Where to mount my AFR gauge?

[Fordguy77]

I'm starting to near the completion of my ranger rebuild, and have a long list of odds and ends to finish. One of those things happens to be where to mount an AFR gauge. To be honest the only reason I'm installing it, is for when I get the ECU reflashed to help compensate for some of my upgrades. It isn't something I will want to be looking at all the time, or even that much. There are 2 locations where I could currently make a gauge work in a clear spot on the gauge, and have it with some form of a "clean" finish. One of them is just to the right of the main gauge cluster, in plain sight, where the old shifter for the tcase is, and the second is just below the light switch on the left hand side well out of sight.

Im personally leaning towards the spot where the tcase shifter is, just would like to hear others ideas and opinions.

[Clickpopboom]

How about up on the A pillar, race car style?

[The StRanger]

How about up on the A pillar, race car style?

Ever been hit in the head by one of those thing falling of a rock !!!
OMG That hurts !!!

[The StRanger]

My vote is under the headlamp switch ..

[Fordguy77]

My vote is under the headlamp switch ..

I do think that would be a nice place, as it would be out of sight, and look fairly clean, then I just need to find something to do to replace that factory 4x4 push button nonsense. Any thoughts? I know the lower end rangers had an extra vent in that location, but Im content with my amount of vents and don't see a reason to add one really.


How about up on the A pillar, race car style?

To be honest, I have just never been to much of a fan for pillar gauges. They don't look like a factory style finish, or come off flashy sometimes it seems. But it does seem to be a common spot in almost all cars. In my experience they have a tendency to attract unwanted attention from other people driving by. And If the ranger had been built to mess around I wouldn't mind to much, but seeing as how its just rebuild with mild bumps in performance and Its 99% just for for being able to retune computer to compensate for the cam and headers and such I highly doubt my numbers will be much higher than stock....And it is just a 91 Ranger...

And one other thing i have to mount is my selector button for the chip in my ECU. Since i am OBD1 the best way to retune them is with an added chip, but the ones worth buying all have 4-8 way selectors so you can store different tunes, and shift on the fly, without having to wait for the new ecu map to load. One of the few cool things about obd1. However the switch is maybe only the size of a quarter...

[xaza]

What does your AFR gauge look like? Any recommendations or helpful hints for me to get one for my ZJ?

[Fordguy77]

What does your AFR gauge look like? Any recommendations or helpful hints for me to get one for my ZJ?
Ive had both AEM and Innovative AFR gauges in the past. Innovative has a good bad rep, a lot of people have had great luck with them, and others not nearly as much. That said, most the people I have talked to have never had many problems with the AEMs. That being said, Ive only ever had 2 cars with AFRs in them.

My friend from work was building up his GTI, and has went in a different direction, and said i could have the Innovative kit. This is the kit i am using,
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/inn-3844?seid=srese1&gclid=CPL9npHL9bYCFbNzMgodV3cAmA
looks like thishttp://i1.frsimg.com/images/detailed_images/384513013407284d90e238404bc_21256.jpg

Not exactly my flavor for a gauge, but the price was right(Free)

They are pretty simple to add, and really just depends on where you want to mount them. What are you wanting to know about them?

[xaza]

Is one company seem more accurate? last longer? Require calibrating? Never had one before, my current XJ and ZJ builds are my first. Don't want to be the guy that went and got something because I like the way it looks :D and then be :frown:. I think under headlight switch seems to suit what you want more. Could mount some toggle switches in other slot, looks like you could fit 6 minis. :rolleyes:

[Hypoid]

I just need to find something to do to replace that factory 4x4 push button nonsense. Any thoughts?Vacuum gauge.

[Popsgarage]

then I just need to find something to do to replace that factory 4x4 push button nonsense.

Putting the gauge there would be my vote. The wife has the Autometer version in her S-10 in an A-pillar pod.

[The StRanger]

I do think that would be a nice place, as it would be out of sight, and look fairly clean, then I just need to find something to do to replace that factory 4x4 push button nonsense. Any thoughts? I know the lower end rangers had an extra vent in that location, but Im content with my amount of vents and don't see a reason to add one really.

Push button switches for the front & rear rock light !!

[Fordguy77]

Is one company seem more accurate? last longer? Require calibrating? Never had one before, my current XJ and ZJ builds are my first. Don't want to be the guy that went and got something because I like the way it looks :D and then be :frown:. I think under headlight switch seems to suit what you want more. Could mount some toggle switches in other slot, looks like you could fit 6 minis. :rolleyes:
I only have experience with the AEM's and Innovative's. I like the finish and styling on some of the Innovative gauges better. That being said some of my more ricey friends in cali say to stay away from the Innovatives as they use the bosch style 02 sensors and they dont seem to last as long as the style AEM's use. I do believe some of the lower end widebands may need to be calibrated but the mid level to high end ones claim they never need re-calibrating. My experience with them is pretty limited, and both rigs i have had them in, once i had my tune done, i quit paying attention to them and had them set with a warning light in case the AFR ever got to high. I have been talking to a few dyno shops and while they prefer them, you can get by without them, but most shops require them. The best advantage about having one is if you wanna datalog and learn to tune yourself, or just want logs to turn into a tuner.