Thread: One gauge to rule them all

I'd love to have gauges displaying:
battery voltage
vacum/boost pressure (do diesel engines have vacum?)
oil pressure
EGT

In addition, I want a low coolant sensor alarm.

So instead of cluttering up the cabin with a bunch of mix matched devices hanging off every available bit of space, I'm hoping to find one or two devices that can perform multiple functions.

So far, I have come across the following options:

Nanocom Evolution - :: Nanocom ::
Cons with this is that it's fairly bulky item with only a small screen and it only displays information that the vehicle has factory sensors for.

MadMan Automotive EMS1 and/or EMS2 - Home Page
I like these. However, according to the site:

Oil/Boost/Fuel/Aux pressure with high and low alarms

I believe this therefore means that it can only do one, of the four, so if I choose for it to do oil pressure, then I will need to run a seperate gauge for boot pressure.

Any other options anyone knows of?

I got an EMS2 from Nata enterprises, the guy is on here somewhere but I forgot his user name. I found it easy to fit (apart from tapping the manifold for the EGT - but that's another story) - came with all the senders I needed and good instructions too. Even easier to set up and use once installed.

Jan from Nata was very helpful and answered all my questions before I bought it and afterwards too. Turned around the unit from order to delivery very fast with no fuss - excellent service.

I have a nanocom Evo too but don't / wouldn't find it very helpful as an everyday instrument - too big and hard to mount where you could keep an eye on it. The EMS is great - replace the clock in a defender and it's just where you want it - the alarm feature is excellent too - you can program (easily) your own thresholds.

They are quite expensive but probably worthwhile - maybe cheaper than separate instruments - maybe not, but you couldn't easily mount that many gauges in a defender without quite a lot of work and I think ruining the look of the interior with say a dash pod. A bit of patience with a dremmel and you can make it look factory fitted with little fuss. Plus it just works in the background, no need to be scanning lots of gauges all the time - the alarm will tell you if there's an issue you should know about. The alarm is good too audible and a red LED - hard (impossible) to miss but not too intrusive as to scare you. Also records your high and low readings which may be useful.

Definitely one of the better / worthwhile mods I've done - peace of mind. Although it was initially alarming, in several senses of the word, how high my EGT readings were - I have since modified my driving style.

It will only monitor one pressure sender though - guess you can't have it all. You could put a switch over the input from two senders though and have the option to select which one you want to monitor.

mools.

Oh, chrisandebregc

"can they be programed for the petrol v8's as well or just diesels"

- the instrument doesn't care petrol / diesel as it just reads the return signal from aftermarket sensors.