Help Spend My Money $$$ On A New Engine Monitor

[linuxjim]

I'm looking at one relatively quicly too. The shop I'm talking to is recommending insight as a reasonable priced monitor that is not a primary replacement. Anyone have any experience with insight?

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[bradg33]

I'm looking at one relatively quicly too. The shop I'm talking to is recommending insight as a reasonable priced monitor that is not a primary replacement. Anyone have any experience with insight?

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The Insight isn't going to be that much cheaper than a CGR-30p. Install will be similar in terms of hours (you still have to run, route and attach most/all of the same sensors), though you may save a little labor by not having to pay to remove the old gauges (I can't imagine that adds up to much, though, as I personally removed our old gauges and associated lines in about 2 hours). Ultimately, you might save $1-1.5k, which is indeed real money, but there's a lot of value in the CGR, including getting rid of the old gauges that have live fuel and oil lines running to them.

 

[paflyer]

If this is installed are the legacy gauges still active or are they disconnected?

 

[NealRomeoGolf]

If this is installed are the legacy gauges still active or are they disconnected?

You can disconnect/remove them. Most people do. For now my gauges are still installed with the Oil temp inop. Eventaully I can pull it and my oil pressure gauges out. I can also take my old EGT gauge out and forgot to have him do that. Next annual I'll do that.

 

[Ravioli]

If your goal is LOP, you need to spend some money on fuel injection instead of engine monitoring.

WAIT!

I look at this frequently and I'm closer to spending $5k on fuel injection (cost, labor, and oh crap comes up to that) than I am to buying an engine monitor. I currently have a single probe CHT/EGT and it's data coupled with oil temp/pressure seem to keep things running.

The LOP proponents I read on a 'type specific' forum are fairly strong on the idea that carbs just don't get the fuel balance reliable enough. I cannot prove or disprove that. But that's the gist.

I'll be curious how the same conversation develops here.