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• Recommended EGT Gauge by jaysen71581 on 21 Feb, 2011 13:50
• Whats a good egt gauge to get and is it best to mount after the turbo or off the cylinder before the turbo, ive got the manifold off the car  now so might as well do this one too, also anyone know of any dual A-pilar gauge pods for our Wabbits lol...
• #1 by Vincent Waldon on 21 Feb, 2011 13:59
• Great writeup(s) on this in the FAQ section...  
  
  You can also search for "Aircraft Spruce" and find some good references.
• #2 by macka on 21 Feb, 2011 14:15
• no real custom fit gauges yet this is a mk1 from a guy here in this forum.
  
  http://www.vwcraft.com/vw-gauge-pods/mk1-rabbit-jetta-golf/
  
  I have a westach from Vince Walden. He had some for sale, but I just checked and he has sold them all. I would check ebay for them it looks like the part number you want is 10-01268 it is a a single egt 2c2
• #3 by Thezorn on 21 Feb, 2011 16:32
• I have an autometer EGT gauge and the aircraft spruce 1/8th EGT probe. There is a thread in the FAQ, like vincet said,
  that shows the reaction times of the differnt probes. The aircraft spruce probe is the fastest and best reacting of them all. The best place to put the probe is in the exhaust manifold.
• #4 by GEE-BEE on 21 Feb, 2011 16:42
• I have a rabbit GTI console in black if you need one
  hold's three gauges
  
   And check out Mcnallygauge.com , if your not on a cheap budget
  I have Mcnally's :
  oil psi / temp
  egt/boost
  water/volt
  
  they work perfect
  drill and tap the exhaust manifold, intake neck
  Mcnally has the drill and tap cheap on there website
  
  GB
• #5 by macka on 22 Feb, 2011 08:08
• http://www.mcnallyelectronics.com/  and yes I am saving my shekels for this upgrade. I have a small portion of my tax return set aside to put into the car.
• #6 by GEE-BEE on 22 Feb, 2011 08:14
• Iam going to send my set of three back to upgrade to the white face to match my Meister cluster
  that Trevor did for me..
  
  they are very accurate..
  
  GB
• #7 by 8v-of-fury on 22 Feb, 2011 09:30
• What happens when the three digit EGT gauge reaches 999F.. does it keep going and only tell you the first three numbers of your EGT.
• #8 by R.O.R-2.0 on 22 Feb, 2011 09:35
• Quote from: macka on 21 Feb, 2011 14:15

  no real custom fit gauges yet this is a mk1 from a guy here in this forum.
  
  http://www.vwcraft.com/vw-gauge-pods/mk1-rabbit-jetta-golf/
  
  I have a westach from Vince Walden. He had some for sale, but I just checked and he has sold them all. I would check ebay for them it looks like the part number you want is 10-01268 it is a a single egt 2c2
  

  
  just be careful, the mk1 test pod is still mounted up in my car.. so they are definitely not ready..
  
  and if you have a mk2 with straight windshield trim, the mk2 pod will not work without mods to the top corner of it.
• #9 by macka on 22 Feb, 2011 12:11
• good to know ROR
• #10 by 745 turbogreasel on 22 Feb, 2011 13:07
• My Auto Meter Cobalt shines with a purdy light, and seems to work great.
  
• #11 by clarkrep on 22 Feb, 2011 13:32
• X2 on the Autometer Cobalt.
  Mine might be too bright actually but I like it.
• #12 by DieselBalz on 22 Feb, 2011 21:51
• I like the VDO vision black series. I just ordered the egt, water, and boost for the Eco, and am pretty sure I am gonna upgrade the lighting to the green LED's from newsouth to match the stock gauge cluster.
  
  
• #13 by AudiVWguy on 23 Feb, 2011 20:28
• Search Ebay for EGT, there's a guy who sells a digital one. Just upgrade to the better thermocouple that they offer. Reacts extremely fast and its digital accurate.
  -JB
• #14 by dankcorey22 on 23 Feb, 2011 21:39
• Quote from: 8v-of-fury on 22 Feb, 2011 09:30

  What happens when the three digit EGT gauge reaches 999F.. does it keep going and only tell you the first three numbers of your EGT.
  

  
  it goes back to 100 then you know its 1000 degrees. i have one in my TDI i love it!