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    what gauges shall I get?

    If things go to plan, I should have space for 6 gauges, currently I have Boost, voltage, oil temp and soon to be afr. That leaves 2 spaces, any suggestions?

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    Oil pressure and maybe fuel pressure.
    Ex: Galant VR4
    Running 268 HP ATW and 443 Nm torque at 0.9 bar
    Now: Lancer Evolution 8 FQ-300
    Running 325 HP ATW and 510 Nm torque at 1.6 bar

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    Have an fpr in engine bay

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    Oil pressure.

    I would be looking at some kind of knock detection, assuming you are thinking of tuning in the future.

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    Tuning, most definitely. few evo knock censors on ebay

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    egt gauge better idea then

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    Why would you go for egt over knock, Tomasz?

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    Simply, our engines can develop extremally high EGT without b**dy knock. I know of 2 modified vr4 and maybe 3rd (but can't be sure) melted itsef without warning knocks.
    Anyway, if Colin is aiming for a big power then IMO it is MUST HAVE.
    Engine knocks can be monitored from standalone ecu or good piggy back level, so gauge is not necessary.

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