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[Sky Render]

Norm, I'm tempted to get an Aeroforce gauge for every single one of my cars!

 

[Sky Render]

My stack of parts is growing. It needs to warm up a little so I can start wrenching!

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[tigerhonaker]

Vince,

Man the parts are rolling in and looking good for sure ^^^

All you need now is some normal weather.

 

[steve13gt]

Question with those aeroforce gauges, do they go to what you had on them last. Like when you hop in it automatically goes back to MPH and Coolant temp?

 

[Sky Render]

Question with those aeroforce gauges, do they go to what you had on them last. Like when you hop in it automatically goes back to MPH and Coolant temp?

Yep, they sure do! I generally keep mine on coolant temp and one of the wideband air/fuel readings.

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[Norm Peterson]

Yes. The gauge remembers its display and annunciator (the two little red LEDs) settings even if the battery is low enough to not start the car (something I found out the hard way a few days ago).

I have mph and coolant temperature set because mph is more useful for gauging improvements on the fly, and the ability to monitor coolant temperature can become pretty important when you're out on the track on a warm day.


Norm

 

[JEWC_Motorsports]

An Aeroforce gauge is my next purchase. Vince did you get the one that plugs into the obd port?

 

[Norm Peterson]

Vince - I received a second Interceptor gauge and the splitter cable for Christmas. The second gauge is going to be placed where my GoPro can see it, and will most likely be displaying MPH and RPM data.


Norm

 

[Sky Render]

An Aeroforce gauge is my next purchase. Vince did you get the one that plugs into the obd port?

Yeah, it only takes about 15 minutes to install!

Vince - I received a second Interceptor gauge and the splitter cable for Christmas. The second gauge is going to be placed where my GoPro can see it, and will most likely be displaying MPH and RPM data.


Norm

I've only got the single gauge. Does the splitter work on the OBD port or on the smaller cable that connects to the actual gauge?

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[Norm Peterson]

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Norm

 

[JEWC_Motorsports]

Ordered

 

[Pentalab]

I have 3 x aeroforce gauges in the sos A pillar..then the roush boost gauge in the far left vent pod. So all 4 are in a vert plane. Two of the aeroforce gauges have their cables coming together..into one plug. 3rd gauge has just one cable into its own plug.
The heavy duty Y splitter is inserted into the OBD port....and has the 2 x females hanging from it. Gauges 1+2 plug into one leg, the 3rd gauge plugs into 2nd leg.

If u started with just 1 gauge..and add a 2nd one..the heavy duty Y splitter has to be used. If u order two gauges, they will come with the two cables terminating into one plug....which goes into OBD port..... and NO heavy duty Y splitter required.

The heavy duty Y splitter is a pita, since it has to be tied off under the dash, so its not hanging down. Buying 2 gauges at once is cheaper than 1. (per gauge) Buying 3 at once is cheaper still (per gauge).

 

[Norm Peterson]

The two cables into a single plug is available separately from Aeroforce. You'll spend a little more buying a second gauge and this cable separately, but if you're not initially expecting to need a second gauge you at least don't have to deal with any HD Y-splitter.


Norm

 

[Sky Render]

Got the DBA 4000 rotors and new Hawk HPS 5.0 pads installed, front and rear. It's VERY cold here (<20*F), so I'm not confident that the pads are properly "bedded in" yet. (Pretty difficult to get enough heat in them.) I'll try again after it warms up and when I can get out on an empty back road that isn't surrounded by my already-annoyed neighbors.

These pads are BRAND NEW from Hawk. The HPS 5.0 is an update to the very popular HPS, and the S197 is one of the first platforms they offer it on. Look for a full review next month after I can do some Live Fire Testing at an autocross.

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[white86hatch]

I dig the rotors. Interested to see how they hold up.

 

[Ingwe]

I dig the rotors. Interested to see how they hold up.

Me too. Heard nothing but good things about DBA. Heard they're rather pricey though.

 

[Pentalab]

http://www.hawkperformance.com/performance-street/pads/high-performance-street-race This is yet a another new offering from hawk. Called a street-race pad, DTC-30. Good from 100-1200 F.

Here's a graph of all of them.http://www.hawkperformance.com/compound-graph I don't see the HPS on the graph, just the new HPS 5.0 Per hawk, the 5.0 is not a replacement for the existing HPS, but a supplement to it. http://www.hawkperformance.com/performance-street/pads/high-performance-street-50

 

[Norm Peterson]

I have DBA 4000's on the front of my '08 and they seem to be holding up just fine. 6 track days plus 2500 or a few more street miles, all with XP10 pads, and these are the 12.4" rotors. IIRC, something about the DBA 4000 changed right around the time I got mine, and I got the earlier design.

Best I could do, quickly. The slots appear to be different.

Norm

 

[JEWC_Motorsports]

I had the dba 4000's on my 08 and had 20k on them when i traded the car in. Def a better rotor than stock. Autoanything has them the cheapest i found and there are promo codes all over the net.

 

[Sky Render]

That must be an older design, Norm. DBA changed the configuration of the slots to the "tri-symmetrical" design to reduce noise and prevent "sanding down" the brake pads. I have noticed they seem very quiet, but I was only able to try bedding the pads in before pulling back into the garage before more snow started falling.

Thanks for the feedback, James. I'm going these hold up for a while.

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