in a while. My setup is gonna look like crap... black face / chrome bezel for one gauge... black face and black bezel on the other... maybe I can masking tape and spray paint them somehow. But it's not like I have a show-car or anything... they're more there to keep me safe than look cool.

 

I stopped by Tischer on the way home and Brandon told me to mount it in the cup holder.

 

That's not a bad idea if you don't use both your cup holders that often. I'm always bringing an extra drink for someone else at work

 

Be selfish

 

Okay!! it seems from a safety and diagnostic purpose I should have these guages if I get the S/C, so where can I get gauges that will match Acura color scheme, who carries A pillar pods that will match my ligth beige interior and what type of guage electrical or mechanical. Excuse my stupid questions but I am ignorant when it comes to electrical stuff and having to tap into lines and fuse boxes.

Please advice

 

you need electrical for the fuel pressure gauge if you are going to mount the gauge inside the cabin. for boost, you can use a mechanical one and it will be ok to put in cabin, but if you are going to get an electrical fp gauge, might as well get the elec. boost gauge as well.
whatever you do, GET gauges! i learned the hard way that spending a few hundred dollars on top of the SC in the beginning, will save you money/time and it will make it much easier to know if something has gone wrong.
when you have the SC, it will be alot harder to tell if theres a power loss then when you are NA from my experience, so any safety measures you can take ahead of time would be highly beneficial in the long run!

 

What did you guys think of the Zeitronics ZT-2 unit that 02AV6 is going with?


Anyone know anything about Zeitronics?

 

Looks good, but where the hell do u put that?!

 

Alright! So I have decided to get the guages, can someone tell me what other parts are needed to make them work and be installed correctly. When you buy the guages do they come with all the necessary parts to make it work ie wires and valves etc.

 

damn that thing is nice... it's 4.7" x 2" x 0.9"... you could mount it anywhere. I should have gotten that instead and mounted it on the steering column or something.

 

Oops it doesn't measure FP though... so you'd still need at least 2 gauges anyway.

 

Yes when you buy the gauge "kits" they come with all necessary parts to make them work.

Your first order of business is to figure out which gauges you want to go with.

If you are going to go with a Boost gauge & a Fuel Pressure gauge the next step is to figure out which brand to go with as well as which model line.

On the higher end there are Defi gauges or the more popular Autometer gauges. There are a slew of other gauge manufactures however these seem to be the most popular at this time.

I went with an Autometer Phantom line setup and am pleased with the results. I purchased them online from Eastwood.com



Other people like mrsteve went with a more silver looking gauge to match the stock gauges. That’s all up to you depending on preference. Just make sure you go with a gauge that’s suitable for the Comptech S/C setup.

For instance there’s an Auotmeter line called C2 which lights up blue and red and look real pleasing to the eyes and is the one I originally wanted to go with. That being said the only suitable boost gauge they have in that product line reads all the way up to 30psi.

For your setup you'll never see anything over 10psi so that gauge would be a real waste. Ideally you want a gauge that reads from 0-15psi. A 0-10psi gauge might even be better but that will limit your choices.

Finally all these gauges come in certain sizes. Usually 2 1/16", 3 3/8" or 2 5/8".

This is going to be dictated on which gauge pod you’re going with. Here's where most of us got our A-pillar gauge mounts; Gaugepods.com

Almost all of us went with the 2 1/16" setup. If you do decide to go with that you have to make sure your gauges are the same size as well.

Also you may want to consider going with a 2 in 1 gauge setup like so:

http://www.spatechnique.com/dualgauges/dualgauges.htm

This way you can end up getting 4 readouts in the space for only two. Not sure if anyone here as done that yet.

In the end basically your going to want to have either an Electric or Mechanical Boost gauge and an Electric (no mechanical as people above has said) Fuel Pressure gauge.

The only other one to consider would be an Air/Fuel gauge. mrsteve is even in the process of mounting an A/F gauge in another location in the cabin. That’s a smart move and is something i'm definitely considering as well.

So that’s your basics for picking out which gauge you want. I’d recommend going with Autometer Fuel Sweep Electrical Boost and Fuel Pressure gauges under which ever model line you want.

However ultimately the choice is yours.

 

Do these gauges interfere with the front curtain airbags that are on the front pillars between the windshield and two front windows? if I get them, will I lose functionality of the airbags?

 

The 01-03 CL doesn't have side curtain air bags. We do have Front & Side airbags but nothing that deploys from the A-Pillar.

 

Allout this is reputable company who produces wideband 02 Sensor datalogging equipment. If you go to www.honda-tech.com and search for widebands you will come up with a few companies who make them: Techedge, LM-1, Zeitronix, PLX, and also AEM. They all are pretty comparable but if you look up their info you can contrast and compare their functions.

Josh
Excelerate LLC

 

Chaptorial

Thanks for the detail information that you have given me. This should help me out greatly, but now it comes down to making a decision on the model of guage.

thanks again

 

This is how I did . Used the mount bracket from Apex-i SAFC II, put the velcro on it and on the back of display. Sleeper