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Message: [QUOTE="TARM, post: 1037269, member: 578"] Just remember someones opinion may differ with yours as its their personal experience with the gauges they used. For some that is an experience of one gauge set, some it may be a few. That needs to be taken into account. Also the gauge vs the sensor/probe as wel is something to consider. I think they all contract out for the sensors and probes so it could vary in that area lot to lot and who they use. That could be a way to cut overhead. I have run all sorts of gauges over the years. Right now I am running IssoPro Performax line which IMO is the very top in aftermarket automotive gauges. But they are still running the same sensors and probes etc as the others in there EV2 line as they are all electronic and use steppers. Perf so far with the few I have installed so far is awesome. What is also nice is if you have any issues we have Joe (CSPID) here as the resident guru and point of contact if you need it. He seems to always be willing to help others out and has gone out of his way for me more than once now. I will say this after running autometer gauges for a number of years prior, they seem to vary more in quality than the use to. I do not know if they switched parts suppliers or moved things to China of if they have been their for a long time or whatever, I never bothered to check. But some people have gotten great results and others with the exact same line have gotten crap and this seems to be happening more over say the last 4 or so years ( not sure why). I had one set from years ago that you simply could not kill. It was in a '66 stang coupe stroked 351W to 408. I was running a total of 8 gauges and they all worked flawlessly for 8 yrs and the guy I sold it to ( biggest mistake I ever made in vehicles; should have kept it) still had them, had the motor out to be rebuilt and back in, all still working great. So 10-12 yrs since I lost contact and ran flawlessly. Recommended them to a friend and he had nothing but trouble with them 2 yrs ago and had to dump them and get some others. Go figure. Not that IssoPro is flawless, none are, but I have had great experience not only wit the gauges so far but in terms of CS. I got a used performax ESP which is basically the brains (computer system)of the whole system and the most costly part. Got a email from I forget who from IssoPro letting me know if I had any issues or needed any help to let them know. If something was wrong with the ESP they would take care of it under warranty. That is standing behind your product. So far that has been my experience with the company and their product. Also it is by far the nicest cleanest install setup for gauges I have ever run. Only 3 wires go thru the firewall and your gauges daisy chain into that seires of wires. No big wad of wires trying to push your gauges out or end up mashing the connectors and screwing up the gauges. The ESP is built like a IDM. Sealed, water proof, and built like a brick. I still need to decide on my final mounting location but its easy and there are a few possibilities. All the sensor/probe leads go to it and the 3 wires go into the cab. Well I guess its 4 as you do have the one lead to go for the dimmer control IIRC as I installed it last fall. Joe (CSPID) can correct me on it if I got it wrong. You also get some basic data logging you can upload to a PC from those gauges and can set up warning signals to alert you such as EGT temp, oil and fuel psi, trans temp limits. For me fuel psi for these engines is critical as getting it low and keep running it and you could ruin the barrel and plunger on all your injectors. Trans temp especially a the cost of a BTS is something I want to know if it hits 220-225 without me catching it for some reason. So far I am running and/or finishing hooking up only basic ones trans temp, fuel psi, egt, boost. I plan to get oil pressure block, rear axle temp, coolant temp, turbine backpressure. Total of 7 gauges 4 pedestal 3 at the knee or overhead not sure which yet. All from the same 3 wires in the cab instead of 21+ wires if they were typical gauges. The gauges and sensors are the same as teh EV2 line I would expect the same accuracy and performace from this line as well. [/QUOTE]