Gauges

[Benny]

I say get the gauges in what ever measurements you fell comfortable in using. I grow up with the metric system in school, but when I started working, I had to use the imperial system for alot of the things I worked with. When I think about boost pressure, I think in psi, but when I think of hydraulic system pressure, I think in bar.
P.S. Benny, 1 bar is 14.7 psi

Thanks.
Another one I'll have to commit to memory.

I like the metric system even though I was schooled in imperial (and metric in the latter years of high school), and I only use metric for measurements of area, temperature and volume etc., and I fully understand and am perfectly conversant with it, but there are just some things that are better in imperial measurements.
For example, leather is sold all over the world in square feet - except Australia where it is measured and sold in square meters. Oh, and Italy has an Italian square foot which is 30cm X 30cm, so if you're buying leather from Italy make sure what measurement they are using, otherwise you could dud yourself short.
The manufactuers of metal tubing which can slide over each other, as in a collapsible antenna and many other commercial applications, had a real problem with the measurements of the tubing when going from Imperial to metric as the metric sizes would not slide in and out of each other as the diameters had to change to meet the metric specifications, and/or change the thickness of the metal, which was a bigger hassle than keeping the old imperial tooling and sticking with it!
I know I can pump my tyres up to 2.2bar pressure, but hey, 34 lbs is a lot easier to pump, and I have yet to see a servo's tyre pump that only reads in bar, so I'm not the only one!
I still prefer to measure economy in miles per gallon, but that 's now too hard to convert to and the little slide rule thingy that used to convert L/100km to miles/gallon has gone missing so I just fill up my car when required and not care about the economy, or otherwise of the SP.

What do you guys use to measure boost pressure, tyre pressure and the like?

[Mr Morlock]

Benny is right about the differing measurements. One of the problems is that USA is stuck with an antiquated system which it appears they will never give up and UK are also highly resistant to change. I think we should embrace improvements. MPG is dead as far as I am concerned and it means nothing to most people. L/100km does actually measure fuel consumption and a week or 2 of recording your cars usage will soon rid one of that obsolete term. Tyre pressure-. recommendation is use your own gauge many of which have a dual measurement. Tyre placards on your car are probably in both KPA and PSI. So 30 psi is 210 KPA.

[Muzdaman]

I went for the Metric gauges when I did mine and have Water Temp, Oil Temp and Exhaust Gas Temp.

[graemebc]

I say get the gauges in what ever measurements you fell comfortable in using. I grow up with the metric system in school, but when I started working, I had to use the imperial system for alot of the things I worked with. When I think about boost pressure, I think in psi, but when I think of hydraulic system pressure, I think in bar.
P.S. Benny, 1 bar is 14.7 psi

hehe me too oh yeah and feet and inches too