So I picked up a 3 pillar pod but would like to know other than AFR what are the other BEST guages I should put in it.

Thanks everyone

 

Depends, are you all stock?

what motor and trans combo do you have


many many options to choose from, just depends on what information you want to be looking at while driving

most people with stock motors tend to just stick with a vac gauge and coolant temp gauge if they are using an AFR gauge to fill the third hole


im still undecided on what to fill one up with in my car, one will definitely be a fuel pressure gauge though

 

you can also buy a blank plug to fill unused holes until you can save up for the gauge you want, or figure out which one you want

 

I was thinking Afr and tranny temp.... I'm not all stock engine wise but my tranny is a lvl 3 700r4 Raptor from patc..... What would I need the vacuum for just curious?

 

vac gauge would help diagnose a leak or verify you are pulling enough vac for brakes and what not

 

OK cool.... What is the vac usually at.

 

somewhere around 18-21 is typical

 

Clock is another idea.

 

If you do automotive sports an oil temp is nice to have. AFR gauge is a waste unless you get a wideband O2 sensor. Even then it would only be useful if you have a carb or will tune EFI. Narrow band O2 is inaccurate as you get more and more away from 14.7:1 AFR. You could buy some red leds and make a shift light in one of them. You could also mount a switch or button if you didn't want to drill/cut holes in your stock dash. Could even put a usb or other power outlet there.

 

I went with a clock and a vacuum gauge. I chose these two because I lost the clock when I swapped the factory radio.

Vacuum gauge because it wasn't a duplicate of an existing gauge.

Lousy focus...


The vacuum gauge wasn't hooked up for a long time until the last time I had the plenum removed.


Both gauges are Stewart Warner Heavy Duty series gauges.