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Is it better to use an electronic or a mechanical boost gauge? I know when it comes to an oil pressure gauge that mechanical is better, but I didn't know if this was the same. If mechanical is better does that mean that mechanical is better on all gauges or just certain ones?

Kinda depends on the application.. and what works best for any given setup. For example.. on my ride I run a mechanical oil pressure gauge.. but, I run a electrical water temp gauge because I found that the mechanical water temp sensor not long enough for the way I wanted to route it. Mechanical is often considered "better" because typically they can only fail one way.. the gauge itself. Electrical gauges can have the sensor or the gauge fail. But if you buy a quality product to begin with, its not that big of issue. As for the boost gauge itself.. I havent researched how the sensor for an electrical one would function.. so I dont know if there would be a delay or how much of a delay there would be from the sensor to the gauge (or if there would even be a delay at all) Hope this helps.

Tunes67

I went on the autometer site. they say it comes with :

Includes 8 ft. tubing or wiring harness.
Includes MAP sensor.
Includes T-fitting.

looks more complicated than the mechanical gauge. IMO I prefer mechanical gauge for the reason Tunes said. and it's way simpler to install. One tube to a vacuum source !

babyblueMX3 wrote:I went on the autometer site. they say it comes with :

Includes 8 ft. tubing or wiring harness.
Includes MAP sensor.
Includes T-fitting.

looks more complicated than the mechanical gauge. IMO I prefer mechanical gauge for the reason Tunes said. and it's way simpler to install. One tube to a vacuum source !

Yea all the gauges I plan to get are Autometer. From what I hear they are supposed to be a good quality gauge. I figured I would probably go with mechanical though I wanted a second opinion.