Ethanol Content Gauge - suggestion and feeler thread

[TyphoonFiST]

Any updates? [emoji16]

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Did you go to his site? It's up for sale as far a i know now....

https://dizzytuning.com/collections/parts-and-accessories

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[rcarbajal4]

Did you go to his site? It's up for sale as far a i know now....

https://dizzytuning.com/collections/parts-and-accessories

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Purchased day it was announced. Last I heard, it was delayed until the end of July...

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[Izzy]

2nd batch?

 

[VersaceSprite]

Installed my gauge this weekend

Here is everything that comes with the kit

First pull this fuse and let the car run until it dies. The directions say to remove the airbox and the air intake hose, but I just needed to remove the intake hose.

Next step was to disconnect the fuel line on the motor. I already had the tool on the left, but it won’t fit in there to close around the line. So I went to Harbor Freight and got the tools on the right.

This one worked like a charm, but it was a little difficult to get back off.

Ran into an issue with the placement of the bracket/sensor. As you can see, I have a Whoosh shifter bracket and where I’m supposed to plug the OEM fuel hard line is sitting right on top of it. Not only that but it’s jammed against the evap lines, so it’s impossible to plug up the fuel line.

So I had to change the placement of the bracket. It needed to be high enough to clear the shifter and evap lines, but also needed to clear the air intake tube. That’s why it’s mounted at a slight angle, since the tube comes from the airbox and continues up at an angle.

You can see in that last picture that once the intake tube is on it has plenty of clearance.

Next was running the harness through the firewall. The directions say to poke a hole in the rubber grommet and run it through but my dad brought up the Symposer tube that I had long since deleted. So I reached behind the battery and unplugged this piece which is where the engine hose had plugged into and I had capped off.

This is the interior portion of the Symposer hose that I tried to run the wire through but ended up cutting it off at the firewall because the wire just couldn’t seem to make it past the bend it made when it came out of the firewall.

This is from the drivers floorboard looking up, above the clutch pedal. The white cable is a long iPhone charge cable I had, which I fed through the Symposer tube into the engine bay. Then I used some painters tape to tape the end of the harness to the end of the iPhone cable and pull it through into the interior.

The directions say to drill a 3/8” hole for the gauge plug to go through, but it wasn’t big enough so I had to drill a 1/2” hole.

Here it is with the gauge installed. The fit is spot on.

This is with everything hooked up. The wire from the gauge I ran through the same spot that the ambient lighting plug is at. It plugs up to main harness where I have it circled in the pic. That leaves you with plenty of ground wire and *just* enough wire to run to the fuse block.

I put the add a fuse for the gauge in the spot for heated seats since I have base seats in my car. I switched the add a fuse for my ESC always off module to the rear wipers spot above it, since the main wiper blade fuse spot was too close.

Finally got everything buttoned up and it works! I’m happy to see it’s reading E30 since I’ve been doing the “3 gallons of E85 and fill the rest of the way up with 93” method, which I know is risky because up until now I wasn’t sure what my exact mixture really was.

I know it took a little longer to receive the gauge but I wasn’t really in a rush and in the end I’m very happy with the product.

 

[NorthLightingConcepts]

Installed my gauge this weekend

Here is everything that comes with the kit

First pull this fuse and let the car run until it dies. The directions say to remove the airbox and the air intake hose, but I just needed to remove the intake hose.

Next step was to disconnect the fuel line on the motor. I already had the tool on the left, but it won’t fit in there to close around the line. So I went to Harbor Freight and got the tools on the right.

This one worked like a charm, but it was a little difficult to get back off.

Ran into an issue with the placement of the bracket/sensor. As you can see, I have a Whoosh shifter bracket and where I’m supposed to plug the OEM fuel hard line is sitting right on top of it. Not only that but it’s jammed against the evap lines, so it’s impossible to plug up the fuel line.

So I had to change the placement of the bracket. It needed to be high enough to clear the shifter and evap lines, but also needed to clear the air intake tube. That’s why it’s mounted at a slight angle, since the tube comes from the airbox and continues up at an angle.

You can see in that last picture that once the intake tube is on it has plenty of clearance.

Next was running the harness through the firewall. The directions say to poke a hole in the rubber grommet and run it through but my dad brought up the Symposer tube that I had long since deleted. So I reached behind the battery and unplugged this piece which is where the engine hose had plugged into and I had capped off.

This is the interior portion of the Symposer hose that I tried to run the wire through but ended up cutting it off at the firewall because the wire just couldn’t seem to make it past the bend it made when it came out of the firewall.

This is from the drivers floorboard looking up, above the clutch pedal. The white cable is a long iPhone charge cable I had, which I fed through the Symposer tube into the engine bay. Then I used some painters tape to tape the end of the harness to the end of the iPhone cable and pull it through into the interior.

The directions say to drill a 3/8” hole for the gauge plug to go through, but it wasn’t big enough so I had to drill a 1/2” hole.

Here it is with the gauge installed. The fit is spot on.

This is with everything hooked up. The wire from the gauge I ran through the same spot that the ambient lighting plug is at. It plugs up to main harness where I have it circled in the pic. That leaves you with plenty of ground wire and *just* enough wire to run to the fuse block.

I put the add a fuse for the gauge in the spot for heated seats since I have base seats in my car. I switched the add a fuse for my ESC always off module to the rear wipers spot above it, since the main wiper blade fuse spot was too close.

Finally got everything buttoned up and it works! I’m happy to see it’s reading E30 since I’ve been doing the “3 gallons of E85 and fill the rest of the way up with 93” method, which I know is risky because up until now I wasn’t sure what my exact mixture really was.

I know it took a little longer to receive the gauge but I wasn’t really in a rush and in the end I’m very happy with the product.

This should be separated into a main post and bumped to the top as a how too. Excellent work.

 

[Jason@dizzytuning]

Installed my gauge this weekend

Here is everything that comes with the kit

First pull this fuse and let the car run until it dies. The directions say to remove the airbox and the air intake hose, but I just needed to remove the intake hose.

Next step was to disconnect the fuel line on the motor. I already had the tool on the left, but it won’t fit in there to close around the line. So I went to Harbor Freight and got the tools on the right.

This one worked like a charm, but it was a little difficult to get back off.

Ran into an issue with the placement of the bracket/sensor. As you can see, I have a Whoosh shifter bracket and where I’m supposed to plug the OEM fuel hard line is sitting right on top of it. Not only that but it’s jammed against the evap lines, so it’s impossible to plug up the fuel line.

So I had to change the placement of the bracket. It needed to be high enough to clear the shifter and evap lines, but also needed to clear the air intake tube. That’s why it’s mounted at a slight angle, since the tube comes from the airbox and continues up at an angle.

You can see in that last picture that once the intake tube is on it has plenty of clearance.

Next was running the harness through the firewall. The directions say to poke a hole in the rubber grommet and run it through but my dad brought up the Symposer tube that I had long since deleted. So I reached behind the battery and unplugged this piece which is where the engine hose had plugged into and I had capped off.

This is the interior portion of the Symposer hose that I tried to run the wire through but ended up cutting it off at the firewall because the wire just couldn’t seem to make it past the bend it made when it came out of the firewall.

This is from the drivers floorboard looking up, above the clutch pedal. The white cable is a long iPhone charge cable I had, which I fed through the Symposer tube into the engine bay. Then I used some painters tape to tape the end of the harness to the end of the iPhone cable and pull it through into the interior.

The directions say to drill a 3/8” hole for the gauge plug to go through, but it wasn’t big enough so I had to drill a 1/2” hole.

Here it is with the gauge installed. The fit is spot on.

This is with everything hooked up. The wire from the gauge I ran through the same spot that the ambient lighting plug is at. It plugs up to main harness where I have it circled in the pic. That leaves you with plenty of ground wire and *just* enough wire to run to the fuse block.

I put the add a fuse for the gauge in the spot for heated seats since I have base seats in my car. I switched the add a fuse for my ESC always off module to the rear wipers spot above it, since the main wiper blade fuse spot was too close.

Finally got everything buttoned up and it works! I’m happy to see it’s reading E30 since I’ve been doing the “3 gallons of E85 and fill the rest of the way up with 93” method, which I know is risky because up until now I wasn’t sure what my exact mixture really was.

I know it took a little longer to receive the gauge but I wasn’t really in a rush and in the end I’m very happy with the product.

Thanks for posting this bud! I'm glad that relocating the sensor worked out for you, I'll need to add that warning into the Instruction Manual and website product page.

I hope you are enjoying it!

 

[Jason@dizzytuning]

More gauges were just put in stock!

 

[Erick_V]

More gauges were just put in stock!

Finally! Just bought one, can’t wait to get it installed

 

[Peterson]

More gauges were just put in stock!

Can I get that discount price for waiting so long for them to be in stock? 😜😂

 

[Peterson]

Can I get that discount price for waiting so long for them to be in stock? 😜😂

Eh. I already just bought it 😎👍🏼

 

[Izzy]

Eh. I already just bought it 😎👍🏼

I'm pretty sure from the time stamps I purchased 1st...so I want in! I was basically emailing Jason on a weekly basis since these went out. Crying baby gif's and all. I'm sure he's elated to have me off his back!

 

[Peterson]

I'm pretty sure from the time stamps I purchased 1st...so I want in! I was basically emailing Jason on a weekly basis since these went out. Crying baby gif's and all. I'm sure he's elated to have me off his back!

Yeah you did buy first. Website says order confirmed, but hasn’t advanced past that.

 

[Erick_V]

Yeah you did buy first. Website says order confirmed, but hasn’t advanced past that.

Same for me. I hope I get it before Friday so I can install it next weekend

 

[Jason@dizzytuning]

Gauges will be shipping Tuesday. Thanks for the orders! I am ready to ship Monday, but it is a holiday.

 

[Peterson]

Gauges will be shipping Tuesday. Thanks for the orders! I am ready to ship Monday, but it is a holiday.

I looked up the distance to you since I live in North Jersey. 4 hours round trip to LON GUY LAND. No thanks. I’ll wait for the mail 😂😂

 

[Jason@dizzytuning]

You

I looked up the distance to you since I live in North Jersey. 4 hours round trip to LON GUY LAND. No thanks. I’ll wait for the mail 😂😂

You should have it Wednesday.

 

[Erick_V]

Just got my gauge, everything looks great! Get the car back from the body shop tomorrow and I should have it installed on Saturday

 

[bhmax]

Just got a chance to install after getting the gauge a couple months ago. I just finished up the under hood portion. Instead of having the pipe from the sensor pointed down, I just pointed it up to prevent any issues with the shifter assembly. I routed the cable through the unused symposer tube. That was a bit of a chore, helped by using some tubing pushed from the passenger side.

 

[bhmax]

Just got a chance to install after getting the gauge a couple months ago. I just finished up the under hood portion. Instead of having the pipe from the sensor pointed down, I just pointed it up to prevent any issues with the shifter assembly. I routed the cable through the unused symposer tube. That was a bit of a chore, helped by using some tubing pushed from the passenger side.

Got the rest done. No issues. I did lengthen the power and ground wires to run them how I wanted. Only 5% above my target of 40%. I hope that at some point we can have a true flex fuel setup like I run on an 86, but this will make sure I’m running near what it needs for now.

 

[Izzy]

As an FYI: I had the same issue with my Boomba shifter bracket as the install had with his Whoosh. Had to move the sensor up some as well to clear. Other than that the biggest issue is to find a damn entry through the firewall. Now that was truly aggravating!