silverbolt Member 13 Member For: 16y 2m 10d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 29/10/08 04:12 AM Share Posted 29/10/08 04:12 AM FriendsI have a 2007 BF MKII FALCON XR6T Dec 2007 built date. To what setting can I preset my Boost Pressure, Oil Pressure and Oil Temperature to on the gauges.....Any idea?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 17y 10m 19d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 29/10/08 04:14 AM Share Posted 29/10/08 04:14 AM Can you explain what you mean by preset? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverbolt Member 13 Member For: 16y 2m 10d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 29/10/08 04:28 AM Author Share Posted 29/10/08 04:28 AM (edited) Sorry..I should have been more detailed....I have bought Ozegauge which can be preset to a desired level. If the readings go beyond the preset level then warning light and alarm will come up.... Edited 29/10/08 04:30 AM by silverbolt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 17y 10m 19d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 29/10/08 04:36 AM Share Posted 29/10/08 04:36 AM Well with your boost pressure the most a stock car makes is about 6psi, so that's your limit there, but with the oil pressure and oil temp you would be best running the gauges with no alarm so you can get an average on what is normal, then adjust the alarm to below or above the normal readings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PURVIE Sexy Member Donating Members 524 Member For: 18y 16d Gender: Male Location: Berwick, VIC Posted 29/10/08 05:28 AM Share Posted 29/10/08 05:28 AM (edited) Yea im with Pat mate, I'd set my boost warning at 6-7 psi depending on how the gauge\car responds. My warning is set at 60 psi for oil pressure, but my car runs 15.5 psi boost which will probably be a little high for you...Go out give your car a trash and note the maximum readings, its the easiest way. Edited 29/10/08 05:32 AM by PURVIE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashie Donating Members 663 Member For: 21y 11m Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 29/10/08 05:35 AM Share Posted 29/10/08 05:35 AM I've got my oil pressure on 1 Bar and the oil temp on 100 degrees... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_xr6 Member 40 Member For: 16y 2m 24d Posted 30/10/08 04:30 AM Share Posted 30/10/08 04:30 AM I've got my oil pressure on 1 Bar and the oil temp on 100 degrees...How can you set your oil pressure to 1 Bar? I just fit my gauge yesterday, and the oil pressure reading was between 2-5 Bar. Is that mean my reading was high or your setting is low?I got another question regarding the boost gauge reading. For optimum performance, we suppose to shift gear (manual) when the boost is max, is this correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 17y 10m 19d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 30/10/08 04:45 AM Share Posted 30/10/08 04:45 AM Your oil pressure reading should be between 2 and 5, Cashie has set his so that it warns him if oil pressure drops (which is very bad)As far as shifting goes, if your car is standard then around 5000rpm is all you need, the power starts to fall off after there anyway. However, judging by your sig, the car is tuned by Bluepower so you should have a dyno readout plotting the power and torque curve. Take a look at your curve and as soon as the power starts to fall off, that's where you should be shifting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_xr6 Member 40 Member For: 16y 2m 24d Posted 30/10/08 05:22 AM Share Posted 30/10/08 05:22 AM Your oil pressure reading should be between 2 and 5, Cashie has set his so that it warns him if oil pressure drops (which is very bad)As far as shifting goes, if your car is standard then around 5000rpm is all you need, the power starts to fall off after there anyway. However, judging by your sig, the car is tuned by Bluepower so you should have a dyno readout plotting the power and torque curve. Take a look at your curve and as soon as the power starts to fall off, that's where you should be shifting.Thank you for the explanation Senna. Coz in my mind, I thought like the boost and the oil temp, the higher the oil pressure reading the worse the car engine is. Now since you explain, I know that low oil pressure reading (I.e 1 bar) indicates problems.With the shift point, I know that I should shift gear at ~ 5000RPM for max performance. But as I am not a good manual driver, I can't feel the car (knowing when the RPM is 5000) and when racing I cannot keep my eye on the tacho reading. Is there any relationship between engine RPM and boost? So I can set my boost gauge so that it will sound at 5000RPM so I can hear it and shift gear (just like the shift light which I don't want to put one in my car). Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 17y 10m 19d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 30/10/08 05:57 AM Share Posted 30/10/08 05:57 AM If you set the alarm on the gauge for a lower boost setting than peak, you will end up hearing (or seeing) it twice - once as the boost comes up, then after it falls off - which could be confusing.I would suggest that you practice a bit more and learn to feel your car. If you feel the power taper off, that is the right time to shift. Generally with my car I can feel the power keep increasing, then at a certain point I can feel it plateau. This is when the power levels off and by the time you realise it the power is falling off again - this is the right time to shift.Its all about practice mate, but most of all enjoy the car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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