If you go with isspro or any other digital signal gauge it is a matter of running wires into the cab. No hoses. Isspro gauges match really well. People ask me if they are factory.

 

My opinion without reading where this thread has gone is boost is the least important gauge to have but still needed. Above boost I would put dual egt and fuel pressure. Just about everything else can be had by the OBDII port with the torque app and a dongle. Boost is covered by the OBD too but can be different then what a gauge will tell you so it's a roundabout thing based off the map sensor

 

What significance does the fuel pressure give? I am guessing if your truck is demanding more fuel then your truck can put out?

 

Fuel pressure gauge can tell you when there is restriction in the tank, due to plugged screens, or the pick-up foot has fallen off. It can let you know ehn the fuel pump is on the way out, etc.

 

9 times out of ten you'll never know there's a problem with the fuel system if there is one. Fuel pressure can cause other things to be finicky but never point to itself.

 

I wouldn't use the term "monitor" but rather, ya check it every-so-often when ya go WOT to make sure it's still boosting to the same level it regularly does.

If a person has injectors and a tune that allows them to constantly run hard enough to push their stock turbo past the recommended threshold often enough and long enough to cause turbo problems, turbo problems will be the least of their worries.

Yep. And for most of us regular guys, a boost gauge isn't gonna help you determine if the turbo is being abused too much, indicating a possible problem that needs addressing. Not like, say, a fuel pressure gauge or a trans temp gauge or an exhaust gas temp gauge will.

So you check your truck every-so-often with your detector?

I don't have a detector, but if I ever think I may not be making as much boost as normal, I'll just go WOT and look at my boost gauge, since that's all it's really good for as it applies to most of us on the road.

Lack of boost isn't just caused by a leak though, so keep that in mind too when it comes to observing less boost than what a person would normally see on their boost gauge.

Or as a way to monitor for lack of boost, not overboost, as you've already acknowledged in the bold part in the above paragraph.

As I posted above: If a person is subjecting their turbo to an overboost condition in a regular manner so as to possibly cause turbo problems, I assert that turbo problems will not be their primary concern.

Yup.

In a nutshell, generally speaking, much like a boost gauge showing low boost, it can alert you to a problem your truck is having.

Stewart

 

Sounds like an easy hook up. I guess I need to look into one then.

 

I spent $10 on a boost gauge.. 1 mechanical fit nicely in the little cut out 0-30. glad i only spent $10.. I never look at it. My wife calls it the money gauge because when that gauge moves so does the fuel gauge.

I also think the only gauges necessary is the Trans temp and the Pyro.. I like the ideo of duel Pyro which i might add someday. My eyes are stuck to those two only. Anything else i can get through AE if i need it.