I am having Westach make me a custom quad gauge with an EGT, MAP, temp, and mixture indication (enough guessing what is going on with my engine). The mixture uses an exhaust oxygen sensor like the Avmix aviation units and the units that are sold for race cars. I will install a switch to give me either carb air temp or outside air temp on the temp position. Since they are doing a custom gauge with a custom face I have my choice of range on the EGT. The Great Plains manual says that EGT is normally 1,150 degrees and red line is 1,500 degrees. I was planning on having the range scale from 700-1,500 degrees. Can someone with an EGT on a VW tell me what the lowest EGT you normally see is. I would like to have them make the instrument with the bottom of the scale to be at the lowest normal EGT that I will see so I will have the maximum swing on the needle.
By the way, I have said before that there are some great people at Westach. They were extreemely helpful when I had some problems with a fuel sender and have been great with this gauge also. I always knew that they could do the quads with different arrangements than their standard instruments, but I never realized that they will do custom range scales, and indications that they don't advertize like the mixture indication and MAP. The price for the custom instrument is also only slightly higher than their standard quads. I highly recomend talking to them if anyone needs something unusual, not to mention that their standard instruments are great also.
