Attention: TDR Forum Junkies Does anybody else have these? If so, do you have the same issues I have?
About the time I installed my EZ, I ordered a gauge package from rpmoutlet.com. Good company to work with. The gauges were Stewart-Warner Maximum Performance series. Not a good company to work with.
The gauges that I first received were a 1600 degree white faced EGT gauge (SW p/n 114402) and a 60# white faced boost gauge (SW p/n 114526) along with a ProPod gauge pod. The gauge install of course was pretty standard. My complaint was the lighting. The EGT gauge was twice as bright as the Boost gauge even though they are part of a set, both of the same series, same manufacturer, etc. They look great during the day and respond quickly. The boost gauge is hard to see at night, even with the dash lights turned up all the way.
I called Stewart-Warner support and they said that there is quite a bit of lighting difference between the electrical (EGT) and manual (boost) gauges. You would think they would compensate for this. The Stewart-Warner tech explained that in their Maximum Performance series, they are not worried with the way the gauge looks and only focus on quick and accurate response. That answer to me was not a solution, but an excuse. He said that I could replace the bulb in the boost gauge with a 2 watt bulb and it should match. I have yet to be able to find one of these.
Moving right along, I purchased a TST box and immediately justified a new fuel pressure gauge. I ordered the SW Maximum Performance 0-15 PSI white faced fuel pressure gauge (SW p/n 114214) so it would match the other gauges. I also ordered a new triple gauge pod from DPP (DPP p/n 17213) since my ProPod rubbed the dash. It fit well.
Upon receiving the fuel pressure gauge, I immediately noticed that the way the gauge reads is worthless in determining the actual fuel pressure if you're above 10psi, even though it's advertised as a 0-15 psi gauge. If you look at their fuel pressure gauges online, all of the pictures show gauges with evenly spaced intervals -- 20-40-60-80-100 for the 100psi gauges. Unfortunately, there was no picture of the 15psi gauge. I assumed it was the same. Boy was I wrong. Look at the picture of the 15psi gauge below.
Now after looking at that, tell me how to read 11, 12, 13, and 14 psi. I can't figure it out. When I called their tech support asking how to interpret this from their 0-15 psi gauge, they said there is no way to make a 15 psi fuel pressure gauge evenly spaced on a 90 degree sweep. I believe all of the other manufacturers have done it, why not SW? They said they were developing a 270 degree sweep 0-15 psi gauge but didn't have an ETA. They offered no solution other than the excuse that this gauge was designed for gas engines that run about 8 psi. The FASS system runs between 10 and 15. Also -- Much like my boost gauge, this gauge was much dimmer than the EGT. They again offered excuses as to why it was like that and no solution.
My take on this is that the company has an inferior product and no quality control or descent engineers whatsoever. Has anybody else run into this with them? I've tried to work with them before positing this, but had no luck so I'm asking for advice.
Thanks!
Also, here is a pic of the DPP gauge pod:
About the time I installed my EZ, I ordered a gauge package from rpmoutlet.com. Good company to work with. The gauges were Stewart-Warner Maximum Performance series. Not a good company to work with.
The gauges that I first received were a 1600 degree white faced EGT gauge (SW p/n 114402) and a 60# white faced boost gauge (SW p/n 114526) along with a ProPod gauge pod. The gauge install of course was pretty standard. My complaint was the lighting. The EGT gauge was twice as bright as the Boost gauge even though they are part of a set, both of the same series, same manufacturer, etc. They look great during the day and respond quickly. The boost gauge is hard to see at night, even with the dash lights turned up all the way.
I called Stewart-Warner support and they said that there is quite a bit of lighting difference between the electrical (EGT) and manual (boost) gauges. You would think they would compensate for this. The Stewart-Warner tech explained that in their Maximum Performance series, they are not worried with the way the gauge looks and only focus on quick and accurate response. That answer to me was not a solution, but an excuse. He said that I could replace the bulb in the boost gauge with a 2 watt bulb and it should match. I have yet to be able to find one of these.
Moving right along, I purchased a TST box and immediately justified a new fuel pressure gauge. I ordered the SW Maximum Performance 0-15 PSI white faced fuel pressure gauge (SW p/n 114214) so it would match the other gauges. I also ordered a new triple gauge pod from DPP (DPP p/n 17213) since my ProPod rubbed the dash. It fit well.
Upon receiving the fuel pressure gauge, I immediately noticed that the way the gauge reads is worthless in determining the actual fuel pressure if you're above 10psi, even though it's advertised as a 0-15 psi gauge. If you look at their fuel pressure gauges online, all of the pictures show gauges with evenly spaced intervals -- 20-40-60-80-100 for the 100psi gauges. Unfortunately, there was no picture of the 15psi gauge. I assumed it was the same. Boy was I wrong. Look at the picture of the 15psi gauge below.
Now after looking at that, tell me how to read 11, 12, 13, and 14 psi. I can't figure it out. When I called their tech support asking how to interpret this from their 0-15 psi gauge, they said there is no way to make a 15 psi fuel pressure gauge evenly spaced on a 90 degree sweep. I believe all of the other manufacturers have done it, why not SW? They said they were developing a 270 degree sweep 0-15 psi gauge but didn't have an ETA. They offered no solution other than the excuse that this gauge was designed for gas engines that run about 8 psi. The FASS system runs between 10 and 15. Also -- Much like my boost gauge, this gauge was much dimmer than the EGT. They again offered excuses as to why it was like that and no solution.
My take on this is that the company has an inferior product and no quality control or descent engineers whatsoever. Has anybody else run into this with them? I've tried to work with them before positing this, but had no luck so I'm asking for advice.
Thanks!
Also, here is a pic of the DPP gauge pod:
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