| JSC Speed Project Integra GSR: AEM Serial Gauge |
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If you have the AEM EMS, you should be required to get the AEM Serial Gauge. This thing is amazing! I originally got this gauge because it matches my AEM UEGO and I had heard good things about it on the AEM Forum. I am more than impressed with the capabilities of this gauge. The installation was very easy and straight forward. Just like my UEGO gauge, I routed the wiring behind the dash. This gauge uses two sets of wires. The easiest to set up is the serial cable, which simply connects to the extended serial line coming off my AEM EMS. I almost did not get this gauge because this serial line needs to be disconnected anytime you tune or log data. Since both these cables meet up in my glove box, this was not an issue at all. The other set of wires were |
| for power and ground. I chose to solder these to my cigarette lighter. One thing I forgot to do was disconnect that battery. I had some trouble getting the gauge to illuminate for a while, and was scared I had fried it due to this. It turns out that my EMS plug was not attached properly and everything was ok. Once I got the gauge running, I noticed that some of the parameters it was reading were wrong, and many were unnecessary. This gauge has two buttons that allow you to cycle through thirteen different engine parameters, so it can be a bit overwhelming at first. Since the gauge gets a reading directly off the EMS, it has capabilities to read |
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everything from boost to knock sensors. I decided it was time to use the software to modify the setup. The software was pretty user friendly, and yet still has capabilities to do some advanced setups. The first thing I did was select five or so different parameters that I felt were good to check on daily. I chose boost, air intake temperature, water temperature, speed, and 02 #1. Setting up the boost gauge was the most difficult because you need to set up a little formula, but still was pretty easy. I found some good info on the AEM Forum, and was reading boost in minutes. I have been |
| pretty happy with this set up and have not changed it since. The AEM Serial Gauge turned out to be a pretty good investment for me. Since the supercharger produces so much heat, monitoring air intake temperatures has become a constant event. The boost gauge has also netted me a few extra horsepower because I discovered my boost was dropping off in the high rpm's due to a slipping belt. I chose to display speed because of the alarm function and I can set it up for long highway trips to remind me to keep my speeds down. As you might know already, my overall review of |
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| this gauge is a ten out of ten. It is such a powerful little unit, and it would be a shame to have the AEM EMS and not utilized the capabilities of the AEM Serial Gauge. |