Ok. So i just put a brand new engin in my terminator. Mmr 1000. Anyway i am wondering about the accuracy of my stock oil pressure, water temp and oil temp gauges.? What should i replace. :shrug:
accuracy of stock gauges?
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Get yourself an Aeroforce Interceptor gauge call is a day. This gauge will pretty much monitor everything and from the reviews from people on this board its very accurate.
Aeroforce Ford FD Series SINGLE Interceptor Scan Gauge [AF-FDx01] : Lethal Performance, Performance parts for Ford Mustangs
Aeroforce Ford FD Series SINGLE Interceptor Scan Gauge [AF-FDx01] : Lethal Performance, Performance parts for Ford Mustangs
Any of my gauges not accurate ? If so witch ones.
Oil pressure gauge is crap from the factory. Only reads abut 0-10psi. The others such as engine temp can't really be defined as "accurate" either. Like mentioned above the Aeroforce gauge will give you what you need and then some.
Comparing (accuracy wise) a stock gauge that reads somewhere between hot & cold verses a aftermarket gauge that reads say 173.6 degrees. I pick aftermarket.
You can alway check/verify your stock gauges with a hand held programmer or a trip to the dyno shop. Personally I went with a dual scan gauge set-up because I'm not trusting.
Just hold your trip button down as you atart the car. That way you can cycle thru all the good information available to you.
Aeroforce Gauges still get their readings from the OEM sensors. How accurate are those???
How many complaints have there been about false readings from oem senors with aftermarket gauges?
Ok iv done alot of readong on this aroforce. Its sounds to good to b true.. is it realy as simple as plug in play into the cobras stock computer. ? Sounds amazing. And if so, it brings the question of the accuracy of stock sencors. Im probly gona by this amazing peice of tecnology haha. If its realy that simple to instal. For thoes that have the aroforce interceptor how satisfied are u with this. Any draw backs ?
I couldn't be happier with my Aeroforce Gauge... It's really a great product!:thumbsup: Set mine to cycle scan and see everything every 5 sec. You won't regret buying this gauge!
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too bad they dont have a working website
guys have been having issues of late with Aeroforce, search threads!
And OP the stock stuff is CRAP, it'll read normal oil pressure with as little as 5psi!
And OP the stock stuff is CRAP, it'll read normal oil pressure with as little as 5psi!
DM-100 OBD plx . Has anyone seen this yet or used it in their cobra03/04 . Its cheaper and seems mutch better. Showes 4 all at once insted of cycleing. Also has a working support fourm and has a little remote 
. Well it seems like a better deal. Anyone kno about this. DM-100 OBD2. From plx?
. Well it seems like a better deal. Anyone kno about this. DM-100 OBD2. From plx?DM-100 OBD plx . Has anyone seen this yet or used it in their cobra03/04 . Its cheaper and seems mutch better. Showes 4 all at once insted of cycleing. Also has a working support fourm and has a little remote
I haven't used the gauge but I have used their products. I am using their Kiwi Bluetooth OBDII connector to run Torque on my HTC EVO. It has worked flawless. I agree that the gauge seems better than the Aeroforce. I have been looking at them too.
Hm i have i have the same fone. How usefull is that tourqe app. Iv heard about it but havent researched it yet.
Any one else ?
The OEM temperature sensors themselves I believe are RTDs, which are extremely accurate if properly calibrated which they are not in the mustang application. The temp readings of these sensors displayed with an aftermarket gauge is precise but not necessarily accurate.
If your need from the gauge is to warn of pending failure then you don't care if it reads 173.4 deg or 176.9, you care if is says 267 F.
Oil pressure is a little different. after dropping big $ on a motor you kinda want to know what it really is. not sure what the OEM oil pressure sensor is. probably a diaphragm and strain gauge/resistive element. I would guess the OEM stuff is within 5%
It's very useful. I am monitoring IAT2s with it. You can monitor anything that an OBDII gauge will. On my Evo I have 6 gauges setup and all are readable. You customize it like a computer desktop. Pick the gauge type, size, qty and etc. Drag and drop. So easy to do.
Better than that is the ability to set audible alarms for any reading. So for instance I have IAT2 set to warn me at 135 degrees right now. The same computerized female for navigation says "warning I A T 2 high"
If you do it PM me and I will tell you how to set up IAT2. It has to be manually entered. Also don't get the cheap ebay ODBII bluetooth adapter. I heard it has issues with the Ford protocol.
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