What do people think would be the most beneficial gauges to install if you were only to install one or two? Water temp, oil temp, oil pressure or boost?

I've already got a water/meth gauge.

 

hi,take a look at scangauge 2.

 

Scan gauge is nice, you might also check out Ultragauge... it's a fraction of the scangauge but offers more gauges and is a little larger.

 

If you have a Garmin GPS with bluetooth, look into the Garmin EcoRoute. It plugs into your OBD 11 and gives you five gauges on your GPS screen, you set what each gauge is. Many gauge choices, but not oil pressure.

 

If you have a droid phone look at the torque App, gives you many choice on guages, and is simple to use

 

Oil pressure and vacuum / boost would be the most critical.
Water temp is read through the ECU and fluctuates in temps with the AC engaged or not due to the electronic thermostat.

- Erik

 

i am going to install these 45mm (1.75 inch)diameter x 1 inch deep Prosport Gauges ... mini gauges for a mini cooper

http://prosportgauges.com/45mm-gauges.aspx

45mm Electric Boost gauge
45mm Oil Pressure Gauge
45mm Oil Temperature Gauge
45mm Water temperature Gauge
45mm Volt Gauge

they also make a 45mm Exhaust Gas Temperature Gauge, but i am not going to install this one

i plan on making my own mount from .032 2024T3 sheet aluminium, attached to the back of the tach so 3 of gauges are in an arch over the top of the steering wheel and 2 are next to the tach, viewed thru the steering wheel

still toying with exact design, either a panel with holes (easier) or a spoke style with 5 branches (harder and may need heavier gauge) or some combination of the two

a friend of mine has a body shop and will color match paint the mount to the dash

from what i read on their site, the power for the gauges and lighting can be daisy-chained and only the 4 (or 5, not sure on the voltmeter) sensor wires need to go thru the firewall

probably a winter project, but i will post progress reports

step 1, order the gauges and adapters for senders is in progress now

scott

 

The Ultragauge looks the business but is there an OBD2 application for iPhone that is really good. I see there is NovaScan..And would the phone applications be the equal of the Ultragauge etc?

Thanks for the replies by the way.

 

Does anyone know if there are other gauges for the 2009+ fJCW? I currently have the JCW Sport Gauges kit (#62112183407) which I got for Christmas. I have the Water Temp installed and the only other options in the kit is the Lateral Acceleration and Relative Torque. I would like to add an Oil Pressure gauge. Is there one out there that would work with this kit?

 

I made my own gauge mount from some scrap 1/8" aluminum and 2" ABS drain pipe.

I have a boost/vacuum gauge, an oil temperature gauge, a water temperature gauge and an oil pressure gauge. I find that the oil temperature gauge tracks the water temperature (within 10 degrees)

I have been thinking of getting a water/meth system, and would replace the oil temperature gauge with the meth system gauge.

I have Mashall gauges, they have gauge faces that match the MINI tach and speedometer exactly, they use Autometer senders. I hooked them up with Cravenspeed gauge adapters.