And the Edge is plug and play while the gauges require quite a bit more work to install

 

The CTS has found a place on my wishlist for sure. Thank you for sharing this i love those gadgets

 

I bought mine after seeing bb sliders and using my brothers to read codes on my truck I was hooked ha

 

Are those standard gauges behind your Edge?

 

Yea they're the glowshift three pack the P.O. had installed

 

Bbslider is your mpg accurate on your monitor mine says I'm getting about 7 but hand jammed I'm getting 15-18

 

Yeah I tried that whole mileage monitor thing. It told me I was getting 5 mpg. WTF ever. I decided not to use it. I get 15 every day all day no matter how I drive unless I am road tripping. I figured if was the one useless feature of the Edge.

 

I think it's something with these pcms because it worked great with my buddies mustang but other things didn't... Idk

 

There is nothing in the PCM to calculate mpg's on these trucks

 

Should be some way to calculate fuel delivery based on engine load and rpm, and vehicle speed it wouldn't make sense if it didn't because it was accurate on one vehicle and not on the next but like I said that's over my head I'm not a programmer so you may very well be right

 

Well, I think with the perimeters it asks to input, it bases it on vehicle speed, last amount if fuel used at fill up, and the miles driven. It's kinda useless if you ask me. Besides, I don't really care about mileage all that much. If I see 15 on a 7000# one ton diesel truck, I have no complaints. My 3/4 ton Dodge got 22 average, but that is a 6 cylinder and a lighter truck.

 

That the thing. Your pcm does not know how much fuel you have.
It doesn't see anything to do with fuel level, flow, or psi

 

Yeah Mike, makes sense why it's useless.

 

My Edge reports about half the MPG I'm actually getting. I do use the "instant" MPG reading like I do a vacuum gauge in my gasohauls, since it does show the relative load on the engine somewhat; but the absolute MPG values are meaningless. Used in this way, it could be helpful in achieving more economy, as can the throttle position % values.

I haven't been able to get any meaningful values out of the engine load category either. If I remember right, it always showed 54%. That's helpful.

For everything else, the Edge is great.

 

yea i had the same thing with engine load values, 50 some percent all the time...