Defi Oil Pressure Gauge and Cravenspeed Flexpod Gauge Mount Install and Review
 

Defi Oil Pressure Gauge and Cravenspeed Flexpod Gauge Mount Install and Review

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

Nice review, I have an oil cooler and after a couple incidents with hose punctures and leaks I'm thinking of getting one of these gauges.

Could you share the part numbers for all those?

Defi Part #: DEF1 DF06602

Flex pod: SKU: CRSB-1000-B22-FR

I have the same defi guage in the atc pod where the heater on the driver side is. Had it for over a year now and love it.

Great review! Just ordered one of the flexpod for my defi oil pressure gauge. Love the "OEM-ish" style look!

I guess there's no need to create a new topic for this. I just installed the flexpod for my gauges! And I must say the quality is amazing.

However, one could reuse the buffer foam tape provided with the Defi gauges to hold the gauge in, just put it at the rear of the Cravenspeed cup and use a little strength to push it in.

Some pictures!

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I just got this flexpod! It's pretty sweet, but I'm having problems installing it. My screws seem to be too short to hold it down to the steering wheel column.

I'm reusing the OEM screws that are already there, but they are too short. Any ideas?

They pack new screws with the flexpod, should be in a ziplock with your foam pad bits to cushion the gauges.

ha, wow I feel stupid now. I just found them after digging through the box...

AFTER I went to ace to find longer ones. Oh well, the ones I found work. But now I know. Thank you for your reply!

I just filled up the right pod with a Pivot gauge for the oil temp/intake temp/water temp!

Looks really great!

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