Summit Racing
Mechanical Oil Pressure Gauge
Part
No. SUM-G2914
Retail Price - $18.95
Costco's got "Kirkland Signatures", Safeway has
"Safeway Select", and Summit
Racing has "Summit Racing". Oh well, maybe Summit
isn't as creative as food merchants when it comes to private
labeling but by golly they are highly involved with the concept
and curiously out to compete with the name brands found in
their own catalog like Auto Meter, VDO, and Stewart Warner.
We acquired Summit's representative 2-5/8" mechanical
oil pressure gauge. Here's our impression.
Auto Meter Mechanical Oil Pressure
Gauge
Part No. ATM-3421
Retail
Price - $40.99
If there is one name in aftermarket gauges that we all recognize,
it's Auto Meter. From
the incredibly readable face of the "Sport-Comp"
line all the way to the attentive packaging design, Auto Meter
is a mainstay in the industry and for good reason. Besides
creating a great looking gauge, they're product line is contiguous
and wide enough to offer a gauge style to suit every vehicle.

Of the entire group, the Auto Meter gauge offered the most
robust and proud packaging, an indication that we had
just bought a good product. |
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Ever wonder why the Auto Meter Sport-Comp gauges are so
easy to read? They chose one of the most readable typestyles
known to man for their digits. |
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Remember the first gauge in our review? A customer service
rep at Auto Meter suggested that sealing off the light
cavity as Stewart Warner does is "overkill".
Depending on the application, he could be right.
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Auto Meter shines with the completeness and integrity of
their hardware kit. They offer a molded plastic bracket
that matches black universal face plates very well, knurled
fingertip nuts, two grommets, and colored lens covers.
Auto Meter hardware kits demonstrate a clear understanding
of enthusiast needs. |
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In this photo we're looking at the back of a 2-5/8"
Auto Meter water temperature gauge. Nonetheless, the photo
demonstrates how well the bracket works with the face
plate and just how easy it is to attach the bracket with
included fingertip nuts. A helpful feature when it comes
time to get under the dash. |
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Auto Meter's included instructions were easy to read, clearly
written, and obviously illustrated for Auto Meter's very
own products. Often times, installation instructions look
like they were written by somebody who never installed
the part or worse... they're just a copy of another manufacturer's
instruction sheet. |
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Auto Meter helps themselves and the customer by suggesting
relevant add-on items on their packaging. These are the
fine touches an American speed parts manufacturer takes
to stay ahead of "white-box" competitors. |
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The Auto Meter 3421 read 40 psi in our Park idle oil pressure
test, just like the predecessors. To be honest, we were
anticipating variation from gauge to gauge by this point
in our evaluation. |
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