Defi Oil Pressure Gauge and Cravenspeed Flexpod Gauge Mount Install and Review(6-13-14)
Since I installed the supercharger, I have added gauges to further monitor how the engine operates during track or just street situations. Monitoring these values with gauges gives me more information to know right away if there is something wrong with the car, and could give me enough time to react to save the engine.
I had already installed oil/water temp, boost, and AFR gauges. I opted to install an oil pressure gauge after installing my oil cooler. During track or street drives, a lot of things could happen to the oil cooler and spring a leak. Without a gauge, you have no way to know if your oil pressure is dropping until the CEL comes on, which is too late.
The Defi Oil Pressure gauge is a quality kit, and comes with everything you need. I ordered it from rallysportdirect, with the Subaru oil galley plug and gasket.
Install was fairly easy, with just the hitch of how to tighten the Defi sensor on the oil galley plug. I had to use a short adjustable wrench to fully tighten the sensor.
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Adding all the gauges has made considerable clutter in my interior. I wanted to display the gauges as cleanly as possible, without hacking up the dashboard. I saw the Cravenspeed Flexpod as a very good solution to my problems.
The Flexpod is made from billet aluminum, with a wrinkle black paint to blend in beautifully with any interior. Both bracket and cups are aluminum, making my Defi gauges seem more expensive when you put them in the cups. The bracket was super easy to install with just two screws behind the steering wheel.
With the Flexpod, the aftermarket gauges seem like oem, with full visibility. The Flexpod may seem expensive, but the quality, ease and cleanliness of install certainly justifies the cost.
The negative part is, the left gauge partially blocks the analog speedo, and the high beam indicator warning light. No problem for the speedo as we have the digital readout in the tachometer, but for the high beam indicator, you have to get used to. The right gauge partially blocks the temp gauge. Not a biggie for me, since I have the water and oil temp gauge. It also slightly blocks the "sport" mode indicator, you can still see if it is on or not.
So that's it! Defi and Cravenspeed combo, two thumbs up!