Chalk me up for another failed RP gauge
07-08-2008, 11:50 AM
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The new harnesses are all plugs,no wire tapping.Are any of you guys running modded cp-3's with the DiPricol RP gauge?Maybe I just have a screwed up gauge cause I can't keep mine reading right even with the inline hooby thing they sent me.Might be time to call Dipricol again!
07-08-2008, 12:00 PM
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sure seems pretty accurate the way it dances so quickly.
$250 may seem pricey for one gauge, but if you're going to be hot rodding a CR, I contend a rail pressure gauge is a NECESSITY, and what are your other options?
$250 may seem pricey for one gauge, but if you're going to be hot rodding a CR, I contend a rail pressure gauge is a NECESSITY, and what are your other options?
07-08-2008, 12:09 PM
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The DiPricol matches almost exactly to the Dodge, but the Westach does not. The white Westach face is illuminated from the side with black numbers and a solid needle, whereas the DiPricol is backlit with a glowing needle. Westach gauges' needles pivot on the side or bottom, where the DiPricol gauges pivot in the center.
Westach:
Isspro (similar to DiPricol):
And don't forget your other option. A SPA digital rail pressure/fuel pressure gauge. Very nice. I had one in my '03:
07-08-2008, 01:07 PM
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IIRC I paid about $230 or so for the SPA. Pretty nice gauge! It comes with a transducer for the low pressure side, but you do have to tap for the rail pressure signal. I tapped into my MP-8 harness so as to not disturb the factory wiring. I have a jumper already made for the '07 in anticipation of buying a Commander, but since Quad abandoned the low-pressure fuel senders, I have no interest. I guess I'll go with a full setup from another company when the time comes...
I believe the only way to get the SPA is to order direct from SPA. I don't think anyone stocks them any more...
I believe the only way to get the SPA is to order direct from SPA. I don't think anyone stocks them any more...
07-08-2008, 01:46 PM
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The DiPricol matches almost exactly to the Dodge, but the Westach does not. The white Westach face is illuminated from the side with black numbers and a solid needle, whereas the DiPricol is backlit with a glowing needle. Westach gauges' needles pivot on the side or bottom, where the DiPricol gauges pivot in the center.
Westach:
Isspro (similar to DiPricol):
And don't forget your other option. A SPA digital rail pressure/fuel pressure gauge. Very nice. I had one in my '03:
Westach:
Isspro (similar to DiPricol):
And don't forget your other option. A SPA digital rail pressure/fuel pressure gauge. Very nice. I had one in my '03:
07-08-2008, 01:59 PM
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I know you guys hate digital, though I don't find them one bit hard to read at a glance. I have had all my SPA's for 2yr or more, never one problem. They are the fastest to respond, store max values, and you don't need any isolaters for the pressure guages. Obviously the rail gauge is reading from the factory transducer, not its own transducer.
It's all in the eye of the beholder but I love the SPA's. Two parameters per gauge. And I don't believe for one second that the Westach with boost and egt on the same gauge is any easier to read than an SPA with two digital readouts. It's funny the diesel guys have never warmed up to SPA or any other digital gauge, though the race car guys seem to like em just fine.
It's all in the eye of the beholder but I love the SPA's. Two parameters per gauge. And I don't believe for one second that the Westach with boost and egt on the same gauge is any easier to read than an SPA with two digital readouts. It's funny the diesel guys have never warmed up to SPA or any other digital gauge, though the race car guys seem to like em just fine.
07-08-2008, 08:07 PM
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I know you guys hate digital, though I don't find them one bit hard to read at a glance. I have had all my SPA's for 2yr or more, never one problem. They are the fastest to respond, store max values, and you don't need any isolaters for the pressure guages. Obviously the rail gauge is reading from the factory transducer, not its own transducer.
It's all in the eye of the beholder but I love the SPA's. Two parameters per gauge. And I don't believe for one second that the Westach with boost and egt on the same gauge is any easier to read than an SPA with two digital readouts. It's funny the diesel guys have never warmed up to SPA or any other digital gauge, though the race car guys seem to like em just fine.
It's all in the eye of the beholder but I love the SPA's. Two parameters per gauge. And I don't believe for one second that the Westach with boost and egt on the same gauge is any easier to read than an SPA with two digital readouts. It's funny the diesel guys have never warmed up to SPA or any other digital gauge, though the race car guys seem to like em just fine.
Now, if the SPA could replay, say the last 15 seconds of data in slow motion? That would make them the definite choice for me. Data logging. MMMmmm, sweet. Could learn a lot from that...
07-08-2008, 09:52 PM
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I agree 15 seconds worth of replay would be the cats petute. Come to think of it the ability to synch rp, boost and egt over a 15 second span would be even better. Better yet, synch all those with the dyno and you could really see what is going on. Ok I'm done wishing!!